A&O Shearman

The team at A&O Shearman assists global corporate clients and financial institutions with a vast array of matters including strategic tax planning and complex transactions. The firm also shows considerable experience handling tax efficiency in investment and operating structures for multinationals. Based out of New York and Menlo Park, Larry Crouch leads the team, with significant experience advising private equity clients in aspects of domestic and international tax planning including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and joint ventures. New York-based Jack Heinberg holds significant expertise in fund investments and focuses his practice on domestic and international tax planning, the taxation of financial instruments and derivatives, as well as cross-border financing, while Derek Kershaw advises clients on tax aspects of M&A, spin-offs, and joint ventures. Also based in New York, Dave Lewis has significant experience assisting clients with corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and global capital markets transactions.