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Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Tax

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Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

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Provided by Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Our tax attorneys provide practical tax advice to support our clients' deals and specialize in the complexity of middle market transactions.

Our team of tax experts has extensive experience in the following areas of focus:

  • Mergers & acquisitions involving both strategic and financial buyers (including numerous private equity fund sponsors).
  • International tax planning and structuring of cross-border transactions, particularly involving Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Ireland and the UK, as well as numerous other foreign jurisdictions.
  • Investment fund formation, including private equity and venture capital funds, as well as domestic and offshore alternative investment vehicles.

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Tax - Massachusetts

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Choate Hall & Stewart is commended for its handling of both national and international tax matters. Offers valued advice in areas such as investment fund formation, complex M&A matters and tax strategy. Clients include public companies and private equity firms.
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Work Highlights

Provided by Chambers

  • Choate Hall & Stewart represented Long Ridge Equity Partners on the tax components of the $1.5 billion sale of its portfolio company, NinjaTrader to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Choate is very thoughtful, detail-oriented, trustworthy and hard-working.

    Tax respondentUSA

  • Choate provides great counsel on complex and sophisticated matters.

    Tax respondentUSA

  • Choate's tax attorney group has the ability to look at very complicated tax matters and quickly distill them down to the key issues to be discussed.

    Tax respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • John Marshall Chambers
    John Marshall Chambers

    John Marshall Chambers

    John Marshall Chambers has an established tax practice representing investment funds and private equity firms in M&A and financing matters.

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  • Olivier Leger
    Olivier Leger

    Olivier Leger

    Olivier Leger, cochair of the tax group, is well known for his representation of clients in the tax aspects of fundraising, sales and the formation of equity funds.

    • Olivier has an exceptional grasp of tax law and an amazing ability to explain tax issues to a layman.

      Tax respondentUSA

    • Olivier is an incredibly responsive and knowledgeable lawyer.

      Tax respondentUSA
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