David Irvine

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

David Irvine is a partner in the firm’s tax practice. He specializes in investment fund work (including fund formation and fund secondary transactions) and corporate restructuring (including distressed M&A) transactions.

Mr. Irvine advises multi-asset managers, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, debt and credit fund sponsors and management teams on the domestic and international aspects of fund structuring, tax efficient incentivization arrangements and tax issues associated with their investment programs. He also advises a number of institutional investors on their investments with and into private funds as well as providing them with assistance in relation to their own account transactions and strategic advice on managing their tax profile.

Career

Prior to joining Goodwin, Mr. Irvine was most recently a partner in the tax practice of Kirkland & Ellis in London having joined Kirkland & Ellis from Weil, Gotshal & Manges where he was a partner and co-leader of the UK tax group. He started his career with Deloitte in Sydney. He moved to London and joined Clifford Chance and later joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges as part of a funds and tax team move before moving to Kirkland.