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Nathan Giesselman

Nathan Giesselman

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Nathan Giesselman heads Skadden's West Coast Tax Group. He advises public and private clients in a variety of internal and third-party transactions, with a particular focus on international planning for multinational clients; cross-border acquisition, disposition and restructuring transactions for both U.S. and international clients; and tax planning for private equity and entertainment industry clients. Representative clients include: Activision Blizzard, Adeia, Ansys, Coherent, carsales.com, DuPont de Nemours, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Elon Musk, Flex Ltd., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Hg, Intel Corporation, International Flavors & Fragrances, Netflix, NVIDIA, Scopely, Theravance Biopharma, United Talent Agency, Visa, The Walt Disney Company and Western Digital. Mr. Giesselman was recognized by The American Lawyer as one of its inaugural Trailblazers of the West. He was named among the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America by Lawdragon. Law360 also has named him a Tax MVP. Mergerlinks selected him as one of its Dealmakers and Top Tax Lawyers in North America. He has been named Tax Portfolio Author of the Year by Bloomberg.

Career

J.D., Columbia Law School (Kent Scholar); B.S., State University of New York, Albany (summa cum laude)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Tax - California: Northern

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial
Nathan Giesselman guides clients through tax aspects of corporate deals. He is noted for his international tax planning expertise.

Strengths

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  • Nathan is a very sharp good negotiator.

    TaxChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nathan is very thorough, proactive and he is able to articulate highly technical matters.

    TaxChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nathan is extremely responsive and a pleasure to work with.

    TaxChambers Guide to the USA

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California

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds

California: Northern

California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou

California: Southern

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