William McRae
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Tax
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About
Provided by William McRae
Practice Areas
William McRae’s practice focuses on taxation and related matters, including structuring investments into the United States for non-US sovereign investors; the tax aspects of corporate acquisitions; the tax aspects of forming and investing in private equity funds, real estate funds and other investment vehicles; international tax planning for multinational corporate groups (FTC planning and repatriation strategies), tax aspects of restructurings (preservation and utilization of NOLs and other tax attributes, management of COD income); and the taxation of equity derivatives and other financial products.
Career
Joined firm, 1996; became partner, 2005; LLM in taxation, New York University; JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School (1996); BA, magna cum laude, Williams College (1991).
Professional Memberships
New York Bar; New York State Bar Association, where he serves on the Tax Section Executive Committee.
Publications
Regularly publishes content on issues related to international taxation, and was a principal author of a June 2008 report by the New York State Bar Association Tax Section, “Report on the Tax Exemption for Foreign Sovereigns Under Section 892 of the Internal Revenue Code.”
Chambers Review
USA
William McRae focuses his practice on advising corporations on the tax aspects of transactional matters. His expertise covers deals such as acquisitions, fund formation and restructurings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is always available, a pleasure to work with and has outstanding commercial and technical knowledge."
"He is a very user-friendly and responsive lawyer. He is very thoughtful and has great expertise."
"He is always available, a pleasure to work with and has outstanding commercial and technical knowledge."
"He is a very user-friendly and responsive lawyer. He is very thoughtful and has great expertise."
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