International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

USA NATIONWIDE BEST LAW FIRMS

Corporate Tax

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton James A. Duncan, Jason R. Factor, James M. Peaslee, Yaron Z. Reich

Cravath Swaine & Moore Stephen L. Gordon, Andrew W. Needham, Lauren Angelilli

Davis Polk & Wardwell Neil Barr, Avishai Shachar, Michael Mollerus, Mario Verdolini

Latham & Watkins Nicholas J. DeNovio, Samuel Weiner, Laurence J. Stein

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Hal Hicks, Eric B. Sensenbrenner, Edward E. Gonzalez, Paul W. Oosterhuis

Sullivan & Cromwell Ronald E. Creamer Jr., Andrew S. Mason

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Jodi J. Schwartz, Deborah Paul

EXCELLENT

1 Debevoise & Plimpton Burt Rosen, Gary M. Friedman, Peter Schuur

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Alan Kaden, Michelle B. Gold, Michael J. Alter

Kirkland & Ellis Patrick C. Gallagher, Todd F. Maynes, Jeffrey T. Sheffield, Donald E. Rocap

Ropes & Gray Christopher M. Leich, Rom P. Watson

2 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Arthur D. Pasternak, Paul Issler, Dora R. Arash

McDermott Will & Emery Lowell D. Yoder

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Richard J. Bronstein, Jeffrey B. Samuels

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett John Hart, John J. Creed, Jonathan Goldstein

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Kenneth Heitner, Martin Pollack, Kimberly S. Blanchard

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Baker & McKenzie John M. Peterson, Jr.

Baker Botts Richard Husseini

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Linda Swartz

Covington & Burling Michael J. Caballero, Dan Luchsinger, Reeves C. Westbrook

Fenwick & West David Forst

Mayer Brown Jason Bazar, James R. Barry, Thomas Kittle-Kamp, Brian Kittle

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Russell J. Kestenbaum

Shearman & Sterling Michael Shulman, Laurence M. Bambino

Sidley Austin Laura M. Barzilai, Robert Kreitman

Willkie Farr & Gallagher James Brown, Christopher Peters

RECOMMENDED

Alston & Bird Henry J. Birnkrant

Ivins, Phillips & Barker Eric Fox

Steptoe & Johnson Lisa M. Zarlenga, Philip R. West, Robert Rizzi

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Jerome Libin

Vinson & Elkins George Gerachis

VALUABLE EXPERTISE

Clifford Chance Richard Catalano

Dechert Daniel M. Dunn

DLA Piper David Colker, Sang Kim

Jones Day Joseph A. Goldman, Edward T. Kennedy

Freshfields Claude Stansbury, Robert Scarborough

Kaye Scholer Laurie Abramowitz

Linklaters Gordon Warnke

Norton Rose Fulbright John R. Allender

Paul Hastings Douglas A. Schaaf

Sullivan & Worcester Ameek Ashok Ponda

White & Case J. William Dantzler

James Duncan

L eaders:

James Duncan, Jason R.

Factor, James M. Peaslee

and Yaron Z. Reich

E stablished:

1946

Track record: The practice advised the tax

aspect for Google on Lenovo’s $3 billion

acquisition of Motorola Mobility’s mobile

devices division, and they also represented

the target company in Dollar Tree’s $9.3 bil-

lion acquisition of Family Dollar. Other signi-

ficant clients include Actavis, Citi, Goldman

Sachs, Google and Lafarge.

Team & differentiation: James Duncan and

Yaron Reich lead the tax group which works

collaboratively across the firm’s 16 inter-

national offices, comprising an integrated

worldwide tax practice that serves multina-

tional industrial clients. The team focuses on

handling US and international tax aspects

of public and private acquisitions, restruc-

turings and joint ventures.

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON: SOPHISTICATED TAX

ADVICE FOR JOINT VENTURES AND DERIVATIVES DEALS

Neil Barr

L eaders:

Neil Barr, Avishai Shachar,

Michael Mollerus and

Mario Verdolini

E stablished:

1849

Track record: Headed by Co-Chairs Neil Barr

and Avishai Shachar, the team provided tax

advice to NBC Universal in its $3.8 billion

acquisition of DreamWorks Animation. Mr.

Barr also advised the McKesson Corpora-

tion in its formation of a new company and

70% ownership with Change Healthcare

Holdings.

Team & differentiation: Mr. Barr and his inter-

national tax team of 13 partners and more

than 30 lawyers working out of New York,

London and Menlo Park advise clients on

federal income tax matters, acquisitions and

dispositions, joint ventures, spin-offs and

split-offs. Barr is also a regular speaker on

topics related to corporate, partnership and

international taxation.

DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL: STRONG ADVISORS

FOR THE STRUCTURING OF COMPLEX DEALS