David Shapirocounsels clients on a range of tax issues, including in the areas of fund formation and mergers and acquisitions.

David is co-chair of our Tax Department. He regularly represents leading fund sponsors in fund formation, including funds and funds-of-funds with a focus on equity, mezzanine debt, senior loans, distressed debt, and real estate. In addition, fund clients and others turn to him in connection with M&A and other corporate transactions.

Public and private companies r gularly seek David’s counsel in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, as well as in public and private debt and equity financing transactions. His clients include Bain, BlackRock, Blue Owl, Brookfield, Fortress Investment Group, Goldman Sachs & Co., HPS Investment Partners, KKR, Neuberger Berman, and Permira, among others.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business consistently recognizes David as a leading individual in Tax, where a client says, “He can think like a tax lawyer and communicate like a business lawyer,” while another declares, “We trust him immensely.”

Legal 500 named David to their Hall of Fame, which highlights individuals who have received constant praise by their clients for continued excellence. He is consistently recognized by Legal 500 as a “Leading Lawyer” in Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious, and David was also recognized by Legal 500 US in Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds and in Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds.

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Fried Frank

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP advises the world’s leading corporations, investment funds and financial institutions on their most critical legal needs and business opportunities. The Firm’s approximately 500 lawyers are based in North America and Europe.

From offices strategically located in the world’s principal financial centers, Fried Frank serves as counsel to many of the world’s largest companies, financial institutions and investment firms. We are recognized for our ability to deploy well-configured, cross-border teams that provide the depth of knowledge, breadth of experience and responsive service that clients require to meet their critical business objectives.

Consistently highly ranked by legal directories including Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Benchmark: Litigation, the Firm is well-recognized for providing effective business solutions to sophisticated challenges, frequently creating the precedents that others follow. Fried Frank’s origins date to the turn of the 20th century, with such predecessor firms as Riegelman & Bach, Riegelman Hess & Strasser and Strasser Spiegelberg Fried and Frank. Fried Frank as we know it came into being in 1971, with name partners Walter Fried, Hans Frank, Sam Harris, Sargent Shriver and Leslie Jacobson.

The New York office, the Firm’s oldest and largest, concentrates on antitrust and competition, asset management, restructuring and insolvency, capital markets, commercial litigation, executive compensation & ERISA, finance, intellectual property and technology, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, securities and shareholder litigation, tax, trusts and estates, and white-collar criminal defense and securities enforcement.

Our Washington, DC office was opened in 1949 as one of the first, and now one of the largest law firms headquartered elsewhere. It has strong capabilities in antitrust and competition, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, asset management, commercial litigation, energy, finance, financial services, government contracts, international trade and investment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, securities regulation and enforcement, and tax.

Our international offices have strong expertise in private equity, asset management, finance, dispute resolution, tax and mergers and acquisitions. Our London office was established in 1970 as one of the first European offices of a US law firm. Our Frankfurt office was established in 2004.