Richard Andersen was the firm’s principal international tax lawyer, with more than three decades of experience providing solutions to the global tax challenges faced by international investors and multinational companies. Drawing on his background in the M&A, finance, investment fund and real estate sectors, he assisted individual, family, corporate and institutional clients—worldwide and across all industries—with their compliance obligations, and develops effective and practical responses to their cross-border structuring and operational needs and opportunities. As US and overseas businesses and investors “go global” sooner and more often than ever before, his advice helped avoid pitfalls and secure tax planning benefits around the world.

Practice

Mr. Andersen advised clients on the legal and tax aspects of international investments and business transactions. He possessed expertise in international and tax law, which enabled him to counsel US and international clients on a wide variety of tax, transactional and financing issues. Mr. Andersen had extensive experience representing clients in domestic and international corporate reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures, and joint ventures and fund formation matters. Additionally, he regularly counseled clients with regard to general corporate, partnership and financial matters.

Mr. Andersen provided advice on the tax aspects of real estate acquisitions and dispositions, corporate mergers and acquisitions and international infrastructure projects, including withholding tax issues relating to cross-border cash flows and tax-efficient investor exit mechanisms. He also advised on international debt offerings and investments by sovereign wealth funds, the formation of global investment structures, and on the growing reporting and disclosure obligations of financial institutions and their individual account holders.

Professional Activities

Mr. Andersen taught international tax law at the NYU Graduate Tax Program. He was a member of the International Bar Association, the International Fiscal Association, the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association and served on the advisory boards of the Journal of International Taxation (RIA Group/WGL), Tax Management (BNA) and Word Trade Executive Inc.