20+ years of transactional experience in structuring domestic and cross-border acquisitions
Advises private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and corporations
Industry expertise includes technology, financial services and life sciences
San Francisco
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James Stanley is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in San Francisco. He brings more than 20 years of transactional experience in structuring all aspects of domestic and cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures and reorganizations across a wide range of industries including technology, financial services, life sciences, apparel retail, manufacturing, industrial products and entertainment.
Mr. Stanley advises private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporations and investment banking firms on the tax and financial impacts around corporate finance, transactional deal structuring, due diligence, post-merger integration and the design and implementation of tax efficient financing structures.
Mr. Stanley offers deep experience in the cross-border transactional deal space, specializing in efficient financing structures, IP and supply chain planning, efficient cash redeployment and repatriation and international joint venture structuring. His domestic expertise includes taxable and tax-free transactional planning, corporate carve-outs/divestitures, tax attribute planning, liquidations, redemptions, and partnership planning.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Stanley led the M&A tax group out of Silicon Valley for PwC. Previously, he worked with KPMG in Northern California and Washington, DC in the firm’s Washington National Tax practice where he focused on global transactions and all aspects of the ruling process for clients seeking private letter rulings with the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, he has been a frequent speaker and lecturer on transactional tax matters and has written articles for internal and external publications.
Mr. Stanley earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University, an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law, and a J.D. from Chapman University School of Law. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar.
This edition of the Taxand Global Guide to M&A Tax has been designed as a desktop reference book covering 30 countries and to provide at-a-glance insight into the tax treatment of global mergers and acquisitions.
This edition of the Taxand Global Guide to M&A Tax has been designed as a desktop reference book covering 30 countries and to provide at-a-glance insight into the tax treatment of global mergers and acquisitions.
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This edition of the Taxand Global Guide to M&A Tax has been designed as a desktop reference book covering 33 countries and to provide at-a-glance insight into the tax treatment of global mergers and acquisitions.
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