Provides tax advisory on complex global M&A transactions
Focuses on U.S. inbound transactions and U.S. tax advisory services
Extensive energy sector experience
Dubai
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Alan (Alaa) Ghreizi is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Dubai. He provides tax advisory on complex global M&A transactions, U.S. inbound transactions, and U.S. tax advisory transactions.
With over 14 years of experience, Mr. Ghreizi is a U.S.-licensed tax attorney with experience assisting strategic companies, private equity, and sovereign wealth funds in complex transactions. He has expertise in all phases of the transaction life cycle, including buy- and sell-side engagements, integration planning, and stand-up support.
Mr. Ghreizi’s deal experience spans various industries, but he has a particular expertise with energy-focused mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Ghreizi was upstream tax counsel at BP, where he advised the Gulf of Mexico, the forty-eight contiguous U.S. states, and the Alaska divisions on the tax consequences of day-to-day operations, acquisitions, divestments, reorganizations and planning opportunities. He assisted in the $10.5-billion-acquisition of BHP's U.S. unconventional assets for in a landmark deal that significantly upgraded BP's U.S. onshore oil and gas portfolio. Mr. Greizi also assisted in BP’s 2020 divestment of its Alaska business to Hilcorp Energy for $5.6 billion.
Previously, Mr. Ghreizi was a Manager in the Mergers and Acquisition Group of KPMG where he assisted private equity and strategic companies.
Mr. Ghreizi earned an LLM in tax from the University of Houston and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law. A licensed attorney in the State of Texas, Mr. Ghreizi is fluent in English and Arabic.
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