William McRae

William McRae’s practice focuses on taxation and related matters, including structuring investments into the United States for non-US sovereign investors; the tax aspects of corporate acquisitions; the tax aspects of forming and investing in private equity funds, real estate funds and other investment vehicles; international tax planning for multinational corporate groups (FTC planning and repatriation strategies), tax aspects of restructurings (preservation and utilization of NOLs and other tax attributes, management of COD income); and the taxation of equity derivatives and other financial products. William’s representative clients include Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and many of the world’s largest leading sovereign wealth funds. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

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William McRae focuses on taxation and related matters, including structuring investments into the United States for non-US sovereign investors; tax aspects of corporate acquisitions; forming and investing in private equity funds, real estate funds and other investment vehicles; international tax planning for multinational corporate groups; tax aspects of restructurings; and taxation of equity derivatives and other financial products. Representative clients include Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and sovereign wealth funds.

Practice areas

TaxInternational TaxCorporate TaxPrivate Equity Fund TaxReal Estate Fund TaxInvestment Vehicle TaxationEquity Derivatives TaxationFinancial Products TaxationRestructuring TaxNOL Preservation and UtilizationCOD Income ManagementFTC PlanningRepatriation StrategiesSovereign Investor Taxation

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United States

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton · William McRae’s practice focuses on taxation and related matters, including structuring investments into the United States for non-US sovereign investors; the tax aspects of corporate acquisitions; the tax aspects of forming and investing in private equity funds, real estate funds and other investment vehicles; international tax planning for multinational corporate groups (FTC planning and repatriation strategies), tax aspects of restructurings (preservation and utilization of NOLs and other tax attributes, management of COD income); and the taxation of equity derivatives and other financial products. William’s representative clients include Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and many of the world’s largest leading sovereign wealth funds.

United States

Expertise

Structuring Investments for Non-US Sovereign InvestorsCorporate Acquisitions TaxPrivate Equity Fund TaxReal Estate Fund TaxInternational Tax PlanningFTC Planning and Repatriation StrategiesRestructuring Tax (NOLs, COD Income)Equity Derivatives and Financial Products Taxation

Education

LLM in Taxation, New York University
JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School (1996)
BA, magna cum laude, Williams College (1991)

Admissions

Bar of New York