Donald Rocap

Don’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, formation of private equity funds, and liquidity solutions for private equity funds and private equity sponsors. He is a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School and is a co-author of 'Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts,' by Martin Ginsburg, Jack Levin and Donald Rocap, and of 'Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Transactions,' by Jack Levin and Donald Rocap. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Don Rocap is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on the tax aspects of complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, formation of private equity funds, and liquidity solutions for private equity funds and private equity sponsors.

Practice areas

Mergers and AcquisitionsTaxPrivate EquityLeveraged Buyouts

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United States

Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Don’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, formation of private equity funds, and liquidity solutions for private equity funds and private equity sponsors. He is a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School and is a co-author of 'Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts,' by Martin Ginsburg, Jack Levin and Donald Rocap, and of 'Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Transactions,' by Jack Levin and Donald Rocap.

United States

Expertise

Tax aspects of complex business transactionsMergers and acquisitionsLeveraged buyoutsPrivate equity fund formationLiquidity solutions for private equity funds and sponsors

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1980
Duke University, B.A., 1977