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Damien Crossley

Damien is head of the tax and reward group. He specialises in advising investment fund managers on the formation of private funds, on their house and remuneration structures and on the structuring of their investment transactions. He is widely recognised as a leading adviser to the investment management industry. Damien’s clients are, in the main, investment fund managers who he advises on their house, fund and investment structuring. He has a particular expertise in the structuring and operation of private equity and private credit funds and on their carried interest and co-investment arrangements. Damien also advises a number of clients on the efficient structuring of their global private equity and special opportunity investments. Damien spent a year on secondment at a leading law firm in New York practising US tax and most of his work has an international dimension. Damien is a chartered tax adviser and regularly speaks and writes on tax matters. Damien is the co-author of the textbook “Taxation of Partnerships and LLPs” which is published by Sweet & Maxwell. Damien is chairperson of the AIMA ACC tax committee. · Macfarlanes LLP

EnglandTax, Investment Funds

About

Head of the Tax and Reward Group at Macfarlanes LLP, Damien Crossley advises investment fund managers on private fund formation, house and remuneration structures and on structuring investment transactions, with particular expertise in private equity and private credit funds, carried interest and co-investment arrangements. He is a chartered tax adviser, co-author of the textbook 'Taxation of Partnerships and LLPs', chairperson of the AIMA ACC tax committee, spent a year on secondment in New York practising US tax, and trained at Macfarlanes (qualified 2002; partner 2009).

Practice areas

TaxInvestment FundsPrivate EquityPrivate CreditCompensation & BenefitsInternational Tax

Office

Expertise

Fund formationHouse and remuneration structuresPrivate equity fund structuringPrivate credit fund structuringCarried interest arrangementsCo-investment arrangementsGlobal/cross-border investment structuringUS tax

Admissions

  • Chartered Tax Adviser
  • Qualified 2002