Andrew P Solomon

Practice Areas

Tax; Tax Controversy; Financial Services; Bank Regulatory; Insurance; Investment Management; Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Restructuring

Career

Andrew Solomon was elected as partner of S&C in 1992. Mr. Solomon served as the managing partner of the Firm’s Tax Group for 17 years and became Of Counsel in 2015. He has a broad-based practice, involving both tax planning and dispute resolution and coordinated the Firm’s tax practice worldwide from offices in New York and London.

Mr. Solomon has been active in structuring and restructuring acquisitions, divestitures (including spin-offs) and joint ventures, especially cross-border transactions. He has represented numerous clients in obtaining rulings and other administrative relief from the Internal Revenue Service, and in connection with Internal Revenue Service audits and controversies (at the IRS Appeals Office and in court).

Mr. Solomon has extensive experience advising financial institutions, including insurance companies, as well as banks and securities and commodities dealers. He also works closely with, and is familiar with the particular issues affecting, global industrial companies, technology and other companies that license intellectual property, natural resource companies (including both mining and oil and gas companies) and private equity and hedge funds.

Professional Memberships

ABA;

University of Miami School of Law, Graduate Tax Program, Member of the Faculty (adjunct);

Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Tax Section – Member-at-Large;

Member, Planning Committee, University of Chicago Tax Conference;

Member, Advisory Board, Bloomberg Tax Forum;

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions;

Member, LexisNexis Tax Attorney Customer Advisory Board;

Personal

Harvard Law School (J.D., 1984); Brown University (A.B., 1975).