Christian Brause

Practice Areas

CHRISTIAN BRAUSE focuses on advising U.S. and non-U.S. clients on U.S. tax aspects of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and other major domestic and international transactions, including spinoffs, corporate restructurings, de-SPAC transactions, joint ventures, debt financings, and IPOs, including SPAC IPOs. He also advises clients in respect to the structuring (and restructuring) of alternative investments and the formation of alternative investment vehicles, including private equity funds, hedge funds, and real estate funds. Christian focuses in particular on REITs (including mortgage REITs), as well as GP-stakes transactions. His clients have included, in addition to all major investment banks, KKR, Siris Capital, Clearlake Capital, WCAS, Thoma Bravo, TowerBrook, Wafra, and GIC, among others.