Fried Frank announced that Brett Fieldston has joined the firm as a tax partner in New York. He joins from KPMG, where he was a principal in the international tax group, the co-leader of the group’s international asset management team and the international tax lead of the firm’s US-Australia Corridor.

Fieldston advises asset managers and investment funds on a wide spectrum of cross-border and US tax issues and operational considerations across all asset classes, including management company structuring and fund formation, public and private equities, direct lending and specialty finance, royalties, real estate, infrastructure, business joint ventures, operating portfolio companies and platforms and family enterprises. He advises across the entire capital structure of cross-border funds to tailor solutions for their investors, sponsors and investments. As a Fried Frank partner, Fieldston will heavily support the firm’s asset management and investment fund work, as well as provide tax counsel on M&A transactions.

“We are delighted to welcome Brett to the firm and our growing global tax team,” said Steven Epstein, Fried Frank’s managing partner and co-head of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity Practice. “He brings deep experience handling complex international tax matters, which will provide great value to our asset management clients.”

“Brett is a fantastic tax lawyer who fits seamlessly into our dynamic team,” said David I. Shapiro, partner and chair of Fried Frank’s Tax Department. “His addition further enhances our team’s capabilities to best serve our clients and their bespoke tax structuring needs.”

Fried Frank’s international Tax Department encompasses more than 50 lawyers across its New York, Washington, DC, London and Frankfurt offices, who advise clients on virtually all areas of tax law. The practice covers the full spectrum of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs and joint ventures, as well as asset management tax issues such as fund formations, management company planning, and seed, stakes and secondaries matters. The team also advises on borrower, lender and capital markets representations, as well as a wide variety of real estate matters. Additionally, they handle restructuring and insolvency matters, international tax planning, tax controversies and individual tax planning.

Fieldston’s arrival follows those of tax partners Oliver Currall in London and Todd Pollock in New York. He is the sixth partner to join the firm in 2025, following the arrivals of Aranpreet Randhawa and Steven Homan, both as partners in the Asset Management Practice, Geoff O’Dea as a partner in the Restructuring Department, Kathy O’Neill as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Department and Dabney O’Riordan as a partner in both the Litigation Department and the Asset Management Practice. 

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