The firm has trebled its private equity group in the past two years
David Nisbet is set to join Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in its tax strategy & benefits practice group in London.
Nisbet, who specializes in tax and structuring in the funds and private equity sector, will join from Osborne Clarke where he has been a partner for over five years and leads the private equity tax team. He was previously at White & Case.
Nisbet advises multinational corporations, funds, financial sponsors, family offices, senior management teams and ultra-high net worth individuals on the tax implications of UK and cross-border investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fund formations, reorganizations and financing transactions.
The latest addition is part of Squire Patton Boggs’ continued commitment to growing its private equity, funds and transactional practice. This is part of the firm’s strategic European-wide project which has seen the private equity group treble in size over the past two years, with appointments of new partners and associates in London, Birmingham, Paris, Milan, Madrid and Frankfurt. The firm also announced the launch of two new private-equity focused offices in Dublin and Amsterdam with the hire of four partners and their teams.
“We’re thrilled for David to join our global team,” said Mitch Thompson, chair of Squire Patton Boggs’ tax group. “He is a sophisticated and versatile tax lawyer, deeply experienced in complex funds and private equity tax matters as well as the tax aspects of a broad range of UK and cross-border transactional and advisory issues.”
Nisbet added: “Squire Patton Boggs is an emerging powerhouse for mid-market private equity and M&A transactions across the UK and Europe. Joining a global firm, that has a stellar international tax practice, a market-leading PE group, as well as a fast-growing funds team, is a great opportunity to take my practice to the next level. I am already familiar with many of the clients and lawyers at Squire Patton Boggs, so I look forward to working with them and to being part of the team.”
