Clifford Chance appoints Catalano as new Americas Tax and ERISA practice leader

Clifford Chance has announced that after nearly a decade leading the Americas Tax & ERISA practice, David Moldenhauer will cede the reigns to fellow partner Richard Catalano so he can devote more time to expanding the firm’s International Tax work.

Under Moldenhauer’s leadership, the US tax team has improved steadily since early 2001. The practice has earned successive Tier 1 rankings from The Legal 500 for International Tax work, and successive Tier 2 rankings for its East Coast Domestic Tax Practice.

Catalano, who is highly respected for his work on REITs and partnership taxation, will lead a team of 17 attorneys, including seven partners and two counsel. Clifford Chance is one of the world’s leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the four key markets of the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.

Clifford Chance has 30 offices in 21 countries with 3,800 legal advisers and also operates a ‘best friends’ arrangement with AZB & Partners in India, Lakatos, Köves & Partners in Hungary and a co-operation agreement with Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm in Saudi Arabia. Attorney Advertising: Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.