Alexander Anderson joins O’Melveny’s New York office as tax partner

Alexander Anderson is joining O’Melveny as a Tax partner. He will reside in the firm’s New York office and work closely with O’Melveny’s award-winning Restructuring Practice. He joins from Hughes Hubbard & Reed.

Anderson’s practice is focused on US federal and state income tax law, with an emphasis on bankruptcy and financial restructuring transactions, mergers & acquisitions, financing transactions, investment funds, cross-border tax planning, securities offerings, investment fund structuring, aviation and equipment finance, and inbound and outbound investment structures. Anderson is recognized by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 United States as a leading tax lawyer.

“Alex possesses deep and substantive tax experience that our clients involved in complicated deals and financing transactions will find crucial to getting the results they want,” said Bradley J. Butwin, chair of O’Melveny. “In addition to being a great lawyer, Alex is a great person, widely admired for working with low-income and vulnerable people, protecting the arts and parklands, and raising money for education initiatives.”

Anderson earned an economics degree from Boston College in 1996 and a JD from the University of Michigan in 1999.

“I’m excited to join O’Melveny’s diverse and incredibly active transactions practice, where my broad-based experience will serve clients across a number of industries,” Anderson said.