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Thomas Geraghty advises clients on tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, long-term tax planning, tax position management and compliance, ensuring tax-efficient results that support their economic and business objectives. 

Clients ranging from small and mid-market private funds to startups and operating companies, and their executives and principals, rely on Tom for his forward-thinking strategies at all business stages. He advises on capital generation, fund and company formation, ongoing operations and tax-efficient outcomes at exit. His experience spans joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions (including SPAC and up-C structures), securities offerings, equity investments, digital asset transactions (cryptocurrency, tokenized assets and smart contracts) and debt issuances.

Leveraging his substantial experience across a wide range of entities in capital debt and equity markets, domestic and international planning and transactions, Tom provides well-reasoned advice that serves tax and nontax goals. Tom is dedicated to early involvement, advanced planning and tailoring transaction documents to the specific matter at hand and delivering tax efficiency and long-term risk management to his clients.

There is always a way to ‘get to yes.’ I always pair my tax advice with commercial awareness of what stakeholders are trying to achieve while maintaining a good rapport.

Credentials

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1995
  • St. John's University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1992

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 2000
  • New York, 1997

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America® – Tax Law (2009-2026)

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