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Ansgar
A.
Simon
Counsel
Education
Stanford Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif
University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. (Philosophy)
University of Bielefeld, M.A.
Practice
Ansgar Simon has been International Tax Counsel with Shearman & Sterling in New York since 2006. He has a broad-based tax practice focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring transactions, divestitures (including spin-offs) and joint ventures, with a special emphasis on cross-border transactions. Mr. Simon also regularly advises on the tax aspects of capital market transactions and the taxation of financial products.
Experience
- Advising The Dow Chemical Company in the divestiture of its Styron unit to Bain Capital (2010)
- Advised various sovereign wealth funds in connection with investments in the United States
- Advised American Axle in its out-of-court restructuring (2009)
- Advised Daimler AG in connection with the bankruptcy of Chrysler LLC and investment by Fiat in Chrysler Group LLC (2009)
- Advised Aabar Investments PJSC in connection with its joint investment with Daimler AG in Tesla Motors (2009)
- Advised The Dow Chemical Company in its $19 billion joint venture with a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Company (2008)
- Advised Merrill Lynch in its acquisition by Bank of America (2008)
- Advised DaimlerChrysler AG in its disposition of 80.1% of Chrysler Holding LLC to Cerberus (2007-2008)
- Advised Citigroup in its acquisition of Old Lane Funds (2007)
Selected Professional & Business Activities
- Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association’s Tax Section – Member At-Large
- Member of the International Fiscal Association
- Member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association
Publications
- FATCA Explained (March 2010), Practical Law Company
- The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 Introduced (November 2009), Practical Law Company
- Publications and Presentations on a wide variety of tax issues, including tax aspects of foreign currency transactions, expatriations, subpart F and limitations on net operating losses (section 382)
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Languages
English
German
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