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Laurence
E.
Crouch
Partner
Education
Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1989, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif
graduated in top one percent of class
Hastings Law Journal
University of Washington, B.A., 1986, with distinctions
Practice
Laurence Crouch is a transactional attorney with extensive experience in tax matters. His tax practice involves virtually every aspect of tax planning for domestic and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and joint ventures. Mr. Crouch is the principal tax partner supporting the firm’s practices in the Bay Area, Asia and Toronto offices. Mr. Crouch joined Shearman & Sterling’s Bay Area offices in 1994 and became a partner in January 1999.
Experience
- Sybase in its sale to SAP America
- Fairfax Financial Holdings in its acquisitions of Zenith National Insurance Corp. and First Mercury
- VISA in its acquisition of PlaySpan
- GXS in its merger with Inovis
- Francisco Partners in its acquisition of Source Photonics, Inc. and QuadraMed
- Vector Capital in its acquisitions of RAE Systems and Trafficmaster
- Symphony Technology Group in its acquisitions of Shopzilla, CoreLogic and MSC Software
- FujiFilm in its acquisition of Sonosite
- Shiseido in its acquisition of Bare Escentuals
- Huawei Technologies in its acquisition of Symantec’s 49% interest in Huawei Symantec Technologies
- ATI Technologies in its acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices
- STMicroelectronics (STM) in its formation of Numonyx with Intel and the ultimate sale of Numonyx to Micron Technology, Inc.
- HUB International in its leveraged buyout by Apax
- Petrofund Energy Trust in its combination with Penn West Energy Trust
- PowerLight in its acquisition by SunPower
- Siemens Corporation in its sale of Juniper Networks to Unisphere Networks
- General Electric in its proposed acquisition of Honeywell
Publications
- Author, “U.S. Taxation of Foreign Partners,” published in the Practicing Law Institute’s Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings
- Author, “Revival of the Choice of Entity Analysis: Use of Limited Liability Companies for Start-Up Businesses,” published in the Practicing Law Institute’s Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances
- Author, “U.S. Taxation of U.S. Branches” published in Regulation of Foreign Banks: United States and International (Lexis Publishing 2000)
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
California
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