Bio

Benjamin Damsky practice focuses on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. He regularly represents growth companies, along with their founders and investors, throughout their life cycle from formation to exit. Ben is equally active on the buy-side, regularly assisting his middle market private equity clients and other institutional investors and their portfolio companies in acquisitions and dispositions. He has deep experience drafting and negotiating the technical provisions of transaction agreements opposite the country’s largest and best-known law firms. As lead tax counsel on dozens of M&A transactions annually, both buyers and sellers come to Ben to provide creative and uncompromising tax support on their most important and high-stakes transactions. While previously practicing at Ropes & Gray, Ben helped advise some of the world’s largest private equity funds and hedge funds, the nation’s preeminent universities, and large U.S. and non-U.S. public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions and other important tax-related matters.