| Biography | David I. Shapiro is a tax partner resident in Fried Frank's New York office. He joined the Firm in 1992 and became a partner in 2000. Mr. Shapiro has a wide variety of legal experience that spans numerous types of clients and corporate and tax issues, including in the mergers and acquisitions and asset management areas. Mr. Shapiro specializes in representing private equity and mezzanine funds in acquisition and disposition transactions and associated financings. Mr. Shapiro also specializes in representing fund sponsors in fund formations, including funds and fund-of-funds focusing on equity, mezzanine, senior loan and distressed debt, and real estate, and representing clients investing in, and co-investing with, private equity funds, hedge funds and other alternative investment vehicles. Mr. Shapiro has also regularly represented public and private companies in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, as well as in public and private debt and equity financing transactions. Clients include Goldman, Sachs & Co., Fortress Investment Group, and AEA Investors, as well as high net worth families and endowments. Honors & Awards Mr. Shapiro is consistently recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual in Tax and Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation, and by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual in Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation (USA). He is consistently recognized by Legal 500 in Tax: East Coast (leading lawyer), and has been recognized by Legal 500 in Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds; and Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds. Publications Client Memoranda FBAR Filings - Reminder and Updates, Jun 20, 2011
Authors: Brian Kniesly, David I. Shapiro Update - Certain FBAR Filings Extended, Jun 16, 2011
Authors: Brian Kniesly, David I. Shapiro FBAR Filings - Reminder and Updates, Jun 1, 2011
Authors: Brian Kniesly, David I. Shapiro Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010: Certain Relevant Tax Provisions, Dec 20, 2010
Authors: David Shapiro, Eli Weiss Tax Provisions in Hire and Health Care Legislation, Mar 24, 2010
Authors: David I. Shapiro, Brian Kniesly Carried Interest Provisions and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Proposed as Offsets for Extenders Bill, Dec 8, 2009
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Authors: David I. Shapiro, Brian Kniesly Carried Interest Provisions and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Proposed as Offsets for Extenders Bill, Dec 7, 2009
Authors: David I. Shapiro, Brian Kniesly Recently Introduced Tax Legislation of Interest to Funds and Fund Managers, Oct 30, 2009
Authors: David I. Shapiro, Brian Kniesly IRS Offers Additional Relief for Filing 2008 (and Earlier) FBARs, Aug 7, 2009
Authors: David I. Shapiro, Brian Kniesly IRS Offers Relief for Filing 2008 FBARs, Jun 24, 2009
Authors: David I. Shapiro, Brian Kniesly Uncertainties Regarding Applicability of FBAR Filings due June 30, 2009, Jun 17, 2009
Authors: David I. Shapiro, Brian Kniesly Recent Tax Proposals of Interest to Funds and Fund Managers, Mar 5, 2009
Authors: Brian Kniesly, David I. Shapiro American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: COD, AHYDO and Other Tax Provisions, Feb 17, 2009
Authors: Robert Cassanos, Lisa A. Levy, David I. Shapiro, Eli Weiss Considerations for Public Companies Weathering the Current Market Downturn, Nov 5, 2008
Authors: Valerie Ford Jacob, Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Stuart H. Gelfond, Michael A. Levitt, Lisa A. Levy, David I. Shapiro, Paul D. Tropp, Vasiliki B. Tsaganos, Timothy E. Peterson, Richard A. Steinwurtzel, Joshua Wechsler, Tiffany T. McConnell Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Offshore Deferred Compensation, Oct 3, 2008
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Authors: Donald P. Carleen, Robert Cassanos, Brian Kniesly, Laraine S. Rothenberg, David I. Shapiro, Jeffrey Ross Alerts and Newsletters Fried Frank PEP Talk™ Winter 2003, Dec 23, 2003
Source: Fried Frank PEP Talk™ Winter 2003 Articles Considerations for Public Companies Weathering the Current Market Downturn, Dec 12, 2008
Source: BNA's Securities Regulation & Law Report
Authors: Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Stuart H. Gelfond, Valerie Ford Jacob, Michael A. Levitt, Lisa A. Levy, Tiffany T. McConnell, David I. Shapiro, Paul D. Tropp, Vasiliki B. Tsaganos, Richard A. Steinwurtzel and Joshua Wechsler Intangibles 2005: Past, Present and Future, Fall 2005
Source: PLI Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spinoffs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations, and Structurings Special Report: Tax Issues in the Loan Syndication Business, September 1999
Source: Tax Notes News Releases Fifty-seven Fried Frank Partners and Twenty-four Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA 2011, Jun 14, 2011 Fifty-eight Fried Frank Partners and Twenty-nine Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA 2010, Jun 11, 2010 The Legal 500 United States 2010 Edition Recognizes Fifty-two Fried Frank Lawyers and Nineteen Practice Areas, Jun 8, 2010 Chambers Global 2010 Recognizes 23 Fried Frank Lawyers and 13 Practices as Global Leaders, Nov 10, 2009 Fifty-eight Fried Frank Partners and Thirty-one Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA 2009, Jun 11, 2009 The Legal 500 United States 2009 Edition Recognizes Forty-Three Fried Frank Lawyers and Nineteen Practice Areas, Jun 3, 2009 Media Mentions The Hedge Fund Law Report quotes David Shapiro on the stimulus bill permitting deferral of debt income arising out of repurchases by issuers of their distressed debt., Feb 26, 2009 Partners Paul Reinstein, Steven Steinman, David Shine, Jack Jacobson, David Shapiro, Howard Adler, David Hennes, Barry Sher and Henry Lebowitz and special counsel Eric Queen noted for their representation of Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in its acquisition, together with The Cypress Group, of Cooper-Standard Automotive, New York Law Journal, "New Deals", Sep 23, 2004 Firm client AEA Investors Inc. noted for acquisition of Kranson Industries Inc. from Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC, The Daily Deal, "AEA Wraps Up Deal for Kranson Industries", Jul 7, 2004 Firm client Merck & Co. noted for its acquisition of Aton Pharma Inc., Newsday.com, "Merck Buys New York Cancer Research Company", Feb 23, 2004 Rankings - Chambers
Chambers USA 2011, Jun 13, 2011
Chambers Global 2011, Mar 25, 2011 Rankings - Legal 500
Legal 500 US 2011, Jun 14, 2011 Rankings - Tax Directors Handbook
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