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Tom Spera is counsel in Ropes & Gray’s tax department, based in Boston. He serves as a trusted tax advisor to middle-market and larger private equity firms and other clients on transactions across a wide range of industries, including technology, financial services, retail and healthcare. Clients value his practical and strategic approach to helping them navigate and negotiate complex tax and structuring issues arising in their transactions.In his practice, Tom advises on the U.S. federal income tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including leveraged buyouts, financing transactions, joint ventures and restructurings. He regularly advises clients on private equity and strategic M&A transactions and the tax structuring and planning issues that arise in such transactions. Tom’s experience also encompasses securities offerings, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), and private equity and venture capital fund formations and investments.During the COVID-19 pandemic, he played a valuable role in counseling clients on the tax implications of legislation passed in response to the crisis. Tom has also provided pro bono advice to nonprofit organizations on tax-exempt issues.

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