Alvarez & Marsal Taxand gains new management duo

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Alvarez & Marsal Taxand gains new management duo

Michael Eagan and James Stanley have both been appointed as managing directors of the Alvarez & Marsal Taxand tax practice in San Francisco.

Eagan has more than 20 years’ experience in tax as well as being a business adviser for public and private companies.

He has experience in advising clients on M&A, tax due diligence, tax structuring, disposition planning, compliance, IRS audits, ASC740 reporting standards, and other international tax matters.

Before joining Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, Eagan was a partner at Ryan Sharkey were his client base ranged from public companies with international operations to privately held, high-growth government contractors and technology companies. Previous to that he led Beers & Cutler’s tax department.

Stanley advises private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporations and investment banking firms on their tax and corporate finance affairs, transactional deal structuring, due diligence, and finance structures.

Stanley has more than 18 years’ experience in international tax matters. Before joining Alvarez & Marsal Taxand he led the M&A tax group for PwC, while he has also worked with KPMG’s Washington national tax practice. 

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