Andrew W. Needham
Tax Section
Andrew W. Needham of Manhattan is the new chair of the 2,712-member
Tax Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Needham is a partner of Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP, where he
concentrates his practice on tax advisory work in the private equity and
hedge fund sectors, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture formation,
spin-offs and general tax planning.
A nine-year member of the State Bar, Needham recently served as first
vice-chair of the Tax Law Section.
Needham graduated from the University of Arizona and earned his J.D.
and Master of Laws (LL.M) in Taxation from the Georgetown
University Law Center. He also has an MBA from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
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