The Deal Tax exists because there's a gap in how M&A tax gets communicated — and that gap costs people money. Tax is the layer of every transaction that most deal professionals know they need to understand but rarely get explained in a way they can actually use. And for tax practitioners, most of what gets published is either too surface-level to be useful or buried in academic language that doesn't translate to the deal table.
The Deal Tax was built to fix both problems at once.Every issue covers one M&A tax topic — a statute, a rule, a deal mechanic — in two formats: Plain English for the professionals who work alongside the tax function, and The Deep End for the advisors who own it. Same analysis, two depths, published together every week.

Who writes it: The Deal Tax is written by practicing M&A tax advisors with 15 to 20 years of experience across the full deal lifecycle — from initial structure and diligence through closing and post-acquisition integration. That experience spans Big 4 advisory, AmLaw-caliber legal practice, and independent boutique advisory — across PE buyouts, cross-border and international M&A, distressed situations and restructurings, and complex joint ventures and partnership transactions. The newsletter is published under the brand only — no personal platform, no personal promotion. The work stands on its own.

Why two formats: Because the people who need to understand M&A tax aren't all the same. A PE associate sitting across from a tax advisor in a deal negotiation needs to understand the issue — not the code section. A tax practitioner advising on that same deal needs the code section, the regulation, and the planning angles their client hasn't thought of yet. Most tax content is written for one audience and useless to the other. The Deal Tax is written for both, every week, without compromising either.

What we cover: Every topic is anchored to the tax issues that actually move deals: transaction structure, tax attribute preservation, partnership and passthrough mechanics, cross-border structuring, distressed and bankruptcy tax, and the regulatory developments that reshape deal economics.No lifestyle content. No opinion pieces. No tax tips for individuals. Just the mechanics of how tax works when significant capital is at stake.New issues publish every week.

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