M&A, PE Deal Team Jumps to Reed Smith

Four former Baker Botts corporate partners – Edward Rhyne, Robert Phillpott, Efren Acosta and Ron Scharnberg – have joined Reed Smith, the firm announced today.

The team, which will be part of the firm’s Global Corporate Group, brings experience in private equity and middle-market M&A and business tax counseling with Rhyne’s practice focusing on private equity and other private firms, such as family offices and family-owned businesses, in addition to funds; Phillipott’s practice that includes developing tax structures that facilitate tax-efficient transactions; Acosta’s practice dealing in private company M&A, especially those tied to private-equity transactions; and Scharnberg’s practice centering on tax matters for private and public companies with expertise in federal tax planning and structuring of domestic and cross-border/international M&A.