Alec Jarvis advises clients on a broad range of U.S. and international tax matters, including public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including spin-offs, joint ventures and restructurings. He has additional experience advising on equity and debt offerings and on the formation and operation of joint ventures and real estate investment trusts.
Alec has been recognized by Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” Tax lawyer, and by Lawdragon on their 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers list. He is described by clients as “extremely responsive, very technical, and really commercial.”
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Work Highlights
- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in its announced acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway a total enterprise value of approximately $8.5 billion
- Sony Music Publishing in its announced acquisition of the complete music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group from funds managed by Blackstone
- Affiliates of KKR in the sale by Coty Inc. of its remaining 25.8% stake in Wella to KKR
- Constellation Wealth Capital in its acquisition of a minority stake in DayMark Wealth Partners
- Bending Spoons S.p.A in its acquisition of Eventbrite, Inc.for approximately $500 million equity value
- SharkNinja, Inc. in its spin-off from JS Global Lifestyle Company Limited, resulting in the company becoming a publicly traded entity*
- Pfizer Inc. in connection with its:
- joint venture combining its consumer health care business with that of GSK plc*;
- $36 billion de-merger of Haleon from GSK plc*;
- proposed combination with Allergan plc*
- Fortive Corporation in the $3 billion reverse Morris trust combination of four operating companies from its automation and specialty platform with Altra Industrial Motion Corp.*
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. in connection with:
- its pursuit of a downstate New York gaming license and proposed development of a multibillion-dollar flagship hospitality, entertainment and casino project on Long Island, New York*;
- its acquisition of the long-term lease of the site currently home to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum*; and
- the $1.3 billion sale of its Sands Bethlehem property in Pennsylvania to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama
*Includes experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Accolades
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Chambers USA (2026)
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Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers (2026)
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“Rising Star,” Law360 (2022)
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ITR World Tax as Highly Regarded (2022)
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The Legal 500 (2022)
Education
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New York University School of Law, 2010 LL.M.
Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award for distinction in the LLM Taxation Program
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New York University School of Law, 2009 J.D.
magna cum laude; Order of the Coif
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University of Florida, 2006 B.A.
cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Alec Jarvis is a Partner in the Firm’s Tax Practice in New York, Alec. He advises clients on a broad range of U.S. and international tax matters, including public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including spin-offs, joint ventures and restructurings. He has additional experience advising on equity and debt offerings as well as on the formation and operation of joint ventures and real estate investment trusts.
Alec's representative transactions have included:
- Intuitive Machines, Inc. in its entry into a $500 million at-the-market equity program and its acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems
- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in its announced acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway a total enterprise value of approximately $8.5 billion
- Sony Music Publishing in its announced acquisition of the complete music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group from funds managed by Blackstone
- McKesson Medical-Surgical Top Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of McKesson Corporation, in McKesson Medical-Surgical Top Holdings Inc.’s entry into:
- a new $750 million five-year senior secured Term A credit facility;
- a new $250 million two-year senior secured Term A credit facility; and
- a new $1 billion five-year senior secured revolving credit facility
- Netflix in its acquisition of Interpositive
- Flora Food Group in the announced sale of its Latin American operations to Alicorp, S.A.A.
- Affiliates of KKR in the sale by Coty Inc. of its remaining 25.8% stake in Wella to KKR
- Constellation Wealth Capital in its acquisition of a minority stake in DayMark Wealth Partners
- Bending Spoons S.p.A in its acquisition of acquisition of Eventbrite, Inc.for approximately $500 million equity value
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp., a portfolio company of Patricia Industries, in its acquisition of the JADA® System from Organon & Co
- PTC in the sale of PTC’s Kepware industrial connectivity and ThingWorx Internet of Things businesses to TPG for $600 million in cash
Experience prior to Simpson Thacher includes:
- S&P Global Inc. in the $975 million sale of its engineering solutions business to investment funds managed by KKR & Co. Inc.
- Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in the $760 million sale of its attachments and handheld hydraulic tools business to Epiroc AB
- SharkNinja, Inc. in its spin-off from JS Global Lifestyle Company Limited, resulting in the company becoming a publicly traded entity
- Pfizer Inc. in connection with its:
- joint venture combining its consumer health care business with that of GSK plc;
- $36 billion de-merger of Haleon from GSK plc; and
- proposed combination with Allergan plc
- Fortive Corporation in the $3 billion reverse Morris trust combination of four operating companies from its automation and specialty platform with Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. in connection with:
- its pursuit of a downstate New York gaming license and proposed development of a multibillion-dollar flagship hospitality, entertainment and casino project on Long Island, New York;
- its acquisition of the long-term lease of the site currently home to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum; and
- the $1.3 billion sale of its Sands Bethlehem property in Pennsylvania to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama
Alec has been listed among Lawdragon's 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers, named a Rising Star by Law360, been recognized by ITR World Tax as Highly Regarded and selected for inclusion in The Legal 500 and Chambers USA, where he was named an “Up and Coming” Tax lawyer. He serves as a member of the New York Tax Forum and the Private Investment Fund Tax Forum, and is a member of the board of the International Tax Institute.
Alec received his J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, in 2009 and LL.M. in 2010 from New York University School of Law. He received a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Florida in 2006. Alec is admitted to practice in New York.