A partner in the Tax Department, Kyle O’Sullivan advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of U.K. corporate tax law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, group reorganizations and private equity transactions. Kyle has handled the tax aspects of complex cross-border deals, including public and private acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate financings and restructurings. He also advises on tax disputes with HMRC and regulatory matters.
Kyle represents private equity sponsors, multinational corporations, energy companies and financial institutions. He has deep expertise in the energy sector, having completed a secondment at Vitol, one of the world’s leading energy and commodities companies, where he focused on tax planning and structuring acquisitions and investments.
Kyle has also written multiple articles for the Tax Journal on U.K. corporation tax issues.
Kyle’s representative experience prior to joining Paul, Weiss includes:
- Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of INEOS, on the acquisition of up to a 25% share holding in Manchester United
- Vodafone Group Plc on its entry into binding agreements with CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited in relation to a combination of their UK telecommunication businesses, respectively Vodafone UK and Three UK
- Allianz on its:
- agreement with Sanlam, the largest non-banking financial services company in Africa, to combine their current and future operations across Africa (excluding South Africa)
- acquisition of Legal & General Insurance Limited, the general insurance business of Legal & General Group Plc
- INEOS on the acquisition of BP’s global petrochemicals business, and on related financing arrangements
- GoCo Group plc on its recommended combination with Future plc
- Prudential plc on the:
- demerger of its UK & Europe business (M&G Prudential) from Prudential plc, resulting in two separately-listed companies
- separate demerger of its US business (Jackson Financial Inc. and its group) from Prudential plc, resulting in two separately-listed companies
- Ocado Group plc on its online grocery retail 50/50 joint venture with Marks and Spencer Group plc
- Takeaway.com on its recommended all-share combination with Just Eat plc
- Thesis Holdings Limited on its acquisition of Evelyn Partners Fund Solutions Limited from Evelyn Partners Group Limited
- Société BIC S.A. on its €200 million acquisition of Tangle Teezer
- BGC Group on the sale of Capitalab, a rates compression business, to Capitolis UK Limited
- Playtech on the sale of Snaitech, the Italian sports and gaming company, to Flutter Entertainment for a total enterprise value of €2.3 billion
