A partner in the Tax Department, Brian Krause advises clients on a broad range of U.S. and international tax matters, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions. He advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, post-acquisition integration transactions, internal restructurings and the establishment of private equity fund and hedge fund structures. Krause also provides tax advice in connection with the restructurings of financially distressed corporations and partnerships, both in and out of bankruptcy court, and in matters involving master limited partnerships.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2026 | M&A, Tax Transactional, Cross Border |
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2025 | M&A, Tax Transactional, Cross Border |
Krause’s representative M&A clients have included:
- ZT Systems in its $4.9 billion stock and cash sale to Advanced Micro Devices
- Casey’s General Stores in its $1.145 billion acquisition of Fikes Wholesale
- Endeavor Energy Resources in its $26 billion merger with Diamondback Energy
- World Wrestling Entertainment in its agreement with Endeavor Group Holdings to merge WWE with UFC to form a new publicly listed company with an enterprise value of $21.4 billion
- Chevron in
- its $55 billion acquisition of Hess
- its $7.6 billion acquisition of PDC Energy
- Metsera in its $10 billion sale to Pfizer
- Aptiv in:
- the separation of its Electrical Distribution Systems business to create two separate publicly traded companies
- its $4.3 billion acquisition of Wind River from TPG Capital
- General Electric in the spin-offs of GE Healthcare and GE Vernova and the launch of GE Aerospace
- Advance in the $150 billion Reverse Morris Trust transaction that combined AT&T’s WarnerMedia business with Discovery
- MGM in its $8.45 billion sale to Amazon
- The special committee of the board of directors of Madison Square Garden Entertainment in the spin-off of its traditional live entertainment businesses, to create a new publicly traded company known as Sphere Entertainment
- Dassault Systèmes in its acquisition of Medidata Solutions in an all-cash transaction at a price of $92.25 per share of Medidata, for an enterprise value of $5.8 billion
- The Hershey Company in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Amplify Snack Brands
- ExxonMobil in a joint venture with Saudi Basic Industries for their Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project
- Vantiv in its $12 billion acquisition of Worldpay
- Noble Energy in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Clayton Williams Energy
- ONEOK in:
- the spin-off of its natural gas local distribution company
- its acquisition of the publicly traded common units of ONEOK Partners
- Goldman Sachs in the sale of its 49% stake in the YES Network to News Corp.
Krause’s major representative restructuring matters have included:
- Diamond Sports Group in its successful chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Atlas Resource Partners in its prepackaged plan of bankruptcy, one of the first chapter 11 reorganizations of a master limited partnership
- CIT Group in its prepackaged plan of bankruptcy