Nathan Giesselman is head of Skadden’s West Coast Tax Group. He advises public and private clients in a variety of internal and third-party transactions, with a particular focus on international planning for multinational clients; cross-border acquisition, disposition and restructuring transactions for both U.S. and international clients; and tax planning for private equity and entertainment industry clients.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2026 | M&A, Tax Transactional, Cross Border |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Tax, International, Web3 & Digital Assets |
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2025 | M&A, Tax Transactional, Cross Border |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Tax, International, Web3 & Digital Assets |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | Tax |
Significant representations include:
- Intel Corporation
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
- DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
- Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Inc.
- ANSYS in its acquisition by Synopsys at an enterprise value of $35 billion
- Entegris, Inc. in its pending $6.5 billion acquisition of CMC Materials, Inc.
- Scopely, Inc.
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- Electronic Arts Inc. in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Playdemic Ltd. from Warner Bros. Games and AT&T Inc.
- Viking Holdings Ltd. in its $1.69 billion initial public offering of ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange
- Visa Inc.
- Netflix, Inc. in its acquisitions of Animal Logic, The Roald Dahl Story Company Limited and Scanline VFX
- Proofpoint in its $12.3 billion sale to Thoma Bravo
- Broadcom Corporation in its $37 billion acquisition by Avago Technologies Limited
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation in the $4.2 billion sale of its critical care product group to Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in the spin-off of its enterprise services business and its merger with Computer Sciences Corp., as well as the spin-off of its software business and its combination with Micro Focus International plc
- Cavium, Inc. in its $1.4 billion acquisition of QLogic Corp. and in its $6 billion acquisition by Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
- United Talent Agency
- The Carlyle Group in its sale of a stake in Ithaca Holdings as part of Ithaca’s $1.1 billion acquisition by HYBE
- Westfield Corporation in its $25 billion acquisition by Unibail-Rodamco SE and in the separation of its OneMarket business line
- Nokia Corporation in the $7.2 billion sale of its devices and services business to Microsoft Corporation
- Viking Cruises Ltd. in its $500 million investment from TPG Capital, L.P. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; and its $675 million Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield offering of 13.000% senior secured notes due 2025