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Biography

Drew Johnson is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Transaction Tax practice in Washington DC.

 

With almost 20 years of experience, Mr. Johnson advises clients in planning for complex transactions and provides a full range of tax services that encompass transaction diligence, structuring, implementation and preparation of the related tax returns. In particular, Mr. Johnson has worked with companies regarding partnership tax issues, sports tax issues, real estate and infrastructure issues. He also has expertise in responding to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits and preparing GAAP income tax provisions.

 

Mr. Johnson’s practice is focused on transaction diligence and structuring for private equity clients. Most recently, he has provided technical partnership on a wide range of mergers and acquisitions activity across A&M’s transaction practice.

 

Outside of his transaction practice, Mr. Johnson’s notable assignments include: advising a professional sports league on tax issues relating to the relinquishment of its tax exempt status; preparing the income tax return for a professional sports league; assisting on certain partnership issues relating to a major contribution of railcars to a shipping company; helping an international energy company on tax issues relating to the division of one of the largest oil refining and distribution joint venture partnerships in the United States; serving in a tax-director-equivalent role for a private equity fund, where he was responsible for managing its tax compliance and audit defense functions; advising a high-net worth family on its real estate and hotel investments.

 

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Johnson spent seven years with Covington & Burling, where he served as a member of its tax and insurance practice groups. Previously, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Emilio M. Garza of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before law school, Mr. Johnson spent three years with the tax practice of Arthur Andersen.

 

Mr. Johnson earned a bachelor of business administration degree (summa cum laude) from the College of William & Mary. He earned a law degree from the University of Virginia, where he was an Articles Editor of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif, and earned an Executive LL.M. in taxation from the NYU School of Law. Mr. Johnson is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Virginia and is a member of both the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.