Stephen Jordan, a partner in the firm’s Tax Group, represents private equity and investment management firms on a full range of transactional and advisory matters. Mr. Jordan is based in the firm’s New York office.

Mr. Jordan’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of complex fundraising and M&A transactions, including cross-border and public company restructuring deals. Additionally, Mr. Jordan has a strong background in tax policy analysis and in advising complex organizations on the potential business impact of proposed tax legislation. He is a frequent panelist on tax issues and has advocated for the private equity and investment management industries tax priorities before various governmental authorities in the United States and abroad.

Mr. Jordan is ranked as a leading tax practitioner by Chambers USA (2024), where clients note that he is “extremely capable and client service-oriented.” He is also recommended by The Legal 500 US (2024) for U.S. and international tax.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Jordan served for nearly a decade as the global head of tax at a premier, publicly traded global investment firm, and prior to that was a tax partner at a leading international law firm in New York.

Mr. Jordan received his B.A. from University of the South in 1991, his J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 1995 and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1998.