Jennifer A. Fitzgerald

Jennifer Fitzgerald is a tax associate in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Her experience includes tax planning for investment fund formations, real estate transactions, REITs, public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and investor-level tax planning. She has provided advice on structuring investments in real estate, debt, and other investments for investment funds, foreign governments, other non-U.S. investors, corporations and individuals. She has also obtained private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jennifer was an associate at another international law firm where she gained experience with the tax aspects of securitizations including REMICs and CLOs.

Jennifer received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was senior production editor of the Virginia Law & Business Review. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, magna cum laude, from the College of William and Mary.

She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the State of New York.

Selected Recent Representations Include

• IPI Partners on its flagship REIT funds;
• BTG Pactual on the formation of its strategic capital fund;
• Madison Realty Capital on its real estate debt and equity funds;
• Ziff Davis, Inc., in its spin-off of Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.;
• Brasa Capital Management on its equity funds;
• Merck & Co. on the tax aspects of its $2.75 billion acquisition of VelosBio Inc.;
• Insurity, a portfolio company of GI Partners, in its acquisition of AuSuM Systems, a cloud-native software for on-site audits and inspections;
• MidOcean Partners in its acquisition of Louisiana Fish Fry Products, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based manufacturer and supplier of branded, Louisiana-inspired food products.

Capabilities

• Tax
• Investment Funds
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

Credentials

Education:

• University of Virginia - 2016 Juris Doctor
• Boston University - 2013 Master of Arts
• College of William & Mary - 2009 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• District of Columbia Bar
• New York Bar