Patrick J. O'Gara

Patrick focuses on UK and international corporation tax planning and defence for UK and overseas multinationals and private equity investors across a range of sectors. He has a particular focus on matters related to Intellectual Property, cross-border financing, and supply chain structuring.

• Advising several US digital companies on the audit defence of their UK and European supply chains across a range of issues, including transfer pricing, permanent establishment, and diverted profits tax.
• Advising a US oil and gas services company on the defence of its USD 1.8 billion UK financing structure following a post-merger restructuring against a HMRC audit based on thin cap, unallowable purpose test and anti-arbitrage grounds.
• Acting for a globally leading professional services company on its USD 18 billion merger with a global advisory, broking, and solutions company with 39,000 employees in more than 120 countries.
• Acting for a multinational conglomerate corporation in the consume electronics, gaming, and entertainment industry, Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, and a consortium of other investors on their acquisition of the EMI music publishing business in the UK, the US, France, and 24 other jurisdictions from a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation for USD 2.2 billion.
• Advising Ensco plc, the UK headquartered drilling services company, on its USD 7.1 billion acquisition of Pride International, Inc., a US specialist in deep-water projects, to create one of the world's largest offshore drillers.
• Advising a leading US pharmaceutical group on its separation and a spin-off which lead to the creation two separately listed groups.