Peter A Furci

Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Peter Furci is the firm’s presiding partner and a partner in the global tax practice. Previously, he served as co-chair of the tax department. In addition to his role as the firm’s senior leader, Mr Furci advises clients on a range of complex tax matters involving M&A, investment fund formation and general corporate transactions, and works closely with the firm’s private equity, M&A and Latin America groups.

Over the years, Mr Furci has built a reputation as a creative and commercial problem solver. He is listed as a leading tax lawyer in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, where clients have described him as ‘extremely smart’ and ‘collaborative, creative and technically excellent’, ‘with a solid base of experience in deals and a good sense of market trends’. Clients have also noted that he ‘consistently produces high-quality work and is very responsive’ and that he is ‘a phenomenal tax lawyer who is practical and solution-oriented’. Mr Furci is recognised in The Legal 500: US, where sources have noted that he is ‘outstanding, proactive and thoughtful’ and ‘simply the best tax lawyer I have ever worked with’.

A frequent writer and speaker on tax and private equity, Mr Furci is an adjunct professor of tax law at New York University Law School and serves on the executive committee of the New York State Bar Association tax section.