Robert Holo, a longtime partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, has swapped firms to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Holo, based in New York, will be a partner in the firm's tax department, Paul Weiss said Monday.

"Rob is an exceptional tax attorney with deep experience and a sterling reputation," chairman Brad Karp said in a statement. "We are delighted to welcome Rob to our partnership and back to Paul Weiss, where he began his career as an associate."

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Holo works with banks, private equity funds, investors and other clients on tax matters in connection with acquisitions in cross-border mergers and other transactions.

Among other deals, Holo advised on First Data Corp.'s $22 billion merger with Fiserv in January 2019, Genesee & Wyoming's $8.4 billion sale to Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC in July 2019, and Sirius XM's $3.5 billion acquisition of streaming radio company Pandora in September 2018.

He has worked with some of the largest banks and buyout firms in the world as well, counting KKR, Carlyle, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs among his previous clients, according to his Simpson Thacher biography.

Holo started his legal career as an associate at Paul Weiss before moving to Simpson Thacher in 1997 and becoming a partner there in 2001.

A spokesperson for Simpson Thacher said the firm wishes him well.

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