Matheson Ormsby Prentice, the leading Irish law firm, has announced the appointment of a new tax partner.

Mark O’Sullivan has been appointed as a partner in the Tax Department and as head of Matheson Ormsby Prentice’s US offices in New York and Palo Alto, California.

Mark advises on all aspects of corporate taxation. His primary focus is advising overseas clients establishing operations and doing business in Ireland and advising on the tax aspects of inward investment and structuring. Mark also advises extensively on cross-border reorganisations and financing transactions with a particular focus on structured finance and securitisation transactions.

Hogan & Hartson LLP has announced that Xenia Legendre will join its Paris office as a partner in the firm’s tax practice group. Legendre will join the firm from the Paris office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she led the French tax practice.

Legendre has extensive experience in French and international tax matters. She focuses her practice on the taxation of French and multinational corporations, particularly on the structuring of merger and acquisition transactions and restructuring projects. In addition, she has substantial experience advising on the tax aspects of capital market transactions.

Ober|Kaler has announced that Richard F. Lindstrom has joined the firm’s Baltimore office as a principal in the Estates & Trusts Group.

Mr. Lindstrom brings over twenty years of experience in estates and trusts law. His practice spans all aspects of the estate planning process, estate and trust administration, and related tax matters. Prior to joining Ober|Kaler, Mr. Lindstrom was a member of the Trust and Estate Planning Department at Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander LLC. Previously, he served for ten years as Vice President of the Trust Department at Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company.

He is a frequent author and lecturer and regularly presents discussions before bar associations and other professional groups on estate and trust topics.

Mr. Lindstrom serves on MICPEL’s Board of Directors and Board of Trustees and chairs the Curriculum Committee. He is a past board member of the Baltimore Estate Planning Council. He also chairs the Estates & Trusts Section and has served on the Section Council of the Tax Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, and is a member of the American Bar Association’s Sections on Tax and Real Property, Probate and Trusts Law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and the Maryland Bar Foundation. In 2003, he received one of three Professional Legal Awards bestowed by the Maryland Bar Foundation. He has been named by his peers to be a “Maryland Super Lawyer” in the area of trusts and estates in 2006 and 2007.

A graduate of Marquette University (J.D., 1978) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (B.S., with honors, 1975), Mr. Lindstrom resides in Ellicott City.

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