Biography
Mr. Barr is the Managing Partner of Davis Polk and a senior member of the Tax Department.
Twice named a “Tax MVP of the Year” by Law360, Mr. Barr is recognized as a leading tax lawyer in numerous industry publications. His practice focuses on advising companies and their boards on complex transactions with emphasis on federal income tax matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, spinoffs and splitoffs, and group structuring.
Before his election as Managing Partner in 2019, Mr. Barr spent five years as head of the firm’s Tax Department.