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Daniel P. Meehan is a partner and Chair of Cooley Godward Kronish's Tax practice group, as well as a member of the Firm's Business department. He joined the Firm in 2000 and is resident in the Colorado office.
Mr. Meehan's practice focuses on taxation and executive compensation. He has extensive experience with tax issues related to private equity fund formation and partnerships, investments made by private equity funds, mergers and acquisitions, and leveraged buyouts. He also advises technology companies on all aspects of equity-based compensation arrangements, including stock options.
Mr. Meehan served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert P. Ruwe of the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C. He has also written for the Journal of Partnership Taxation and The Tax Lawyer as well as numerous other tax-related publications. Mr. Meehan is also co-author of "Negotiating Merger & Acquisition Agreements" NYU 61st Institute on Taxation (Oct. 2002) and "Multi-Step Acquisitions: New Solutions to Corporate and Securities Law Problems in Tax-Free Reorganizations" The Corporate Governance Advisor (March/April Volume 10, No. 2).
Mr. Meehan received a Masters of Law degree in taxation from Georgetown University in 1994, earning the Chetwood and Shell awards for distinguished academic performance. He received a J.D. in 1992 from Georgetown, where he was editor-in-chief of The Tax Lawyer. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder, receiving a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy in 1989.
Mr. Meehan is admitted to practice in Colorado and Illinois and is a member of the Colorado and American Bar Associations.
Education- Georgetown University Law Center
LLM Taxation, 1994, Chetwood and Shell Awards - Georgetown University Law Center
JD, 1992 - University of Colorado at Boulder
BA Economics & Philosophy, 1989
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