On Tax

Kiran Sheffrin is a senior attorney in Cravath’s Tax Department. In this episode of On Tax, she talks to Cravath partner and colleague Len Teti about how she has always wanted to be a lawyer; the opportunities she pursued while a student at Brooklyn Law School; and how she has embraced her role as a mentor, guiding junior associates much in the same way that she was brought up at the Firm. Hosted...

David Dubner is a Partner and Managing Director, and the Global Head of M&A Structuring in the Investment Bank at Goldman Sachs. After receiving his law degree, David spent several years as a tax associate at Cravath before moving to the New Products group at Goldman Sachs in the mid-2000s. In this episode of On Tax, David talks to host Len Teti about how he decided to take his first steps out...

Lisa Siders is the Vice President of Tax at Natura &Co. After receiving both her MBA and her law degree, Lisa was recruited to Deloitte’s comprehensive tax solutions program and later pursued opportunities at EY and Praxair before moving to Avon, which was acquired by Natura &Co in 2019. In this episode of On Tax, she talks to host Len Teti about why she treats everyone she works with as a...

Jason Weinstein is the Director of Tax Planning and Policy at Amazon. Jason grew up in New Jersey and, after college, worked in the governor’s office before attending the University of Michigan Law School. In this episode of On Tax, he talks to host Len Teti about his decision to move across the country from a New York City law firm to his current in-house position at Amazon in Seattle. Hosted on...

Larry Pasini is the founder of Pasini Law LLC. A born and raised New Yorker, Larry grew up in Queens before receiving full scholarships to attend Fordham and St. John’s Law. In this episode of On Tax, he talks to host Len Teti about his experiences at three of the top law firms in New York City, including Cravath, and his decision to start his own law practice in 2017. Learn more about On Tax at&n...

Alyson Lawrence is Vice President, Tax Planning and Counsel, at Johnson & Johnson. A third-generation CPA, Alyson grew up on a peach farm in southern New Jersey before she attended Georgetown and UVA Law. In this episode of On Tax, she talks to host Len Teti about her experiences at a Big Four accounting firm and as an associate at a law firm in Washington, D.C. before turning to an in-house p...

Steve Gordon served as Head or Co-Head of Cravath’s Tax Department from 2000 through 2020. In this episode of On Tax, he talks to host and fellow Cravath partner Len Teti about the many different paths people take into tax law, how his interest in transactional work led him to the tax practice at Cravath—where high-profile M&A and other corporate transactions are a cornerstone—and the collabor...

This season, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP partner and host Len Teti speaks to guests including Alyson Lawrence of Johnson & Johnson, who says she was “born to be a tax lawyer”; Jason Weinstein of Amazon, who tells us about his decision to move across the country to Seattle from his job at a New York law firm; and Larry Pasini of Pasini Law, who had stints at three of the top law firms in Ne...