Laura McCracken

Laura McCracken is a director in the Commercial practice at Andersen, specializing in U.S. federal income tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions. With over 12 years of experience, Laura has been advising clients on complex M&A transactions, including buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence, modeling (e.g., tax attribute availability and limitations, tax basis step-ups, transaction cost deduction estimates, after-tax cash proceeds, etc.), legal agreement review from a tax perspective, and tax structuring.

Laura's expertise spans various industries, including technology, consumer products, and media & entertainment.

Before joining Andersen, Laura spent over a decade at EY and PwC with their mergers and acquisitions tax teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco, leading multiple acquisitions, dispositions, and reorganizations for private equity and strategic clients. Laura also formerly worked at RSM's mergers and acquisitions tax practice in Los Angeles, focusing on mid-market clients and acquisitions within the media & entertainment industry.