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Mr Bruce Gelman

+1 312-862-2370 bruce.gelman@kirkland.com

Position

Tax partner with extensive experience advising fund sponsors and investors (both offshore and domestic). Concentrates in the organization and structuring of real estate, infrastructure and other alternative-asset investment funds. Significant experience representing offshore investors in the U.S. property and infrastructure markets. Maintains a broad tax planning practice representing REITs and other investors in real estate.

Memberships

NAREIT; AFIRE.

Education

University of Detroit School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1992; Editor, Law Review); Boston College (B.A., 1990).

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• International trade > CFIUS
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Government > Government relations
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Tax > International tax
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Government > State attorneys general
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Finance > Project finance
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism