Mr Steven Meier > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices
233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 8000
CHICAGO, IL 60606 - 6448
ILLINOIS
United States
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Mr Steven Meier
Work Department
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Opportunity Zone Funds
- Real Estate
- REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets
- Tax
- Financial Products & Technology
- Blockchain Technologies
- Health Care, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals
Position
Partner, Chair of Corporate Department, Co-Chair of Tax Practice, and Co-Leader of Opportunity Zone Funds Team
Career
Steve is a tax and business lawyer with broad experience in designing and implementing M&A and real estate capital markets transactions. Clients appreciate his cutting-edge knowledge of the tax law and his ability to apply it in a grounded, common-sense manner to real estate and corporate transactions.
Steve chairs Seyfarth’s Corporate department and is co-chair of our national Tax practice. He is highly skilled in developing real estate and alternative investment programs of all types, including Qualified Opportunity Funds, REITs, investment funds, and complex like-kind exchange programs (such as Delaware Statutory Trust investment programs). Steve serves as general tax counsel to numerous businesses and entrepreneurs, and advises them on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, equity compensation and related matters, and dispositions to strategic and financial acquirers. Clients praise Steve for his combination of sophisticated tax knowledge and understanding of their businesses.
Steve is recognized as a thought leader in tax structuring of investment programs for the capital markets industry. He has been recognized by The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2014-2019) for his tax practice, and is a frequent speaker on tax and business issues in Qualified Opportunity Funds, real estate investment programs, and M&A transactions.
Education
- JD, Columbia University Law School
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, all years
- AM, Harvard University
- BA, University of Wisconsin
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
In addition to its formidable reputation in real estate capital markets and M&A, Seyfarth Shaw LLP is noted for its involvement in the tax-exempt organization space, having advised domestic hospitals, universities, and other charitable entities. Chicago-based co-head and corporate department chair Steven Meier specializes in alternative investment programs, including Qualified Opportunity Funds and other similar exchanges, while fellow co-head John Napoli focuses on real estate fund formations, such as REITs and UPREITs. Rotem Bar-Kokhva‘s transactional acumen attracts a number of private equity funds and hedge funds. All named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Government > Government contracts
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious