Louis Marett > Choate, Hall & Stewart > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Choate, Hall & Stewart Offices
TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MA 02110
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Louis Marett
Position
Louis Marett, chair of Choate’s Tax Practice Group, helps private equity funds and their portfolio companies to minimize their tax burdens in connection with mergers and acquisitions and fund formations. Known for meticulous preparation and devising creative approaches to structuring and closing deals, he has advised clients on hundreds of major transactions.
Louis’ clients include many private equity funds, such as BV, Candescent, Century, Columbia Capital, Cove Hill, Ecosystems, Essex-Woodlands, Falcon, Great Hill, HarbourVest, M/C Partners, New Heritage, Riverside, Serent Capital, Silversmith, Spectrum, Summit, Surveyor, Sverica, Symmetric, Tower Arch, Turn/River, Windjammer, and XPV.
Education
- Harvard Law School
- JD, 1972, cum laude
- Harvard College
- AB, 1968, magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Choate, Hall & Stewart‘s Boston-based tax practice specializes in complex middle-market transactions, with a focus on advising leading private equity funds, venture capital funds, and their portfolio companies. M&A involving both strategic and financial buyers, international tax planning, and investment fund formations are all core workflows for the group. Practice head Louis Marett is a key point of contact for the firm’s extensive private equity fund clientele, while Judith Fiorini‘s expertise further spans matters involving partnerships, foreign tax credits, and cryptocurrencies. Olivier Léger advises private equity fund sponsors at all stages of their operations, with a dual focus on fund formations and portfolio company acquisitions and divestitures.
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Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Commercial lending