Kirkland & Ellis LLP

International Tax; US Taxes: Non-Contentious [LL]

Mark Schwed is a tax partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Mark advises public companies and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on their domestic and international acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, financings and restructurings. He also has significant experience advising on SPAC initial public offerings, financings and business combinations. Additionally, Mark regularly advises on the structuring and negotiating of complex real estate transactions, including the formation of REITs.

Mark is recognized as a leading lawyer for Tax in New York by Chambers USA. In the 2025 edition, a client noted “Mark is really good at understanding the goals of transactions and is able to get to an answer that works for everybody.” In previous editions, sources praise him for being “able to take very complex tax issues and distill them down to easily understandable insights that are relevant to our business goals” and note “he's super practical, very commercial and has the industry experience to advise across a broad range of matters.” Mark is also recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” for both International Tax and US Tax: Non-Contentious by The Legal 500 United States and as a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine. Mark has been named as one of “500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers” in Lawdragon’s 2024 and 2025 lists.

Former Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

New York University School of Law, LL.M., 2005

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2005

Ramapo College, B.A., 2002