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Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 8000
CHICAGO, IL 60606 - 6448
ILLINOIS
United States
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Mr Steven Meier

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+1 (312) 460-5548 smeier@seyfarth.com View profile View profile

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s transactional tax practice specializes in real estate sector matters, including real estate capital markets transactions. The team assists clients with a wide variety of real estate-related assets and interests, including shopping centers, REITs, REMICs, and partnerships/LLCs. Steven Meier in Chicago has considerable experience handling real estate and alternative investments such as Qualified Opportunity Funds and REITs. He leads the team alongside New York’s John Napoli, who advises financial institutions, investors, limited liability companies, and subchapter S-corporations, among others. Rotem Bar-Kokhva in New York has experience handling like-kind exchanges, recapitalizations, and workouts in the real estate space. Ofer Lion in Los Angeles represents nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations.

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