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Hillel Jacobson

1 212 310 8230 hillel.jacobson@weil.com

Position

Partner

Career

Hillel Jacobson is a partner in Weil’s Tax practice. He focuses on federal income tax matters and advises U.S. and non-U.S. clients on partnership tax matters, mergers and acquisitions, international tax matters, bankruptcy reorganizations, matters relating to private equity funds, hedge funds and their investors and private foundation tax matters.

Education

Beth Medrash Govoha (B.A., 1991); Columbia University (J.D., 1999).

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious

Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Tax > Financial products
• Tax > International tax
• Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Real estate > Real estate
• Industry focus > Sport
• Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense