Carl J. Riley > Greenberg Traurig, LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Offices

One Vanderbilt Avenue
NEW YORK
NEW YORK
NY 10017
United States
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Carl J. Riley

Work Department
Tax
Position
Shareholder
Career
Carl J. Riley focuses his practice on complex tax matters, concentrating on real estate-related tax matters, including initial public offerings, formations and other securities issuances, with particular emphasis on transactions involving REITs. He is experienced with tax rulings and treaties, administrative practice before taxing authorities, and the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). In addition, Carl advises clients regarding mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and transactions involving regulated investment companies (RICs), partnerships, pension funds and other tax exempt entities, and sovereign wealth funds. He is also experienced in the formation, diligencing, structuring and implementation of various investments and acquisitions of private equity funds.
Capabilities
Tax
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Real Estate Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Funds
Opportunity Zone Funds
Admission to Practice
New York
Languages
English
Education
- LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1994
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 1988
- B.S., University of Delaware, 1982
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Project finance
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense