Steven P. Eichel
Steve Eichel has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer from 2004-2009 and is listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Practice Focus
Tax: tax consulting, with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international tax planning, complex joint venture formations and domestic and international equity and debt financing, structuring and restructuring.
Transactional: general corporate law and business formations, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, and complex real estate development joint ventures involving taxable developers, REITs and institutional tax-exempt investors.
Cross-Border Transactions: international M&A, structuring of inbound investments by foreign investors in the United States and outbound investments by US investors in numerous foreign jurisdictions; passive investment vehicles and operating businesses in the international context.
Representative Engagements
- Converted affiliated group of securities investment funds aggregating over $200 million in investments for high net worth family office from general partnerships to LLCs and prepared LLC agreements to govern reorganized fund vehicles.
- Joint venture among private real estate development company and two publicly traded REITs to develop $300 million mixed-use project in Maryland.
- Joint venture between private real estate development company and real estate private equity fund to develop $240 million mixed-use project in Massachusetts.
- Global reorganization of international securities brokerage and financial advisory services firm with offices in Bermuda, Japan and Luxembourg and tax planning and structuring for, and organization of, new operations in China and India.
- Design and implement equity-based compensation plan for Japanese financial services firm.
- Joint venture between US and Australian public entertainment companies to develop megaplex theatres in Latin America.
- $100 million disposition of private auto parts supply chain to public company.
- $35 million disposition of international personal identification products manufacturing company to public company.
- Development of eco-tourism resort in Belize.
- Development of $200 million residential community and resort in Montana.
- Acquisition of deep sea fishing resort in Costa Rica.
- $40 million acquisition of Canadian medical device market consulting firm by US strategic acquirer.
- Joint venture to develop $63 million residential condominium project in Connecticut.
- International tax and structuring advice to US-based publicly traded medical device company.
- Corporate reorganization and tax planning for supplier of linguists and interpreters to US Department of Defense.
- Numerous start-up company formations and financings.