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Proskauer Rose LLP
11 TIMES SQUARE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036-8299
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Tax

Position

Stephen Severo is a partner in Proskauer’s Tax Department. Stephen represents corporate, private equity and investment fund clients in connection with all tax-related aspects of their businesses, including fund formation, secondary transactions, taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, tax-free spin-offs, taxable divestitures, domestic and cross-border bank financing arrangements, investments, partnerships and joint ventures, debt restructurings, securities issuances and REIT and other specialized real estate transactions. He provides tax advice and planning for U.S. inbound and outbound investments, including treatment of U.S. shareholders under the PFIC and CFC regimes, foreign tax credit issues, treaty issues and reporting obligations. Additionally, he provides ongoing federal income tax counsel to clients in connection with tax structuring and strategy to minimize tax liability and effective tax rate, improve tax efficiencies, and ensure proper tax treatment and reporting.

Prior to joining Proskauer, Stephen was an associate in the tax department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Tax > International tax

Proskauer Rose LLP advises on cross-border structuring issues such as withholding tax, permanent establishment risk, transfer pricing consideration, asset and business migrations, anti-deferral regimes, and tax treaty benefit. Team lead Amanda Nussbaum, who sits in the New York office, has significant expertise in structuring tax free and taxable mergers and acquisitions as well as taxation in the sports industry. Also located in New York, David Miller has considerable experience handling matters relating to the taxation of financial products, lending transactions, M&A, hedge funds, and HNWI, in both a domestic and international context whilst Martin Hamilton advises on cross-border investments and structured financing arrangements, and tax-efficient corporate financing techniques. In Los Angeles, Robert Friedman’s practice covers tax advice on public and private mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, private equity fund formation, financial products, and electric and gas utility tax issues. In Boston, Stephen Severo represents corporate, private equity and investment fund clients in connection with all tax-related aspects of their businesses. At the associate level, New York-based Kathleen Semanski and Washington DC-based Yomarie Habenicht, who both advise on a wide range of cross-border transactions, and Boston-based Philip Lenertz, who has particular strengths in the funds space, are notable team members.