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Ameek Ashok Ponda
Work Department
Tax/REITs
Position
Ameek is director of Sullivan’s Tax Department and a former member of the firm’s Management Committee. His practice includes domestic and international taxation, with an emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and REIT transactions.
Ameek is nationally recognized for his work in REIT conversions and REIT cross-border matters. He has represented public and private REITs in an array of real property sectors, both domestically and abroad, including: business storage facilities; cold storage facilities; communications towers; data centers; dark and lit fiber; digital billboards; distributed antenna systems; hotels and travel centers; industrial properties; mortgage loans; single-family and multi-family residential; office buildings; parking facilities; retail properties; senior living facilities; solar, wind, and other power infrastructure; timberlands; transmission and distribution lines; as well as vineyards, greenhouses, and other agricultural properties.
Career
- National Law Journal, Tax Law Trailblazer (2023)
- Top 10 Influential REIT Tax Lawyers Steering USA’s Financial Landscape Nationwide, Business Today (2023)
- Chambers USA, Recognized Practitioner in Tax (2006-2024), REITs (2013-2024)
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Go To Lawyer, Taxation (2022)
- Best Lawyers‘ Boston Tax Law Lawyer of the Year (2012, 2017)
- Best Lawyers in America® (2008-2024)
- The Legal 500 U.S. (2007-2024)
- ‘Leading Lawyer’ in REITs, The Legal 500 U.S. (2017-2024)
- The Tax Lawyers, Massachusetts Recommended Attorney (2021-2022)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2004-2023)
- Boston Business Journal’s 40-under-40 (2007)
Languages
English, Hindi, Urdu
Memberships
- Member, Board of Advisors, GBH
- Secretary-Treasuer, American College of Tax Counsel
- Former Board of Regents, American College of Tax Counsel
- Chairman of the Board, Tax Analysts
- American Law Institute
- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
- International Fiscal Association
- National Tax Association
- Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC)
- Charter Member and former Secretary, The Indus Entrepreneurs-Boston
- American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations
- South Asian Bar Association
- Adjunct Professor, Boston University School of Law
- Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Education
- Boston University School of Law (LL.M., valedictorian)
- Taxation
- Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude)
- Harvard College (B.A., summa cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
(Leading lawyers)Public and private REITs both benefit from their relationships with the REITs practice at Sullivan & Worcester LLP, which specializes in REIT tax issues, M&A, secured and unsecured financings, and preferred and common equity offerings. Ameek Ashok Ponda is a director in the tax practice and is an authority on REIT tax issues and regularly lectures at Boston University. Practice head Angela Gomes is a corporate finance specialist and handles securities matters for REITs. Avinash Rao advises public companies on securities law and represents REITs in M&A, equity and debt financings, and joint ventures. Lindsey Getz focuses on public REITs, while Shu Wei handles equity and debt financing work. Also noted is newly promoted partner Sarah Wellings who excels in REIT-related tax issues. All aforementioned lawyers are part of the Boston practice. Brian Hammell left the practice in August 2023.
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Sullivan & Worcester LLP’s Boston-based non-contentious tax group offers broad expertise to a wide range of clients, from high-net-worth individuals to mutual funds, with a particularly strong reputation for representing REITs. Ameek Ashok Ponda, focusing on corporate M&A structuring, REIT transactions, and cross-border financings, heads the practice alongside Richard Jones, who has extensive experience in corporate, personal income, and sales/use tax matters. International tax practice head Douglas Stransky offers niche expertise in the tax implications of cross-border cryptocurrency and fintech-related ventures. Firm co-managing partner David Nagle, handling taxable and non-taxable acquisitions, among other issues, is also a key contact. REITs specialist Sarah Wellings, promoted to partner in January 2024, advises on a variety of public and private matters, including those involving data centers, office buildings, and distributed antenna systems. Brian Hammell left the firm in August 2023 for a role at the Archdiocese of Boston.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs) United States > Real estate
- US taxes: non-contentious United States > Tax
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Finance > Fintech
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)