North America - United States • Tax
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
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.
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Key clients
- American Tower Corporation
- Broadstone Group LLC
- Equinix, Inc.
- Tremont Mortgage Trust
- Seven Hills Realty Trust
- Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
- OneTen Coalition, Inc.
Work highlights
- Advising American Tower Corporation, and six other large public equity REITs with aggregate market capitalizations exceeding $170 billion, on publix tax issues.
- Representing The Broadstone Group and its principals in connection with the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
- Acting as outside general counsel for One Ten Coalition, Inc., a non-profit coalition of the country’s top employers and their CEOs with a mission of upskilling, hiring and advancing one million Black individuals in America over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ameek Ashok Ponda, Richard Jones