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

Other key lawyers

Douglas Stransky, David Nagle, Sarah Wellings, Christopher Curtis, Marc Stern