Publications
“Infrastructure REITs: A Tax Code Patch to Fill America’s Potholes,” Tax Notes (May 6, 2019)
“US Income Tax Reform and the Impact on Real Estate,” AFIRE News, Issue 2 (2018)
“The Fractions Rule and Real Estate Joint Ventures,” Thomson Reuters Real Estate Taxation (2nd Quarter 2017)
“Proposed IRS Regulations on Management Fee Waivers May Adversely Impact Real Estate Fund Managers,” co-authored for PREA Quarterly (Fall 2015)
Martin D. Ginsburg & Jack S. Levin, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts (updated semi-annually) (contributor)
Stephen Butler, Comment, Headwinds to a Clean Energy Future: Nuisance Suits Against Wind Power Projects in the United States, 97 Cal. L. Rev. 1337 (2009).
Seminars
“Energy, Climate, ESG, Environmental and Tax Matters in the First 100 Days of the Biden Administration,” Kirkland Webinar (2021)
“Innovative and Tax-Efficient REIT Structures for the Midstream Sector,” Midstream REIT Seminar, Houston (2020)
"Tax Strategies for Real Estate LLC and LP Agreements: Capital Commitments, Tax Allocations and Distributions, and More," Strafford Publications, Inc. Webinar (2019)
“Private Equity Fund Restructurings: Due Diligence, Sponsor Fiduciary Concerns, Key Deal Points for New Investors,” Strafford Publications, Inc. Webinar (2018)
“Tax Reform Overview,” Cornell Real Estate Club, New York, New York (2018)
“Tax Reform Under the New Administration,” Financial Executives Alliance, San Francisco, California (2017)
“Minimizing IRS Scrutiny of Private Equity Management Fee Waivers: Structuring Defensible Waiver Agreements,” Strafford Publications, Inc. Webinar (2017)
Chairman, “Real Estate Joint Ventures,” Strafford Publications, Inc. Seminar, New York, New York (2017)
“The 'Fractions Rule' in Partnership Agreements: Drafting Section 514(c)(9)(E) Compliant Allocations,” Strafford Publications, Inc. Webinar (2016)
“Structuring and Negotiating LBOs,” University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Private Equity/Venture Capital Seminar (2016)
Moderator, “Taxes, Structures and Other Considerations,” AFIRE Conference on “Australian Waves on Foreign Shores,” Melbourne, Australia (2016)
“Canadians on the Offensive — Tax Efficient Investments into U.S. Real Estate Markets,” NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association Webinar (2014)
“Charity Checkpoints — Legal Steps to Forming a 501(c)(3) in Illinois,” The Law Project Emerging Nonprofit Certificate of Training Program (2014)
“Drafting Tax and Economic Provisions in a Partnership or LLC Agreement,” Chicago Bar Association, Committee on Business Law — Documentation Best Practices (2013)
“FATCA — A Survival Guide for Derivatives Practitioners,” Chicago Bar Association, Futures and Derivatives Committee (2012)
