Seth advises and counsels clients on corporate, contract and tax issues to a wide variety of businesses, including those in the real estate development, energy, banking and manufacturing industries. He represents clients in the structuring, negotiation and management of contracts for complex projects, including the construction of energy generation, storage and transmission facilities; the development and financing of multi-unit residential, office, retail and college facility projects; and projects qualifying for historic rehabilitation, energy and other tax credits and incentives.
Seth has depth of experience in representing clients acquiring, managing and leasing properties in financial distress, particularly in the shopping mall space, and in the restructuring of associated debt structures. He regularly works with financial institutions, providing general corporate advice, assistance with unique contract issues, advice on certain regulatory compliance matters and assistance with commercial lending issues. He also provides general assistance to clients on for-profit and not-for-profit governance issues, capital raises and other general corporate matters.
His tax work includes, among other things, counseling clients on entity and individual tax issues relevant to the structuring and restructuring of joint ventures and real estate-related transactions, qualification for and monetization of certain Investment Tax Credits and nonqualified deferred compensation plans and arrangements.
Seth’s prior experience includes years spent preparing tax returns for individuals moving between states and U.S. expatriates living abroad, work advising business administering self-insured health and welfare benefit plans on plan design and ERISA compliance, and financial institutions on various securities compliance matters.