Eliot Kaplan

Business attorney Eliot Kaplan focuses his counsel and representation on international, federal, state and local tax issues, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and entity formations, sophisticated transactions and business agreements. Eliot frequently counsels clients on real estate deals, private equity transactions, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures, entity planning and structuring, entity formation and dissolution, fund formation and business reorganizations and restructurings, potential and related tax liabilities triggered by complex transactions and entity structures and administrative tax controversies. Eliot advises and represents clients operating in a range of industries. These include real estate development, construction, recreation, hospitality and leisure, private equity, manufacturing and franchising. Eliot is a former attorney in the national office of the Internal Revenue Service, and, while in private practice, was appointed and served on the IRS Advisory Council, which advises the IRS commissioner and other IRS officials on tax policy and administration issues.