Stephen M. Sharkey

Mr. Sharkey is a partner in the Tax Practice Group of DLA Piper. He joined the firm in 1987 and practices out of its Baltimore office.

Mr. Sharkey has a broad-ranging practice that combines expertise in federal and state tax aspects of real estate and other investments with more than 25 years of experience as a transactional attorney representing clients in sophisticated joint venture and financing transactions. His practice has a particular emphasis in real estate tax and finance matters, including

1. Representing real estate owners, developers and non-profit organizations in historic tax credit and
   new markets tax credits financing transactions;
2. Representing developers and institutional investors in structuring, negotiating and implementing
   complex partnership and joint venture arrangements (including UBTI issues of tax-exempt investors),
3. Planning and executing sophisticated like-kind exchange transactions; (iv) federal and state tax
   planning for real estate projects generally; and
4. Forming and operating limited liability companies, limited partnerships and other alternative (non-corporate) entities.