Profile
Bill Siegel is Co-Chair of the Global Tax Practice. He focuses on real estate, corporate and entertainment joint ventures. He has structured and negotiated complex joint ventures throughout the world and has wide-ranging experience advising real estate, corporate and entertainment clients on their legal structures and related transactional matters.
Concentrations
- Creating tax-efficient legal structures for real estate, corporate and entertainment clients
- Partnerships and limited liability companies (LLCs)
- Negotiation of Partnership and LLC Agreements for real estate developers and investors
- Entertainment and media finance joint ventures and related transactional matters
- Tour Agreements
- License Agreements
- REITs
- Like-kind exchange issues, including forward, reverse and tenancy-in-common structures
- Bankruptcy tax planning
- Equity-based compensation arrangements
Capabilities
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2017-2025
- Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2023
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Tax - U.S. Taxes - Non-Contentious, 2019-2021
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide
- "Up and Coming," 2014-2015
- "Recognized Practitioner," 2016
- Member, American Bar Association, Tax Section, Committee on Sales, Exchanges and Basis
- Member, Florida Bar, Tax Section
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- M.A., Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Harvard University
- B.A., with honors, Wesleyan University
Admissions
- Florida
Languages
- Russian, Conversational