Jesse A. Criz concentrates his practice in the areas of federal and international taxation and the laws affecting business entities. Mr. Criz represents both institutional and entrepreneurial clients in a wide variety of complex domestic and international real estate, corporate, and partnership transactions, with a focus on tax planning and structuring.

Mr. Criz has extensive experience in the real estate area, including representation of real estate opportunity funds and publicly traded and privately owned real estate investment trusts (REITs). He has structured and closed many REIT transactions, including REIT mergers and acquisitions, formations of private REITs, partnership roll-ups and UPREIT transactions. In addition, Mr. Criz has structured inbound real estate investments by foreign real estate funds and the formation and establishment of domestic and international real estate funds, including certain funds as private REITs. Mr. Criz also has extensive experience representing REITs and other real estate owners in structuring and closing real estate joint venture transactions, many of which involve real estate development activities.

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• Illinois