Brett Cotler
Partner @Seward & Kissel LLP
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @Seward & Kissel LLP
New York, NY, US
I represent private investment funds (including hedge funds, real estate funds and private equity funds), fund managers, technology and blockchain companies, and tax-exempt organizations on a variety of tax issues, including initial structuring, seed investments, portfolio investments, transactional matters, financial instruments, mergers and acquisitions, and deferred compensation structures (including Sections 83 and 409A of the Internal Revenue Code).I also regularly counsel shipping companies on Section 883 of the Internal Revenue Code, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, the controlled foreign corporation and passive foreign investment company rules, internal restructurings, and the U.S. tonnage tax regime. I also represent numerous shipping companies and other foreign private issuers in their public offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as the underwriters of such offerings.
EDUCATION
New York University School of Law
Master of Laws (LLM), Tax Law/Taxation
Rutgers University
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Psychology
Rutgers Law School
J.D., Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, Law
SKILLS
ABOUT BRETT COTLER
In his practice, Brett regularly represents private investment funds (including hedge funds, real estate funds and private equity funds), fund managers, technology and blockchain companies, and tax-exempt organizations on a variety of tax issues, including initial structuring, seed investments, portfolio investments, transactional matters, financial instruments, mergers and acquisitions, and deferred compensation structures (including Sections 83 and 409A of the Internal Revenue Code).Brett also regularly counsels shipping companies on Section 883 of the Internal Revenue Code, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, the controlled foreign corporation and passive foreign investment company rules, internal restructurings, and the U.S. tonnage tax regime. Brett also represents numerous shipping companies and other foreign private issuers in their public offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as the underwriters of such offerings.Brett received his LL.M.(in Taxation) from New York University School of Law, his J.D, cum laude, from Rutgers School of Law-Newark, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, and his B.A, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Rutgers University.
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