Peter J. Elias

Mr. Elias' practice focuses on the structuring and implementation of tax-advantaged structures for a wide range of business and investment transactions, including those involving corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, REITs and other investment entities, and in devising and structuring complex financing arrangements and tax strategies for corporations and individuals.

Mr. Elias has significant experience in the representation of sponsors in connection with the formation, tax planning and structuring of investment funds, both domestic and cross-border, including private equity, venture capital, real estate and hedge funds, and other pooled investment vehicles. Mr. Elias also assists these clients and others in connection with tax planning and structuring for a broad range of investment transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt financings, buy-outs, divestitures and restructurings. He has structured numerous transactions involving non-U.S. and/or tax-exempt investors, including those related to on and off-shore private equity, real estate and hedge funds.

Mr. Elias received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings School of Law in 1992, and his LL.M. in taxation from the New York University School of Law in 1993. He graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in political science and business administration. He was admitted to the California state bar in 1993.