John Napoli

Partner at Seyfarth

Speaker

John is a member of the firm's executive committee, the co-managing partner ofSeyfarth’s New York office, and also co-chairs the firm’s national tax practice. Johnpractices federal, state and local tax law, and advises public and private clients on taxissues relating to corporate mergers and acquisitions, international transactions,restructurings, consolidations, financing, real estate (including REITs), tax free like kind1031 exchanges, subchapter S corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, and limitedliability companies. He is highly skilled in shaping tax-efficient real estate transactions,including the formation, operation, and liquidation of REITs and UPREITs.

Clients engage John because of his ability to provide highly technical tax guidance in apractical and relatable way. His clients often focus in the real estate industry and operateas REITs, real estate investors, investment funds, joint ventures, financial institutions, and property managers, among others. John also represents clients before the InternalRevenue Service, United States Tax Court, and various state and local authorities on avariety of controversial matters.

John is active in industry organizations such as IMN, NAREIT, and Real EstateRoundtable and sits on the US Advisory Board of Barretstown, a Paul NewmanSeriousFun camp for children with serious illness. Noted as a "trusted real estateattorney" and key individual by The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.), John has an AV rating inMartindale Hubbell for more than 20 years, has been selected for inclusion in New YorkMetro Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) (2006-2019), and was named to the NACDDirectorship’s "Directorship 100" list of "people to watch" in corporate America.