As Benesch continues to add to its roster of top-notch legal talent, the firm is pleased to welcome Partner Sean Crowley to the Corporate & Securities Practice Group in Chicago.
Sean focuses his practice on business formations, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, debt offerings and equity offerings. He assists clients in understanding the tax implications of transactions and develops creative solutions for a variety of corporate and private equity clients to structure transactions in the most tax-advantageous fashion.
In addition, Sean’s practice includes counseling clients on Section 1031 exchanges and foreign investment in the U.S. Sean’s tax practice also includes assisting sponsors with the structuring of investments in their funds, assisting non-profit organizations in obtaining federal tax-exempt status and representing clients on a wide range of other tax matters, including tax matters related to partnerships, limited liability companies, C corporations, S corporations and REITs.
Sean is a certified public accountant with prior experience at Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young. He received his J.D. from University of Iowa College of Law and his B.S. and MAcc from University of Iowa.
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