David Polster

Practice Areas

Head of Skadden's Chicago office Tax Group. Advises on partnership transactions, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, real estate investment trusts (REITs), regulated investment companies (RICs), outbound investment in foreign jurisdictions, Section 1031 exchanges, foreign investments in the United States including under the Foreign Investment Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA), restructurings in and out of bankruptcy, leveraged leases, project financings and financial products.

Career

JD, Harvard Law School, 1994 (cum laude); BA, Yeshiva University, 1991 (magna cum laude).

Publications

“Final 'Domestically Controlled REIT' Regulations Retain Corporate Look-Through With Some Modifications,” Westlaw Today, May 2024

“New Proposed Regulations Would Affect the Taxation of U.S. Real Estate for Foreign Investors,” ABA eReport: ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Winter 2023