Ameek Ashok Ponda

Practice Areas

Tax

REITs

Tax Planning for Business Owners & Investors

International Tax

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Investment Funds & Institutional Investors

Tax Planning for High-Net-Worth Individuals

Real Estate, Alternative & Offshore Investment Funds

Agriculture & Timberland

Career

Ameek is director of Sullivan's Tax Department and a former member of the firm's Management Committee. His practice includes domestic and international taxation, with an emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and REIT transactions.

Ameek is nationally recognized for his work in REIT conversions and REIT cross-border matters. He has represented public and private REITs in an array of real property sectors, both domestically and abroad, including: business storage facilities; cold storage facilities; communications towers; data centers; dark and lit fiber; digital billboards; distributed antenna systems; hotels and travel centers; industrial properties; mortgage loans; single-family and multi-family residential; office buildings; parking facilities; retail properties; senior living facilities; solar, wind, and other power infrastructure; timberlands; transmission and distribution lines; as well as vineyards, greenhouses, and other agricultural properties.

Professional Memberships

Board of Regents, American College of Tax Counsel

Chairman of the Board, Tax Analysts

American Law Institute

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts

International Fiscal Association

National Tax Association

Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC)

Charter Member and former Secretary, The Indus Entrepreneurs-Boston

American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations

South Asian Bar Association

Adjunct Professor, Boston University School of Law

Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School