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Mark Schwed

Mark Schwed

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Mark Schwed focuses his practice on transactional matters. He regularly represents private equity and real estate sponsors and their portfolio companies on their domestic and international acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, restructurings and other M&A matters. Mark also has significant experience structuring and negotiating complex real estate transactions.

Personal

New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2005; Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 2005; Ramapo College of New Jersey, B.A., 2002.

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Tax - New York

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Mark Schwed focuses his practice on advising private equity funds and corporations on the tax aspects of complex transactions, including M&A, financings and divestitures. He has notable expertise in the real estate sector, often assisting with the formation of REITs.

Strengths

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  • Mark is a very strong technical lawyer. He does a great job of applying the technical law and breaking it down to the facts of the situation.

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  • Mark is practical, smart and business-focused.

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