Jeffrey D. Uffner
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Jeffrey Uffner represents prominent securities, real estate, distressed debt and infrastructure fund sponsors, and global, national and regional private funds, in all aspects of domestic, foreign, and cross-border tax planning.
Jeffrey has extensive experience in a wide range of transactional and commercial tax matters, having structured highly complex, tax-efficient investment platforms for taxable and tax-exempt institutions, high-net-worth individuals, and non-U.S. investors. He advises clients on the taxation of partnership entities; real estate investment trusts; qualified opportunity zone funds; cross-border acquisitions and investments; mergers and acquisitions; investment and energy tax credits; real estate investment and exchanges; and the investment activities of pension plans, tax-exempt organizations, venture capital funds, and non-U.S. investors such as sovereign and sovereign wealth funds.
Jeffrey also advises debtors’ and creditors’ committees, individual lending institutions, and distressed debt funds on the tax aspects of bankruptcy proceedings and workouts.
Jeffrey is regularly listed in Chambers USA and has been nationally recommended by The Legal 500 US. According to Chambers, "Jeff's knowledge and experience with tax law is invaluable to our business." He has also been recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers.
Credentials
- LL.M. in Taxation, New York University School of Law, 1980
- J.D., The University of Chicago Law School, 1976
- B.A., The State University of New York, Binghamton University, 1973
- New York
- U.S. Tax Court
- Member, Tax Section, New York State Bar Association
- Member, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
- Member, Committee on Taxation of Business Entities, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Member, New York Committee of Realty Trust Tax Lawyers