RoyMeilman
Counsel
Tax
rmeilman@seyfarth.com
Roy is known for his creative, careful, and business-focused tax counseling.
More About Roy
Minimizing taxes is an important goal for every business and individual. Clients look to Roy to help them effect desired outcomes in a tax-efficient manner, and to defend challenges from taxing authorities seeking increased liability.
Roy has extensive experience structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, including equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and project, lease, and opportunity zone financings. He also has broad experience representing clients in tax controversy matters at the federal, state, and local levels.
Roy's clients are financial institutions, public utilities, other major public corporations, closely held corporations, partnerships, trusts, tax exempt organizations, lessors, lessees, lenders, financial intermediaries, loan servicers, individuals and governmental entities. He routinely partners with Seyfarth's corporate, real estate, finance, insurance, and transportation experts to provide first class legal services for clients.
Roy has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is recognized as one of New York's Top Rated Lawyers: Taxation by The American Lawyer (ALM Media Properties, LLC) .
Roy has extensive experience structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, including equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and project, lease, and opportunity zone financings. He also has broad experience representing clients in tax controversy matters at the federal, state, and local levels.
Roy's clients are financial institutions, public utilities, other major public corporations, closely held corporations, partnerships, trusts, tax exempt organizations, lessors, lessees, lenders, financial intermediaries, loan servicers, individuals and governmental entities. He routinely partners with Seyfarth's corporate, real estate, finance, insurance, and transportation experts to provide first class legal services for clients.
Roy has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is recognized as one of New York's Top Rated Lawyers: Taxation by The American Lawyer (ALM Media Properties, LLC) .
- BA, Franklin & Marshall College
Phi Beta Kappa
- JD, Harvard Law School
- New York
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Roy is known for his creative, careful, and business-focused tax counseling.
More About Roy
Minimizing taxes is an important goal for every business and individual. Clients look to Roy to help them effect desired outcomes in a tax-efficient manner, and to defend challenges from taxing authorities seeking increased liability.
Roy has extensive experience structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, including equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and project, lease, and opportunity zone financings. He also has broad experience representing clients in tax controversy matters at the federal, state, and local levels.
Roy's clients are financial institutions, public utilities, other major public corporations, closely held corporations, partnerships, trusts, tax exempt organizations, lessors, lessees, lenders, financial intermediaries, loan servicers, individuals and governmental entities. He routinely partners with Seyfarth's corporate, real estate, finance, insurance, and transportation experts to provide first class legal services for clients.
Roy has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is recognized as one of New York's Top Rated Lawyers: Taxation by The American Lawyer (ALM Media Properties, LLC) .
Roy has extensive experience structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, including equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and project, lease, and opportunity zone financings. He also has broad experience representing clients in tax controversy matters at the federal, state, and local levels.
Roy's clients are financial institutions, public utilities, other major public corporations, closely held corporations, partnerships, trusts, tax exempt organizations, lessors, lessees, lenders, financial intermediaries, loan servicers, individuals and governmental entities. He routinely partners with Seyfarth's corporate, real estate, finance, insurance, and transportation experts to provide first class legal services for clients.
Roy has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is recognized as one of New York's Top Rated Lawyers: Taxation by The American Lawyer (ALM Media Properties, LLC) .
- BA, Franklin & Marshall College
Phi Beta Kappa
- JD, Harvard Law School
- New York
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Feb 4, 2022
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Oct 2, 2017
John Napoli and Roy Meilman authored a chapter in Global Legal Insights
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Mar 13, 2017
Seyfarth Represents Mack-Cali’s Roseland Residential Trust in $300 Million Equity Sale
- Rated the Highest Level of Professional Excellence by Martindale-Hubbell
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