Bio

Ben’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, fund formations, and other strategic transactions. He has deep experience drafting and negotiating the technical, high-stakes tax provisions of transaction agreements opposite the country’s largest and best-known law firms. He regularly represents growth companies, along with their founders and investors, in the technology, software, life sciences, cryptocurrency, financial services, advanced energy, manufacturing, and retail industries, throughout their life cycle from formation to exit. Ben is also equally active on the buy-side, regularly assisting middle market private equity funds and other investment groups in their portfolio company acquisitions and dispositions. Much of his practice involves cross-border transactions and specialized advice regarding withholding taxes, real estate investments, CFC and PFIC considerations, tax treaties, and FATCA. While previously practicing at Ropes & Gray, Ben helped advise some of the world’s largest private equity funds and hedge funds, the nation’s preeminent universities, and large U.S. and non-U.S. public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions and other important tax-related matters. Ben has a degree in economics and philosophy from the University of Rochester (B.A. 2006 magna cum laude) where he was the recipient of several awards for excellence in economics and graduated with highest honors in philosophy. He has a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law (2009 cum laude) where he was a member of the Law Review. Ben is originally from Connecticut and currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, Laurie, and two children.