Co-Head of the Firm’s Tax Practice, Marcy Geller advises clients on tax aspects of a wide range of matters, including private investment fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, REITs and real estate transactions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings and bankruptcies. She advises private equity clients on tax matters related to formation of funds, including real estate opportunity and credit funds, and the structuring of investments by those funds.
Marcy is recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which noted that she handles her clients’ “most complicated issues” and praised her for being “always ten steps ahead” and “really extraordinary.”
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Work Highlights
- Versum Materials, Inc. in its $6.5 billion sale to Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
- K2M Group Holdings, Inc. in its $1.4 billion acquisition by Stryker Corporation
- AEA Investors LP in its acquisition of Jack’s Family Restaurants
- WeWork in the formation and raising of the WeWork Property Investors Fund
- Entities affiliated with BlackRock’s Long Term Private Capital strategy in its strategic investment in Authentic Brands Group
- Northwood Investors in the formation and raising of the Northwood Real Estate Partners Fund
- SiriusXM in its acquisition of Pandora and Automatic Labs
- Rockpoint Group in its sale of a minority interest to Blackstone and on the formation of funds
- KKR in its initial public offering of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, and in the formation of KKR Real Estate Partners America II Fund, KKR Global Private Credit Fund and KKR Real Estate First Credit Opportunity Fund
- Square Mile in the establishment of multiple investment funds, including Square Mile Core Credit Partners, Square Mile Partners V and Square Mile Tactical Partners II
Accolades
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Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2012-2020
Education
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New York University School of Law, 1997 J.D.
magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Annual Survey of American Law
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New York University School of Law, 2000 LL.M.
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University of Pennsylvania, 1994 B.S.
magna cum laude
Associations
- Executive Committee, Tax Section, New York State Bar Association
- Private Investment Fund Tax Forum
Co-Head of the Firm’s Tax Practice, Marcy Geller advises clients on tax aspects of a wide range of matters, including private investment fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, REITs and real estate transactions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings and bankruptcies. She advises private equity clients on tax matters related to formation of funds, including real estate opportunity and credit funds, and the structuring of investments by those funds.
Marcy is recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which noted that she handles her clients’ “most complicated issues” and praised her for being “always ten steps ahead” and “really extraordinary.” She has presented at conferences sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, among others.
Marcy received her J.D., magna cum laude, and LL.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif, and her B.S., magna cum laude, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Marcy serves on the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association, as well as on the Tax Committee of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City. She is admitted to practice in New York.