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Practice Expertise
- Business Services
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Federal Tax
- Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Organizations
Areas of Practice
- Business Services
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Federal Tax
- Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Opportunity Zone Resource Center
- Real Estate Tax Incentives & Economic ...
- State & Local Tax
- Tax Controversies & Litigation
- Taxation View More
Profile
Richard L. Lieberman is a senior counsel in the Chicago office of Dykema and a member of the Firm's Tax Practice Group and Dental Service Organizations Group. With more than 35 years of broad transactional and structuring experience, Mr. Lieberman concentrates his practice on the use of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies in domestic and cross-border acquisitions, restructurings, mergers and financing transactions. He also advises Dykema's clients on tax issues related to executive compensation arrangements, including designing and advising on the implementation of executive, equity and deferred compensation programs.
Mr. Lieberman has substantial experience in the formation of joint ventures and acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and interests in joint ventures, including representing Dental Service Organizations in the design and implementation of tax-efficient structures and transactions. He also represents not-for-profit organizations in obtaining and retaining exemption from federal, state and local taxes, avoiding unrelated business income tax, and addressing private inurement and intermediate sanctions issues. He has long-represented both businesses and individuals before the Internal Revenue Service and state Departments of Revenue.
Richard is one of the senior Dykema attorneys leading the firm's initiative in the Qualified Opportunity Zone space. He is experienced in the organization and implementation of Qualified Opportunity Funds and regularly designs investment vehicles intended to capture Qualified Opportunity Zone benefits for investors.
Mr. Lieberman has been recognized as a "Leading Individual" by the International Tax Review in its World Tax Edition, was formerly an adjunct professor at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law and is an Expert Author for the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation series of Lexis Practice Advisor® as well as a participant on Law360's Tax Authority Federal Advisory Board.
Bar Admissions
Illinois
Education
DePaul University College of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1990 New York University School of Law, LL.M., International Legal Studies, 1984 ITT Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1983 University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.B.A., Accounting and Finance, 1980
Areas of Practice
- Business Services
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Federal Tax
- Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Opportunity Zone Resource Center
- Real Estate Tax Incentives & Economic Development
- State & Local Tax
- Tax Controversies & Litigation
- Taxation
Articles
IRS Awakens From Nearly 30-Year Slumber to Announce Objections to 1994 Tax Court Decision
By Richard Lieberman, Michael Cumming, Scott Kocienski, JIllian Foerster. Asel Lindsey. Nardeen Dalli |January 20232021 US Treasury Green Book: How The Biden Administration Plans To Fund Its Aspirations
By Richard Lieberman |June 20212021 US Treasury Green Book: How The Biden Administration Plans To Fund Its Aspirations
By Richard Lieberman |June 2021
Blogs
Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments
Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments provides legal insight on topics of special interest to insurance industry professionals. Covering a wide range of industries, Dykema's Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments blog provides brief but substantive alerts, including updates and analysis on significant developments and trends in the insurance industry.
Labor & Employment Law Blog
In the rapidly evolving field of labor and employment law, we know that employers need to stay informed about changes in the law, and how these changes impact day-to-day business operations. Dykema's Labor & Employment Law Blog (www.laboremployment-lawblog.com) discusses important labor and employment-related legal developments, reviews practical implications, and provides valuable insight for employers of all types.
The Firewall
The Firewall keeps you up to date on the hottest legal topics in the ever-changing world of data security and privacy. As information security becomes a critical facet of all businesses and industries and the target of many regulators, it is important to stay apprised of new legal developments. The Firewall provides insightful legal analysis of the emerging issues in data privacy and cybersecurity law to help businesses stay ahead of the curve.
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