Publications | June 18, 2025
Changes in Premerger Notification
On November 12, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new final rule...
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Our Business Practice handles a wide range of commercial law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate, securities, financing, emerging businesses, contracts, tax, bankruptcy, labor, employment, employee benefits, environmental,health care, antitrust, intellectual property and succession planning for businesses, as well as estate planning for key stakeholders of businesses.
Our attorneys advise enterprises of all sizes, from developing businesses to national and multinational corporations. We represent clients who are engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, including manufacturing, health care, technology, biotechnology, banking and other financial services, real estate, distribution and retailing.
Opportunity Zones
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created a new section of the Internal Revenue Code designed to bring investment and development into the region. Investors, business owners, developers and city officials are working together to spur economic activity incentivized by tax benefits for development in low-income and underserved communities. Investors benefit by placing unrealized capital gains into Opportunity Funds, which are then invested in these communities, or Opportunity Zones, designated in each state, including each Maryland county and Baltimore City.
Our attorneys help clients realize these potential tax benefits by advising them through this evolving landscape. We stay abreast of proposed regulations and regularly present and author content on new developments. We provide a multidisciplinary approach for our clients in navigating the Tax, Real Estate, Securities and Business considerations of Opportunity Zones.
For questions about Opportunity Zones, contact:
Douglas T. Coats | 410-576-4002 | dcoats@gfrlaw.com
Michele B. Walsh | 410-576-4216 | mwalsh@gfrlaw.com
Searle E. Mitnick | 410-576-4107 | smitnick@gfrlaw.com
Lynn B. Sassin | 410-576-4151 | lsassin@gfrlaw.com
Edward J. Levin | 410-576-1900 | elevin@gfrlaw.com
Kenneth S. Aneckstein | 410-576-4053 | kaneckstein@gfrlaw.com
Our Business Law Team is actively involved in matters that include:
- Banking & financial services
- Bankruptcy
- Corporate law
- Employment law
- Environmental & energy law
- Financing
- Government regulation
- Health care
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International transactions
- Labor
- LLCs
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Partnerships
- Pension & benefit programs
- Private placements
- Securities
- Succession Planning for Businesses
- Tax Mitigation
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Utilities
News, Publications, and Insights
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Publications | June 05, 2025
Maryland Tax Alert 2025
On May 27, 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed The Budget Reconciliation an...
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Publications | February 24, 2025
Corporate Transparency Act: BOI Reporting Requirements Under CTA are Back in Effect
In the “on-again, off-again” world of filing Beneficial Ownership Information Re...
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Publications | January 27, 2025
Corporate Transparency Act Resource Page
Welcome to our Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) resource page....
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Publications | January 24, 2025
Corporate Transparency Act: SCOTUS Issues Stay of Injunction but BOI Reporting Not Currently Required
On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the governme...
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Publications | December 27, 2024
Corporate Transparency Act Injunction: Fifth Circuit Vacates Stay – BOI Reporting Back on Hold
On December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit r...
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