Robert Gottlieb has over 30 years experience as a tax and business lawyer whose practice focuses on structuring and negotiating complex real estate, partnership and business transactions. He advises clients, including real estate developers, tenants, management and leasing companies, and investors, on both day-to-day matters and specific real estate, capital formation, financing and business transactions. In his tax practice, Mr. Gottlieb advises clients in tax planning, choice of entity and structuring investments. A frequent lecturer on advanced tax issues, his practice emphasizes partnership tax planning, passive loss and interest deduction limitations, installment sales and like-kind exchanges, and the tax aspects of leases and loan transactions. Mr. Gottlieb represents real estate developers and investors in the acquisition, leasing, financing and disposition of properties. He also guides clients in choosing and structuring investment vehicles (including partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies) to facilitate capital formation and the financing of acquisitions. Mr. Gottlieb also focuses in the workout of problem properties, debt restructurings and conveyances of property in lieu of foreclosure, including the Federal and local income tax consequences associated with such transactions. In addition to his tax and real estate practice, Mr. Gottlieb assists clients in a variety of business transactions, including the purchase and sale of assets, stock and partnership interests and the negotiation and preparation of shareholder, partnership, employment, property management, and lease agreements and other business contracts. The ability to represent his clients as both business and tax counsel permits Mr. Gottlieb to work very closely with clients in all aspects of a transaction. Significant Matters Mr. Gottlieb has recently represented a series of clients in the acquisition and debt and equity financing of a variety of real estate projects, including mixed-use projects, multi-family housing, office buildings, warehouses and shopping centers, and in the tax structuring of transactions, including debt for equity swaps, like-kind exchanges and partnership restructurings. He has assisted clients in completing sales and tax deferred contributions to REITS, and has also assisted REITS in the acquisition of new projects. Activities Mr. Gottlieb has taught at The George Washington University Law Center and Georgetown Law Center from 1984-2009, teaching a graduate level course in the federal taxation of real estate transactions. His many lecture topics before legal and accounting groups have included the passive loss rules, like-kind exchanges, tax aspects of debt restructuring and the use of partnerships for real estate investments. Industries Financial Services News December 1, 2011, Venable client enters joint venture to develop Alexandria high-rise November 29, 2011, 11 Venable attorneys included in Washingtonian's "Washington's Best Lawyers" November 2, 2011, Law360 features Venable representation of Monday Properties in Lehman Brothers real estate settlement September 14, 2011, 75 Venable attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 June 15, 2011, Five Venable attorneys named to International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers 2011 June 10, 2011, Chambers Ranks Record Number of Venable Attorneys May 2, 2011, Washington, DC edition of Super Lawyers 2011 honors 17 Venable attorneys August 23, 2010, 65 Venable attorneys receive 2011 Best Lawyers honors July 17, 2010, Venable Makes Big Gains on Chambers USA 2010 Rankings with Forty-Eight Attorneys Listed as Among the Best in Their Fields November 23, 2009, 13 Venable attorneys included in Washingtonian's "Washington's Top Lawyers" November 5, 2009, Best Lawyers recognizes 24 Washington-area Venable attorneys in Washington Post supplement November 3, 2009, Kevin Shepherd, Co-Chair of Venable's Real Estate Practice, Elected President of American College of Real Estate Lawyers July 16, 2009, Thirty-Nine Venable Attorneys Recognized By Clients and Peers as Among Best in Their Practice Areas in 2009 Chambers USA Rankings November 7, 2008, Kevin L. Shepherd elected President-Elect of American College of Real Estate Lawyers August 25, 2008, Fifty-nine Venable Attorneys Earn Best Lawyers in America Honors November 29, 2007, 14 Venable Lawyers Named to Washingtonian Magazine's 2007 List of D.C.-Area's Top Attorneys September 12, 2007, Fifty-five Venable Attorneys Earn Best Lawyers in America Honors July 18, 2007, 31 Venable Attorneys Recognized By Clients and Peers as Among Best in Field in Latest Chambers U.S. Rankings October 2, 2006, Forty-Seven Venable Lawyers Cited Among The Best Lawyers in America April 27, 2006, Seventeen Venable Lawyers Cited Among "Best Lawyers in America" in the Washington Area October 5, 2005, Forty Venable Lawyers Cited Among "Best Lawyers in America" January 6, 2003, Eight Real Estate, Finance and Corporate Attorneys Join Venable's Washington Office; Group Includes Four Partners, Top Practitioners in D.C. Area Honors Listed in Who's Who Legal, Real Estate, 2011 Recognized in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 2), Real Estate, DC Recognized in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 2), Real Estate, DC Recognized in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 2), Real Estate, DC Recognized in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 3), Real Estate, DC Recognized in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 4), Real Estate, DC Selected for inclusion in District of Columbia Super Lawyers 2007 - 2011 Elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law (Woodward/White, Inc.) Recognized in 2007, 2010 and 2011 by Washingtonian magazine as one of "Washington's Top Lawyers" AV® Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Events/Speaking Engagements Past Events November 17, 2011 - November 19, 2011, Commercial Real Estate Defaults, Workouts, and Reorganizations (ALI-ABA)
Robert G. Gottlieb March 10, 2011 - March 12, 2011, Commercial Real Estate Defaults, Workouts, and Reorganizations (ALI-ABA)
Robert G. Gottlieb November 3, 201, Loan Workouts (ICSC Law Conference)
Robert G. Gottlieb September 20, 2010 - September 21, 2010, "Real Estate Joint Ventures and Funds: The New Reality," Law Seminars International
Robert G. Gottlieb, Brian J. O'Connor, Andrew J. Currie April 29, 2010 - May 1, 2010, Commercial Real Estate Defaults, Workouts, and Reorganizations (ALI-ABA)
Robert G. Gottlieb February 23, 2010 - February 24, 2010, Rescuing Distressed Real Estate (Webcredenza, Inc.)
Robert G. Gottlieb December 8, 2009, "Tax Planning for Troubled Times," presented by Venable and Grossberg Company
Brian J. O'Connor, Robert G. Gottlieb December 2, 2008, Capital Gain Planning Conference (AICPA)
Robert G. Gottlieb November 17, 2008 - November 18, 2008, Real Estate Joint Venture Conference LSI (Co-Chair)
Robert G. Gottlieb September 23, 2008, The State of the Real Estate Market - The New Science of How Deals Get Done
Robert G. Gottlieb December 14, 2007, Partnership Allocations Conference (AICPA)
Robert G. Gottlieb July 13, 2006 - July 14, 2006, Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions (Webcredenza, Inc.)
Robert G. Gottlieb February 22, 2006, Taxing Problems in LLC Agreements (ABA)
Robert G. Gottlieb November 10, 2005, "51st Tax Conference" at The College of William and Mary
Robert G. Gottlieb March 19, 2004, Spring Meeting of American College of Real Estate Lawyers (workshop)
Robert G. Gottlieb March 19, 2004, Spring Meeting of American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Robert G. Gottlieb, Jan K. Guben November 11, 2003, Creative Dispositions of Real Estate
Robert G. Gottlieb November 10, 2003, Life Cycle of a Real Estate Deal
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