Brian Rogers

Advises on the tax side of private equity deals, acquisitions, partnership formations, financings and REIT matters.

Prior firmsLatham & Watkins

EducationJ.D., Stanford Law School

Bar admissionsCalifornia

About

Brian is a transactional tax lawyer who works with Ebadat on the tax side of its deals. He advises on private equity transactions, partnership formations, strategic acquisitions and investments, financings, and real estate and REIT matters, covering both domestic and international tax.

Experience

Brian was a partner in the transactional tax group of Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles. During law school he was a legal extern in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, working on transfer pricing audits of large multinationals. Before law school, he earned a Ph.D. in logic and philosophy of science and taught at California State University, Long Beach.

Representative matters

Blue Crow Sports GroupSale of a controlling interest in CD Leganés (La Liga) to 885 CapitalTax

Sellers of Specialty Waste GroupSale of Specialty Waste Group, a Texas specialty waste broker, to an NMS Capital-backed buyerTax

DIO Capital PartnersAcquisition of Prowire USATax

Digital Realty Trust$7.6 billion acquisition of DuPont Fabros TechnologyPrior firm

Teladoc$440 million acquisition of Best DoctorsPrior firm

Integra LifeSciences$204 million acquisition of Derma SciencesPrior firm

IterisTake-private acquisition by AlmavivaPrior firm

Matters marked Prior firm were handled before joining Ebadat.

Publications

“UPREITs and DownREITs: A Primer”Co-author, Major Tax Planning (Matthew Bender, 2016)

Credentials

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School; Executive Submissions Editor, Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance
Ph.D., Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine
B.A., summa cum laude, University of Northern Iowa

Bar admissions

California

Prior firms

Latham & Watkins

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