Daniel L. Silfani
As a partner primarily in the Business & Corporate practice group, Dan focuses on all aspects of corporate law and business entities, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations and non-profit entities, as well as all aspects of franchise and business opportunity laws, including franchise development, operation and management. He also has experience in tax compliance and sophisticated planning matters; representing clients in tax controversies; commercial real estate development; business succession planning and estate planning and probate.

Dan was selected as a 2007 and 2009 Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star in a peer-and-achievement-based review by Law & Politics magazine.

Representative Engagements 

• Member of team that represented manufacturing client in connection with $50 Million sale of entire equity interest to a private equity group, including pre-transaction tax planning, structuring and negotiation with current equity owners.
• Represented client in connection with the acquisition(s) of several insurance agencies by holding company and related tax planning.
• Represented several clients in connection with commercial real estate transactions involving exchanges of real property with like-kind property in compliance with Internal Revenue Code §1031 and environmental assessment and remediation.
• Represented several clients in tax audits and appeals before the Internal Revenue Service regarding individual, corporate, partnership and non-profit tax controversies.
• Represented numerous clients in the preparation of complex individual, corporate, partnership and non-profit tax returns. 
• Represented numerous clients in connection with non-profit entity formation and application process for determination of tax-exempt status before the Internal Revenue Service.
• Represented numerous clients in connection with sophisticated business succession and estate planning, including probate and related matters.

Professional/Civic Activities
A member of the Tax & Estate Planning Council of Akron, 2005-2007, Dan is also a member of the American Bar Association (Tax Law Section) the Ohio State Bar Association (Estate Planning, Probate & Trusts Section, and Real Property Law Section) and the Akron Bar Association (Finance Committee, Business & Corporate Law Committee and Probate Section).

Articles/Presentations

Overview of Tax Changes in the 2004 Working Families Act

The Affect of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 on Individuals and Businesses

The Impact of Code SEC.409A on Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans under The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

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