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Ari is a partner in the firm’s Global Tax Group and a member of On-Chain: Reed Smith’s Crypto & Digital Assets Group. He advises on domestic and cross-border tax matters for U.S. and international companies and investment funds, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures, and financing transactions.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented Relativity ODA LLC in connection with its acquisition by global technology investment firm Silver Lake.
Represented SomaLogic, Inc. in connection with its business combination with a special purpose acquisition company CM Life Sciences II, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLGC)
Represented Tidal in connection with its sale of Project Panther, Ltd. (Cayman Islands) to Square (NYSE: SQ).
Experience
Represented Relativity ODA LLC in connection with its acquisition by global technology investment firm Silver Lake.
Represented SomaLogic, Inc. in connection with its business combination with a special purpose acquisition company CM Life Sciences II, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLGC)
Represented Tidal in connection with its sale of Project Panther, Ltd. (Cayman Islands) to Square (NYSE: SQ).
Advised the owner of a nationally-recognized operating business in connection with the design and execution of a tax favorable exit strategy, including the use of basis uplift planning in a tiered partnership structure and the isolation of trust assets for state income tax efficiency, with approximately $300M at issue.
Advised high-profile Facebook executive in connection with $100M pre-immigration equity compensation structure.
Represented Leeds Equity Partners, LLC in connection with its acquisitions of Archive360, Inc. and Genius SIS, LLC.
Represented PDC Machines, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by private equity firm Arcline Investment Management.
Represented VSP Optical Group, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of iCare Acquisition, Inc. from private equity firm Pine Tree Equity.
Recognitions
Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (Corporate Law; Tax Law), 2026–2027
Credentials
Education
Education
- Boston College Law School, 2014, J.D.
- Baruch College, 2011, M.S., Taxation
- Baruch College, 2010, B.B.A., Accounting
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
- Connecticut
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