Ameek is director of Sullivan's Tax Department and a former member of the firm's Management Committee. His practice includes domestic and international taxation, with an emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and REIT transactions.
Ameek is nationally recognized for his work in REIT conversions and REIT cross-border matters. He has represented public and private REITs in an array of real property sectors, both domestically and abroad, including: business storage facilities; cold storage facilities; communications towers; data centers; dark and lit fiber; digital billboards; distributed antenna systems; hotels and travel centers; industrial properties; mortgage loans; single-family and multi-family residential; office buildings; parking facilities; retail properties; senior living facilities; solar, wind, and other power infrastructure; timberlands; transmission and distribution lines; as well as vineyards, greenhouses, and other agricultural properties.
- E-mail: aponda@sullivanlaw.com
- Lawyer Page: https://www.sullivanlaw.com/ameek-ashok-ponda
- One Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
- Hindi
- Urdu
- Boston University School of Law, LL.M., graduated 1996
- Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1992
- Harvard University, B.A., graduated 1989
- Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar
- American College of Tax Counsel - Board of Regents
- "Tax Analysts" - Chairman of the Board
- American Law Institute - Member
- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts - Member
- International Fiscal Association - Member
- National Tax Association - Member
- Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) - Member
- The Indus Entrepreneurs Boston - Charter Member; Former Secretary
- American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations - Member
- South Asian Bar Association - Member
- Boston University School of Law - Adjunct Professor
- Harvard Law School - Lecturer
33 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
9 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Tax Law, Boston (2025)
- Tax Law, Boston (2017)
- Tax Law, Boston (2012)
- Tax Law
- Finance
- International
- REITs
- Tax Planning
- Timber
- Transactions
- Chambers USA, Ranked in Tax (Massachusetts) (2006-2022), REITs (Nationwide) (2013-2022)
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Go To Lawyer, Taxation (2022)
Best Lawyers' Boston Tax Law Lawyer of the Year (2012, 2017)
Best Lawyers in America® (2008-2023)
- The Legal 500 U.S. (2007-2022)
- 'Leading Lawyer' in REITs, The Legal 500 U.S. (2017-2022)
The Tax Lawyers, Massachusetts Recommended Attorney (2021-2022)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2004-2022)
- Boston Business Journal's 40-under-40 (2007)
- International Mergers and Acquisitions
- Real Estate Law
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