Ameek Ashok Ponda

Ameek Ashok Ponda


Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Recognized since 2008

Boston, Massachusetts

Practice Areas

Tax Law

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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.

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Location
  • One Post Office Square
    Boston, MA 02109
Languages
  • Hindi
  • Urdu
Education
  • Boston University School of Law, LL.M., graduated 1996
  • Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1992
  • Harvard University, B.A., graduated 1989
Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar
Affiliations
  • 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

Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Tax Law, Boston (2025)
  • Tax Law, Boston (2017)
  • Tax Law, Boston (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Tax Law
Special Focus:
  • Finance
  • International
  • REITs
  • Tax Planning
  • Timber
  • Transactions
Awards:
  • 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)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Real Estate Law

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