About Laura Hendee Siman

Laura Hendee Siman focuses her tax and corporate project finance practice on tax incentive programs, including the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) incentive, the New Markets Tax Credit program, and other state and federal tax incentive programs. Laura is part of the Tampa Tax Practice, which has closed over $15 billion of Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) and/or Qualified Opportunity Zone Business investments and has closed or is in the process of structuring several billion dollars in tax credit incentivized transactions. The team has accomplished more than 750 QOZ deployments and more than 300 captive QOF formations for high-net-worth individuals and family offices. Laura’s experience includes the preparation of entity organizational documents and deal-specific agreements relating to complex financial investments and tax-advantaged structures for projects across the United States.

Concentrations

•Qualified Opportunity Zones
•Qualified Opportunity Funds
•Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses
•Tax credit incentive programs
•New Markets Tax Credit Program
•Carbon Capture & Sequestration
•Real estate development
•Operating business expansion
•Affordable housing
•Project finance
•Tax-exempt organizations

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 'Ones to Watch,' Tax Law, 2024-2026

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 3
    • Tax
    • Opportunity Zone Funds
    • Energy & Natural Resources

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Associate
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Representation of two QOFs for a $1.25M investment in a QOZB joint real estate JV in Tallahassee with a project budget of $186M.
    Representation of a real estate development
    investment management firm focused on the development of market rate workforce housing in the southeast US for a $60M QOF offering.
    Representation of Memphis-based leading food snacks manufacturer in a $24M NMTC transaction.
    Representation of a $15.5M QOF merger.
    Representation of a $12.6M offering to restructure
    fund a QOZB development.
    Representation of a non-profit corporation unwind of a $5.94M NMTC transaction.
    Representation of a QOF in the closing of a QOZB real estate joint venture with a development budget of $85M.
    Representation of a fully integrated real estate development
    investment management firm focused on the development of market rate workforce housing across the Sun Belt, for a $17.85M apartment community in Augusta, Georgia.
    Representation of a fully integrated real estate development
    investment management firm focused on the development of market rate workforce housing across the Sun Belt, for a $58.1M 300-unit multifamily rental community in Panama City, Florida.
    Representation of a global data center infrastructure provider in the closing of (i) an extension of a $1M Revolving Line of Credit
    (ii) a new loan in the amount of $1.1M.
    Representation of a $90M QOF formation
    its deployment of capital into six 'captive' Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses in South Florida.
    Representation of Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley, FL in the closing of a $9M NMTC transaction to fund the development of a new ambulatory surgical center.
    Formation
    offering of a $6.4M QOF that will invest in a residential real estate development project in Austin, Texas.
    Representation of a tax credit fund's $19.138M equity investment in a 9% $22M Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) transaction for the development
    operation of four residential apartment complexes in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Representation of a vertically integrated multifamily Chicago real estate development company who has successfully developed investments in emerging
    established urban neighborhoods in Chicago
    Florida. This Tampa Heights Mixed Used Development Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund supports the development of a 1.79-acre site into an $89.5M eight-story 252-unit residential, 10,000-sf retail space,
    381 parking spaces project.
    Representation of a QOF in the documentation of (i) a Series A Offering of up to $5,000,000 in preferred membership interests
    up to $5,000,000 in convertible debt,
    (ii) a Series B Offering of up to $8,000,000 in preferred membership interests
    up to $8,000,000 in convertible debt, both to fund the construction of a USL soccer stadium
    to develop a USL soccer team structured as a Qualified Opportunity Zone Business.
    Representation of a vertically integrated real estate investment firm specializing in rental housing for a new $8M preferred equity offering in New Jersey, which is structured as a QOF.
    Representation of the entity responsible for the formation
    development of a new USL Super League women's soccer team that is structured as a Qualified Opportunity Zone Business.
    Representation of a fully integrated real estate development
    investment management firm in its formation of a new Qualified Opportunity Zone Business that will develop a $70M residential real estate project in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
    Representation of an independent energy producer delivering clean energy infrastructure
    sustainability solutions for a cross border tax issues with Canada
    possible qualification for energy tax credits to support their design, development, construction,
    operation of a state-of-the-art $95 million utilities services facility supporting a $500+ million recycling
    purification facility in Georgia for a third-party.
    Representation of a private not-for-profit economic development organization in connection with the development of a full city block in Brooklyn owned in part by the New York City Educational Construction Fund ('ECF'). This engagement is for the formation of a $11.95M QOF
    a Qualified Opportunity Zone Business to support, in the short term, the redevelopment of a commercial space leased to a non-profit community center,
    , in the long term, the demolition
    new construction of a residential real estate development with ground for commercial space.
    Representation of a unique lifestyle hotel company
    its $2.76M investment in a Miami Design District development project, which is structured as a Qualified Opportunity Zone Business.
    Previous Experience: Tax Consultant, Deloitte LLP, 2015
    Professional Certifications: Certified Public Accountant - Alabama
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2020, Florida
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, The Society of Real Estate Professionals, 2024-Present
    •Member, Tampa Bay American Inn of Court, 2021-2022
    •Member, Florida Bar Association
    •Member, Tax Section
    •Member, Young Lawyers Section
    •Member, Hillsborough County Bar Association
    •Member, Tax Section
    •Member, Young Lawyers Division
    •Volunteer, Saving Sight and Sound, Inc., 2018-Present
    •Volunteer, Big Brothers Big Sisters, School to Work Mentor, 2022-Present

  • Education & Certifications
    Other Education
    New York University School of Law
    Class of 2021
    LL.M.
    Taxation

    University of Florida Levin College of Law
    Class of 2020
    J.D.
    cum laude; Member, Journal of Technology Law & Policy; Order of the Coif

    University of Miami
    Class of 2016
    M.S.A.
    Taxation

    University of Miami
    Class of 2016
    B.S.B.A.
    summa cum laude
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Attorneys FAQs

  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Laura Hendee Siman was admitted in 2020 to the State of Florida.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.