CLG’s Managing Shareholder, Roy Carrasquillo, attended the Novogradac 2018 Opportunity Zone Expo New Orleans, on October 2-3 2018 where practitioners and investors from around the nation got together to discuss the new opportunity zone program. During the conference participants discussed the advantages of incorporating OZ financing to projects and the different regulatory requirements.

CLG’s Qualified Opportunity Zones Practice is a multidisciplinary group of attorneys drawn from our Securities, Finance, Real Estate and Taxes practice areas. Our attorneys provide an integrated approach for clients with matters involving the Qualified Opportunity Zones Program created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or exploring how to take advantage of this program.

CLG’s Qualified Opportunity Zones practitioners work regularly with developers, investors, fund managers, lenders and business owners on matters related to the Qualified Opportunity Zones Program, including the formation of Qualified Opportunity Zones Funds.

Caption1: Roy Carrasquillo and Paul Heuwetter at the 2018 Novogradac’s Opportunity Zone Conference in New Orleans

Caption2: Roy Carrasquillo and Natalia Guzman (Banco Popular) at the 2018 Novogradac’s Opportunity Zone Conference in New Orleans