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Description of Practice:
Paul D. O'Connor is a partner in the Orange County office and a member of the firm's business and tax planning practice group. Mr. O'Connor has a broad-based commercial transactional practice including the formation, financing, merger and reorganization of joint ventures, partnerships, and limited liability companies, public and private syndicated offerings and general business tax planning. Mr. O'Connor has been involved in the formation and reorganization of a wide variety of commercial, industrial and retail partnerships and joint ventures. He also has been involved in the formation of many residential partnerships and joint ventures, representing both financial partners and developers. A significant portion of Mr. O'Connor's practice presently consists of structuring and documenting complex partnership and joint venture restructurings. These restructurings are often undertaken to minimize adverse tax consequences that might otherwise be incurred. Mr. O'Connor is also an expert in all types of Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. Over the last several years, Mr. O'Connor has handled literally dozens of Section 1031 exchange transactions including several so-called "reverse" exchanges.
Educational History:
Mr. O'Connor graduated from the California State University at Fullerton with a B.S. in economics and earned his J.D. degree from Loyola University of Los Angeles in June of 1980. He received a Masters of Law in Taxation from New York University School of Law in June, 1981. Prior to his association with Allen, Matkins, Mr. O'Connor served as an Attorney-Advisor to Judge William Drennan of the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C. | 