Troy’s experience includes a wide range of industries, including: manufacturing and software; banking and finance; biotechnology; hospital management; non-profit organizations; commercial office leasing; solar and geothermal power production; lodging; education; security services; oil and gas; telecommunications; paper manufacturing; and sports and entertainment. He also counsels clients on the tax consequences of new forms of communications technology and the unique tax challenges in the telecommunications industry.

He is also a member of our legal cannabis industry group. Our Cannabis Industry group is a multidisciplinary team of lawyers providing clients with regulatory, litigation, intellectual property, trade and tax services with respect to their investments and participation in the cannabis industry, all subject to the Firm’s obligations under federal and state laws and bar licensure rules.

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• Secured significant reduction in the assessed value of a national hockey league arena before the local assessment appeals board*
• Successfully resolved hundreds of property tax disputes throughout California involving both real and personal property*
• Resolved, on favorable terms, disputes with California and local officials involving corporate and individual income tax disputes with the Franchise Tax Board; sales and other miscellaneous tax disputes with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration; gross receipts and other miscellaneous locally imposed taxes and fees in various jurisdictions throughout the state*
• Active participant in the rulemaking process at the California Board of Equalization and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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• California Lawyers Association—Section on Taxation, Executive Committee, Past Chair
• California State Bar Association, member
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation’s Property Tax Section, member
• Marin County Assessment Appeals Board, Past Chair
• Taxation Committee of the United States Council for International Business, member
• Washington State Bar – Section on Taxation Member

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Chuck’s practice includes tax matters in other states, as well as federal tax controversies, including representation of clients in federal courts and at appellate hearings before the Internal Revenue Service.

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• Represented the taxpayer in City of Modesto v. National Med, Inc., et al., 128 Cal. App. 4th 518 (2005). The Court struck down the City’s unapportioned business license tax ordinance as unconstitutional, and refused to allow retroactive taxation*
• Successfully represented the taxpayer in Crocker Nat’l Bank v. San Francisco, 49 Cal.3d 881 (1990), a seminal property tax case in the California Supreme Court*
• Prevailed against the California Franchise Tax Board in a business/nonbusiness income case before the State Board of Equalization, resulting in a rare published decision in Appeal of Consolidated Freightways, 2000 Cal. Tax LEXIS 402*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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• California Lawyers Association 2016, Benjamin F. Miller Award
• Super Lawyers, Northern California Super Lawyer, 2004–2022

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• National Association of State Bar Tax Sections, Board of Directors
• ABA/IPT Advanced Tax Seminar Chair
• ABA Property Tax Deskbook, Regional Editor
• Tax Counsel Network
• Tax Section of the California Bar, 2003 – 2004, Chair
• Environmental Taxes Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, Founder
• US Naval Academy Parents Club of Northern California, 2014 – 2015, President

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Adam counsels executors, trustees and beneficiaries in all aspects of estate and trust administration, including the preparation of federal estate tax returns and judicial and non-judicial trust accountings. He has also been involved in numerous estate and gift tax audit proceedings before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and has successfully obtained favorable private letter rulings for his clients on a range of income and transfer tax issues.

On international matters, Adam has advised multinational families on compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and counseled US-based clients participating in the IRS’s Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP).

Adam has spoken extensively on estate planning topics, including wealth transfer planning, gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax reporting, and exercising powers of appointment.

While in law school, Adam was a staff member of the Chicago Journal of International Law, in which he has his note (on the international legal status of drone operators) published in 2004.

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• Obtained a favorable IRS private letter ruling on the tax consequences of jointly held powers of appointment over a trust to be funded with over $100 million in assets
• Advised a group of individual trustees on the tax, fiduciary and regulatory issues related to the recapitalization of a private bank holding company
• Structured a $120 million net gift agreement to transfer a client’s investment assets to her grandchildren during the temporary repeal of the GST tax
• Designed a family settlement agreement to correct a prior erroneous transfer of $40 million of stock in a private family business from a trust and obtained a favorable private letter ruling on the tax consequences of the agreement

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Michael is an adjunct professor of law at the Fordham University School of Law. He also clerked for the Honorable Richard M. Berman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. While in law school, he was an associate editor on the Moot Court Board in the Casebook Division as well as co-chair of the NYU Trial Advocacy Society.

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• Represented an employee of a broker-dealer in an investigation led by the US Department of Justice and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission concerning trading involving benchmark rates
• Defended a Korean chemicals company in an alleged breach of contract action that resulted in a full defense verdict after a bench trial in the Southern District of New York
• Defended a target company and certain members of the board of directors in the Delaware Court of Chancery against allegations of breach of fiduciary duty
• Represented financial advisors to the board of directors of a publicly traded company concerning opinions rendered regarding the fairness of the consideration to be received in a merger
• Defended foreign liquidations of a hedge fund in litigation brought by investors, which led to a complete dismissal of the causes of action brought against them
• Represented The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC, in connection with an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges and the consolidated same-sex marriage cases

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• Represented a multinational energy conglomerate in the closing of a $71 million tax equity financing from a major financial institution to fund the portfolios of fuel cell projects
• Represented Distributed Solar Development, LLC in the closing of multiple tax equity financings of portfolios of distributed generation projects throughout the US
• Represented a sponsor in the closing of tax equity commitments relating to a 300 MW wind farm in Indiana
• Represented a sponsor in the closing of tax equity commitments relating to a 102 MW wind farm in Indiana
• Represented a sponsor in the closing of construction financing and tax equity commitments relating to a 52 MW wind farm in California
• Represented a tax equity investor in connection with the first, second, and fifth securitizations of residential solar assets ever closed

Debt Financing

• Represented a multinational energy conglomerate in the back and front-leverage financing of two portfolios of fuel cell projects
• Represented a direct lender in a senior secured development loan provided to a battery storage and solar developer to construct a 10 MW/40 MWh battery energy storage system in California, among other battery and solar projects
• Represented a private equity sponsor in the closing of construction financing and tax equity commitments relating to a 130 MW wind farm in Indiana
• Represented Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and its portfolio company, Scout Clean Energy LLC, in the closing of construction financing and tax equity commitments relating to the 180 MW Heart of Texas Wind Farm in McCulloch County, Texas
• Represented a global financial institution in connection with three acquisition financing loans relating to the purchase of utility-scale solar projects in Canada
• Represented a leading energy investment firm in the acquisition and project financing of a 625 MW combined-cycle power plant in the Southwestern US
• Represented a leading energy investment firm as the main equity sponsor in the project financing of a 725 MW gas-fueled combined-cycle power facility located in New Jersey
• Represented a leading energy investment firm with respect to a $430 million senior secured term loan B dividend recapitalization facility relating to its ownership interest in a major midstream gas services company in the south-central US
• Represented an upstream oil and gas project company with respect to a reserve-based lending facility with a major international bank and its private equity fund owner in the negotiation of a capital call lending facility for an equity partner
• Represented a Fortune 100 energy company and a major infrastructure investor in connection with a tax equity investment and project financing by a bi-national development bank of two solar power generating facilities in the Southwestern US
• Represented a lead arranger and administrative agent in the $375 million refinancing and the initial $175 million financing of an expansion of a crude oil pipeline and storage project in Panama. (The deal was named Latin American Refinancing Deal of the Year by Project Finance)

Preferred Equity, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures

• Represented a major developer of residential solar and battery storage projects in connection with an up to $1.5 billion cash equity financing joint venture, together with related back-leverage arrangements and tax credit transfers
• Represented a preferred equity investor in a platform investment in a leading developer of commercial and industrial solar projects
• Represented BQ Energy Development, LLC, a distributed generation landfill and brownfield renewable energy developer, in the sale of its ownership interests to CleanCapital
• Represented a buyer in the acquisition of tax equity interests and simultaneous mezzanine financing relating to a portfolio of wind farms in Texas
• Represented a leading US utility in the acquisition of several wind, solar, and battery storage projects on a build-own transfer basis and in the negotiation of multiple power purchase agreements relating to such projects
• Represented a major developer of residential solar projects in connection with up to $500 million in joint venture financings provided by a consortium of private equity and investment management funds
• Represented a global financial institution in connection with more than $1 billion in investments in residential and commercial scale solar installations and debt facilities relating thereto

Tax Credit Transfers

• Represented a Fortune 500 company in its purchase of approximately $225 million of 45X manufacturing credits from a manufacturer of battery cells and battery modules
• Represented a major renewable energy developer in its sale of approximately $250 million of investment tax credits from a portfolio of solar and battery storage projects to a corporate tax credit purchaser
• Represented a multinational energy conglomerate in its sale of approximately $60 million of investment tax credits from a portfolio of fuel cell projects to a corporate tax credit purchaser

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• Lead litigation counsel for a fuel importer in a favorably resolved commercial contract dispute.
• Lead litigation counsel for a fuel supply and trading company in a favorably resolved commercial contract dispute.
• Represented an energy exploration company in a favorably resolved corporate governance dispute.
• Represented New York State and U.S. EPA in dozens of environmental enforcement and compliance matters prior to joining the firm, including:
  • First chaired a federal Clean Air Act trial on behalf of five states; *
  • Lead counsel for the seventeen governmental plaintiffs in New York, et al. v. Bodman, et al., No. 05cv7807 (S.D.N.Y.), a successful regulatory deadline suit against the U.S. Department of Energy; *
  • Represented New York in three successful challenges to EPA Clean Air Act rulemakings, including a multi-plaintiff matter in which New York was the only plaintiff to prevail on any of its claims; *
  • Represented EPA in GenOn REMA LLC v. EPA, 722 F.3d 513 (3rd Cir. 2013), a precedent-setting victory for the agency involving Clean Air Act Section 126. *
• Part of the trial team that successfully defended a major automobile manufacturer in a multibillion-dollar securities fraud action. *

Transactional Matters and Environmental Counseling

• Represented Kaiser Aluminum Corporation in its acquisition of Alcoa Warrick LLC from Alcoa Corporation, recognized as M&A Deal of the Year ($500 million – $1 billion) by M&A Advisor.
• Clean Air Act counsel for a fuel trading company, an engine manufacturer and a specialty jeep manufacturer. Have advised those and other clients concerning federal and state greenhouse gas regulations, federal and state fuel credits, federal and state emissions credits, and many other air and climate matters.
• Federal environmental and permitting counsel to a utility in connection with its acquisition of several utility scale wind and solar projects and related tax equity contributions.
• Represented Scout Clean Energy in connection with two wind farm developments and related tax equity contributions.
• Represented Irradiant Partners in connection with its investment in a biomethane business.
• Represented Nautic Partners in connection with its acquisition of Aurora Plastics.
• Represented Industrial Opportunity Partners in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Midwest Paper.
• Represented a steel manufacturer in connection with a potential steel mill acquisition.
• Represented a minerals company in connection with the potential acquisition of a mining and materials processing business.
• In 2021 alone, provided environmental counseling in connection with more than 50 other transactional matters and several compliance-related matters.

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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• Upon leaving EPA to join McDermott Will & Schulte, received a Certificate of Commendation from the US Department of Justice for “outstanding performance and invaluable assistance in support of the activities of the Environment & Natural Resources Division”

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Ahsan is nationally and internationally recognized for his strategic legal counsel and client service. Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) has repeatedly identified him as a “World’s Leading Patent Professional,” noting that his advice is “gold dust to software companies,” and he received the California Lexology Client Choice award for IP.

Leveraging his computer science background, Ahsan has represented clients across technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, data processing and analytics, cloud storage and services, software as a service, social networking, video games, semiconductor design, network security, medical devices, and automobile design. He speaks and writes on software patents, open source, and the video game industry, with work published in Forbes, Bloomberg, the National Law Journal, and the San Francisco Daily Journal.

Ahsan works to expand participation in the patent system, with a focus on closing gaps in patent filings and issuances among under-represented inventor groups. He served on an Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) team developing a toolkit to better engage women inventors, has worked with Meta to strengthen its innovation participation programs, and helped the United States Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA) launch its first Innovation Access Conference.

Prior to practicing law, Ahsan worked as a web developer.

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• Served as primary IP counsel for a Fortune 25 Cloud company
• Represented a vascular device company in the development of its IP portfolio and defended IP due diligence during a $150 million sale of the company

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• IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, 2017-2025
• IAM Strategy 300, The World’s Leading IP Strategists, 2020-2023
• The American Lawyer, Midwest Trailblazer, 2022
• Décideurs Leaders League, Patent Prosecution, 2020
• Lexology, Client Choice Awards, Intellectual Property: Patents category in California, 2020
• Legal 500 US, “Next generation lawyers,” 2017-2019

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Todd is a critical member of McDermott’s industry-leading Cryptocurrency practice. Todd has been instrumental in gaining favorable resolutions for numerous large companies in the cryptocurrency industry, in relation to fraud and regulatory investigations by the DOJ, the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Treasury Department.

Todd has been first-chair in more than forty trials in federal and state courts and has filed appellate briefs and conducted appellate arguments in more than a dozen cases in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Todd has been named a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation.

In August 2015, Todd was named the national “Litigator of the Week” by American Lawyer for the rare defense trial win he secured in a federal insider trading case. Todd’s client was a hedge fund manager who faced 36 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy related to an alleged insider trading scheme. At trial in federal district court, Todd won a full acquittal of all 36 counts, vindicating his client and saving his client from a potential maximum of 25 years in jail. Todd has won on every single count of all 12 of the federal trials in which he has served as lead chair.

Previously, Todd served for more than five years as an Assistant US Attorney and Deputy Chief for the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and as an Assistant District Attorney for the New York County District Attorney’s Office. In 2003, the DOJ recognized Todd’s outstanding trial work in a racketeering case with the Director’s Award for Superior Performance by an Assistant US Attorney. He has handled complex and high-profile matters involving federal and state crimes, including insider trading, securities violations, sanctions violations, racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, export control violations, tax fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bribery, environmental crimes, terrorist financing, mail and wire fraud, health care fraud, obstruction of justice, false statements, murder and public corruption.

From January 2011 to October 2012, Todd served as chief counsel of the Energy & Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives, where he was responsible for oversight and investigations covering the energy, health care, telecommunications and environmental sectors. He oversaw complex investigations of private-sector companies and government agencies, including the US Department of Energy, the Federal Trade Commission, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Consumer Products Safety Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Todd is also a member of our legal cannabis industry group. Our Cannabis Industry group is a multidisciplinary team of lawyers providing clients with regulatory, litigation, intellectual property, trade and tax services with respect to their investments and participation in the cannabis industry, all subject to the Firm’s obligations under federal and state laws and bar licensure rules.

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• Representing a leading cryptocurrency company in DOJ, SEC, FTC, and Treasury Department investigations
• Representing a leading cryptocurrency company relating to an investigation regarding customer funds
• Representing numerous leading cryptocurrency companies in relation to regulatory investigations and subpoena responses
• Representing a high-ranking executive of a national oil services company in an investigation of alleged violations of the Foreign Practice Act (FCPA) by the DOJ
• Won the complete dismissal of a multimillion dollar False Claims Act lawsuit filed against one of the world’s largest beverage companies
• Represented one of the world’s largest banks in a False Claims Act investigation; convinced the government to drop the investigation
• Represented one of Korea’s largest banks in an Anti-Money Laundering investigation by the New York Department of Financial Services
• Represented a private equity fund in relation to an investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office into allegations of fraud/kickbacks, convinced the government not to file charges
• Represented a large public real estate financing company in a state attorney general’s investigation regarding allegations of “pay to play” fraud, convinced the government not to file charges
• Represented an international financial services company in an SEC enforcement action regarding allegations of securities fraud, no charges/complaints filed
• Represented an international bank in relation to allegations of money laundering, no charges were filed
• Representing the CEO of an international bank in a money-laundering investigation
• Represented a bond trader at a large, international bank in relation to investigations by the DOJ, the CFTC and the SEC regarding alleged rate manipulation, convinced the government not to file charges
• Represented an energy company in a False Claims Act investigation conducted jointly by the US Treasury Department Inspector General and a US Attorney’s Office, convinced the government that there were no violations of the False Claims Act
• Represented a major insurance company regarding allegations of fraud
• Represented an insurance company in a criminal fraud investigation conducted by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, convinced the government not to file charges
• Representing a large international family-run business in relation to tax investigation by the IRS and DOJ relating to off-shore accounts
• Represented several high-ranking executives of an international bank in relation to an international tax investigation by the DOJ, no charges filed
• Represented numerous executives of a large international company in relation to a corporate tax evasion investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, no charges filed
• Represented a global supply company in a fraud investigation conducted by the Chinese government
• Represented multiple art dealerships in a False Claims Act investigation by the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, convinced the government that there were no violations of the False Claims Act
• Represented an international trade association in relation to several parallel investigations (by the US Congress, the DOJ and the Office of the Inspector General) into alleged export control violations, convinced the government entities not to file charges or hold hearings
• Represented the CEO of an energy company in an investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office alleging a multimillion-dollar accounting fraud
• Represented several hedge fund portfolio managers in relation to an SEC investigation regarding allegations of insider trading, convinced the SEC not to file any charges/complaints
• Represented the CEO of an apparel company in a market-timing investigation conducted by the SEC and the New York County District Attorney’s Office
• Represented multiple executives of construction companies in a widespread fraud investigation by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, convinced the government not to file charges
• Represented several major beverage companies in internal investigations and related tax investigations by the Department of the Treasury
• Represented a major financial services company in negotiations with the US Treasury Department regarding tax issue
• Represented an international bank in relation to asset forfeiture proceedings in the Southern District of New York and other jurisdictions around the world
• Represented a former high-ranking investment banking executive of one of the world’s largest banks in an investigation by FINRA, convinced FINRA to drop charges/complaint
• Represented a mortgage brokerage in several mortgage fraud investigations conducted by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and the New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office, as well as numerous related civil actions, convinced the government agencies not to file charges
• Represented a technology company in an internal investigation in the US and China regarding theft of trade secrets
• Represented numerous brokers, traders and investors in relation to SEC and FINRA actions, successfully convinced the government agencies not to file charges/complaints in all matters
• Represented a large national financial services company in a mortgage fraud investigation conducted by a New York State investigative agency
• Represented an officer of a joint city/state land development concern in a fraud/bribery investigation conducted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, convinced the government not to file charges
• Represented an insurance company in an investigation conducted by the New York State Insurance Department regarding numerous licensing and regulatory issues
• Represented a dry-dock company in an environmental crimes investigation conducted by the New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, no charges filed
• Represented an employee of a broker-dealer in an investigation by FINRA into allegations of fraud related to “soft dollars” collected by the broker-dealer
• Represented a large automaker in a civil lawsuit regarding allegations of civil Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) and violations of various environmental statutes and regulations
• Represented a financial advisory company regarding securities fraud issues
• Represented a hospital group in relation to billing issues
• Represented an investment bank in civil litigation regarding the enforcement of a services contract

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• US Department of Justice, Director’s Award for Superior Performance by an Assistant US Attorney 2003, for outstanding trial work in a racketeering case

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• Eastern District Association
• Federal Bar Council

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Greer advises on some of the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry’s most complex and novel matters, including representing Prime Trust, a leader in the cryptocurrency space which held more than $3.8 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat currency at its peak, in connection with its Chapter 11 cases.

Greer regularly represents clients accused of healthcare fraud and abuse, including violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law). She also counsels clients on compliance issues and works with them to develop and implement compliance programs.

Greer co-leads the Firm’s Institutional Sexual Misconduct Response Team (SMRT) and handles all aspects of sexual misconduct investigations, litigation, and Title IX matters. She is certified to conduct Title IX investigations.

Greer is a leader of the New York Summer Associate Program and the New York Gender Diversity Subcommittee. She maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes being part of a team appointed by the Massachusetts Governor to conduct an independent investigation of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at a veterans’ home. Greer also is accredited by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and represents military veterans in connection with VA disability claims and appeals.

Prior to joining the firm, Greer clerked for the Honorable Norma Levy Shapiro in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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• Successfully represented and defended individuals and institutions in healthcare fraud, FCA violations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations and insider trading matters in connection with federal and state government investigations
• Conducted internal investigations on behalf of clients in response to healthcare fraud, compliance, abuse and sexual misconduct allegations
• Obtained complete dismissal of a criminal indictment against a healthcare company
• Conducted an independent investigation of a state-run long-term care facility as a member of the McDermott Will & Schulte team retained by the Governor of Massachusetts, which resulted in a public report and substantial policy changes
• Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in litigation in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Centric Brands, Inc., a publicly traded international lifestyle brand collective, including negotiating a material recovery for general unsecured creditors
• Represented a major accounting firm in tax services agreement negotiations with federally recognized Indian tribes
• Secured a multimillion-dollar global settlement resolving a lengthy cross-border inheritance dispute

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