• Business Transactions
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Tax Planning and Advocacy
• Empire Zones Task Force
• Brownfields
• Professional Practices
• Economic Development Incentives

Philip S. Bousquet

Member

Practice

Phil's experience includes helping clients understand the impact of New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program legislation on several development projects around New York State. He has lectured on the tax aspects of this legislation throughout New York on behalf of many groups, including the Environmental Business Association (EBA), the New York State Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, and local municipalities and associations. Phil advises clients regarding the structure, formation, and financing of business entities, and has worked extensively on Empire Zones matters.

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Recent Experience

• Advising developers regarding Brownfield Cleanup Program tax matters for pending and completed projects with an aggregate value of more than $3 billion
• Representing taxpayers with respect to NYS Department of Taxation & Finance "desk audits" of Brownfield Cleanup Program tax credits
• Negotiation and closing of acquisitions and sales of closely-held businesses and professional practices
• Negotiation and preparation of LLC operating agreements and shareholders' (buy-sell) agreements for owners of closely-held businesses

Professional and Community Involvement

• New York State Bar Association
• Onondaga County Bar Association
• Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST), Board of Trustees, Finance Committee, Secretary
• Helping Offer Primary Education for Sudan, Inc. (HOPE for Sudan), Board of Directors
• New York City Brownfield Partnership
• New Partners for Community Revitalization

Recent Publications and Presentations

• January 2013
  Governor Proposes Dramatic Improvements to NYS Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
• January 2013
  Legal Alert: 2011 Business Annual Reports - Online Filing Deadline is February 11, 2013
• November 2010
  Legal Alert: 2009 Business Annual Reports
• April 2010
  Governor Proposes 50% Tax Credit Deferral; Tax Department Issues Brownfield Tax Credit Publication
• February 2010
  Financing Brownfield Projects – Brownfield Tax Credits, Presentation at the New York State Brownfield Coalition seminar: Benefitting from Brownfields in New York State – A 2010 Update
• October 2009
  Deadline Approaching for BCP Annual Report Filing
• May 2009
  Empire Zones: Update - Decertification and Retention Certificates
• May 2009
  Benefiting from Brownfields in New York State: Learn How to Maximize Benefits During Your Clean Up and Site Development (Albany)
• June 2008
  Brownfield Reform: Moving Ahead under the BCP, Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc. (Summer 2008 seminar series; Albany, New York City, & Rochester)
• February 2008
  Reforming the Brownfield Cleanup Program: Comments and Analysis from the Brownfield Community – 2008-09 Executive Budget, Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc. (Albany)
• February 2008
  Stakeholder Community: Lessons Learned; Emerging Issues, Panelist, New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Annual Meeting (New York City)
• January 2008
  Brownfield Tax Credits: Are the Credits Too Generous? Presentation at New York Law School Symposium: Redeveloping Brownfields in New York: Where Do We Go From Here? New York Law School, Center for Real Estate Studies
• November 2007
  BCP Tax Credit Update: Taking (BCP) Credit for Your Projects
• November 2007
  Navigating the BCP Process: Lessons Learned, New York Brownfields Cleanup Program, Environmental Business Association of NYS
• November 2007
  Phil Bousquet's Testimony to State of Connecticut Task Force on Brownfields Strategies
• August 2007
  Environmental Alert, August 2007 - Analysis of Governor's Program Bill
• June 2007
  Brownfields Cleanup Program Tax Credit Update: New York State Tax Department Advisory Opinion
• February 2007
  Brownfields Cleanup Program Tax Credit Update: Federal Brownfields Tax Incentive Extended Through 2007
• December 2006
  Doing Business with Brownfields: Tax Incentives and Transaction Strategies
• December 2006
  Brownfields Cleanup Program Tax Credit Update: DTF Addresses Brownfield Credit Allocation
• August 2006
  Brownfields Cleanup Program Tax Credit Update: Condos, Co-Ops Eligible for Tax Credits
• May 2006
  Putting the Deal Together - Tax Credits and Transactional Issues, Upstate New York Brownfields Conference - Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc.
• April 2006
  New York's Brownfield Tax Credits 2006 Planning Update
• March 2006
  Sources of Funding: New York's Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, Revitalizing New York: The Promise of Brownfield Redevelopment Conference, Office of the State Comptroller
• March 2006
  Brownfields Redevelopment Incentives in New York - Current Issues; Tax Credits for Emerging Technology Companies, Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC 2006 Economic Development Conference
• March 2006
  New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program: Planning for the Tax Credits, Technical Conference: Advancing Health, Safety, and the Environment in Central New York - Past, Present, and Future - Air & Waste Management Association, CNY Chapter
• January 2006
  Brownfields to Greenfield$ - a Manual on Brownfields Redevelopment, Contributing author (Sustainable Long Island)
• December 2005
  New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program - Planning for the Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits: Tax Issues in Real Estate Practice, New York State Bar Association
• April 2005
  Qualifying Housing Development for the BCP Tax Credits, Redeveloping Brownfields in New York City, Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc.
• March 2005
  Planning for New York's Brownfield Tax Credits
• November 2004
  Brownfields Redevelopment - Structuring the Brownfield Transaction, New Solutions to Environmental Problems in Business and Real Estate Deals - Practicing Law Institute
• November 2004
  Tax Incentives: Overview, Legislative Corrections, and Practical Applications, New York State Brownfields Cleanup Program: One Year Later, Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc.
• May 2004
  New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program - Planning for the Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, Real Estate and the Environment: New York's New Brownfield Law, New York State Bar Association.

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