Alexandra "Sandra" F. O'Neill
Special Counsel
New York, NY156 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
P 212.237.1129 F 212.262.1215
P 212.237.1129 F 212.262.1215
Experience
Sandra O'Neill is an accomplished tax lawyer, who advises on matters pertaining to federal income tax in corporate mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and planning initiatives, including the structuring of cross-border and IP buy-in transactions. She also provides counsel with regard to partnership and REIT tax issues in the formation of real estate investment funds.
In addition to her private practice, Sandra has served as in-house counsel, tax adviser and consultant to healthcare and industrial manufacturing interests, among others. Prior to entering into law, she worked in the leveraged finance group of a prominent investment bank.
Authored
- “Crypto Currency Update,” Banking & Financial Services, September 2021
- “Your Clients Could Be Getting a Jump Start,” Rethinking65, March 1, 2021
- “Uncertainty Ahead: Rethinking Business Tax Planning,” Financial Advisor Magazine, December 21, 2020
- “Tax Planning In Uncertain Times,” Private Wealth Magazine, July 29, 2020
- Let’s Try Again: Reformulating the Economic Substance Doctrine, 121 Tax Notes 1053 (2008)
- Tax Economics 101—The Need for Enforcement,103 Tax Notes 353 (2004)
- MIPS Revisited, A Problem in Need of Solution (pts 1 and 2), 30 Corporate Taxation 17 (2003), 31 Corporate Taxation 12 (2004)
Speaking
- "New IRS Business Reporting Requirements Relevant to Paypal Transactions," NBC News (Tom Costello), February 1, 2022
- “Tax changes may be coming for businesses, T&E,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, October 28, 2021
- “Operating Your Business in the U.S.: Important Tax Issues to Consider,” ACTION Innovation Network, January 14, 2020
- “PPP Updates and Year End Tax & Financial Planning,” Worcester Business Journal, December 1, 2020
- “Business Planning and Investment Changes Due to COVID-19,” Bowditch Legal Podcasts, May 27, 2020
- “Opportunity Zone Update,” Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, January 30, 2020
- “Business Lawyers’ Guide to Corporate Tax,” Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar, June 2011
- “Business Lawyers’ Guide to Corporate Tax,” Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar, July 2010
- “Business Lawyers’ Guide to Corporate Tax,” Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar, November 2008
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- Women's Bar Association
Practices
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 2003
- B.A., Economics, magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1998
Admissions
- New York
- Massachusetts