Marguerite R. Lombardo
Overview
Marguerite’s practice focuses on advising U.S. and non-U.S. fund sponsors regarding the tax aspects of forming and operating private investment funds, including credit, buyout, venture capital, secondary and funds of funds, as well as on advising fund sponsors regarding their internal economic arrangements. Marguerite also advises various types of institutional investors in their investments in private investment funds and represents buyers and sellers in secondary transactions. In the course of her practice, Marguerite regularly advises on U.S. tax issues relevant to U.S. tax-exempt and non-U.S. investors, as well as on U.S. tax considerations related to non-U.S. investments. Marguerite is recognized as “Up and Coming” for Tax (Massachusetts) in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. In the 2024 edition, a client noted “Marguerite is very smart and a top negotiator.”
Experience
Prior Experience
Proskauer Rose LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
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Thought Leadership
Seminars
U.S. Tax Reform and the Impact on Limited Partners, Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), Webinar, December 2017
Structuring Foreign UBTI Blocker Corporations for Exempt Orgs: Offshore Blockers to Hold Alternative Investments, Strafford, Webinar, December 2017
Legal, Regulatory & Tax Considerations Panel, Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), CIO PE Symposium, Cambridge, MA, May 2017
New Proposed Treasury Regulations Regarding Management Fee Waivers and Other Tax Updates for Private Investment Funds, Private Equity CFO Association (PECFOA) Meeting, New York City, NY, September 2015
Addressing Common Taxation Concerns — Private Equity Funds, Private Equity International — Master Class, New York City, NY (January 2015 and 2014) and Boston, MA (June 2013)
Recognition
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- Massachusetts
Education
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.2004
- University of Massachusetts AmherstM.S., Epidemiology2001
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
- University of Massachusetts AmherstB.A., Sociology & Psychologysumma cum laude1998
Phi Beta Kappa
News &
Insights
- Kirkland Alert Ways and Means Committee Approves Tax Proposal Featuring Individual and Business Breaks and Targeted Revenue Raisers — But No Changes to Carried Interest
- Press Release Kirkland Advises SKY Leasing on Close of Fund VI at $1.35B
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Triton Partners on Final Closing of Triton Debt Opportunities Fund III at over €1 Billion
- Kirkland Alert Tax Court Addresses Scope of “Limited Partner Exception” to Self-Employment Tax in Context of Management Company Income
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Ares Management on Sixth Asia Special Situation Fund