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    Jeffrey D. Hochberg

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    New York +1-212-558-3266
    hochbergj@sullcrom.com
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    New York

    +1-212-558-3266

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    hochbergj@sullcrom.com

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    Jeffrey Hochberg’s practice is primarily focused on the taxation of financial instruments and products, private equity and real estate transactions, cross-border structured investments, structured finance transactions and ERISA-related matters. He also has extensive experience in advising clients as to the tax consequences of domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and has worked on numerous debt exchanges and refinancings.

    Professional Activities and Community Involvement

    Mr. Hochberg is a member of the Tax Forum and the Tax Club. He served for eight years on the Executive Board of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association where he served as co-chair of the Tax Accounting Committee and the Real Property Committee. Mr. Hochberg has written many bar reports and articles on a variety of tax topics, and he regularly speaks before industry and professional groups on federal income tax matters.

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    Experience

    Experience

    • Has acted as tax counsel to a wide variety of financial institutions in connection with the issuance of structured notes, including commodity, equity, interest rate, and foreign currency linked structured notes. Clients include Barclays, Wells Fargo, UBS and Goldman Sachs.
    • Regularly advises clients regarding the tax treatment and tax structuring of derivatives and other complex financial instruments. Mr. Hochberg also represented a leading securities industry trade group in its discussions with the federal government regarding the tax treatment of equity swaps.
    • Has represented issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of capital markets transactions, including representing clients regarding the issuance and structuring of novel “hybrid” securities such as contingent convertibles, trust preferred securities, and REIT preferred securities. He most recently represented UBS in connection with its issuance of contingent convertible notes, and Prudential and RBS Citizens in its issuance of hybrid notes that were treated as debt for tax purposes and as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.

    • Regularly represents clients in connection with cross border structured transactions, including hybrid transactions in which an instrument or transaction is treated differently for U.S. and foreign tax purposes. He has also represented clients before the IRS in connection with audits of such transactions.
    • Has represented numerous clients regarding the tax treatment of debt exchanges and restructurings and other liability management transactions. Most recently, he advised on debt exchanges by AT&T, Mexico, Bancolombia and Corporación Andina de Fomento (“CAF”).
    • Has represented the Whitehall real estate funds on numerous investments and dispositions.
    • Regularly advises clients regarding a variety of ERISA related issues, including ERISA issues relating to the organization and operation of private investment funds and ERISA fiduciary issues.
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business – referred to as a “rising star” and recognized as one of New York’s leading practitioners in the area of federal income taxation (2005–2011)
    • IFLR1000 – recognized as a “Rising Star” in Capital Markets (2021)
    • New York Super Lawyers (Metro Edition)–– recognized as a leading lawyer in tax (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
    • The Legal 500 United States–– recognized in US taxes: non-contentious (2017, 2018) and Tax: Financial products (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. on $500 Million Notes Offering

      November 6, 2025
    • S&C Advises OwlTing in the First Nasdaq Direct Listing of an Asia-Based Fintech Company in the United States

      October 21, 2025
    • S&C Advises Royal Bank of Canada on $1.35 Billion Registered Limited Recourse Capital Notes Offering

      October 3, 2025
    • S&C Advises Mineral Resources on $700 Million Notes Offering

      October 2, 2025
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      September 29, 2025
    • S&C Represents Sole Sponsor and Underwriters in GenFleet Therapeutics’ Hong Kong IPO, the Largest IPO Under Chapter 18A Since 2022

      September 29, 2025
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Cathy Clarkin, John Horsfield-Bradbury, Jeffrey Hochberg and Ekaterina Roze Author Chapters for Getting the Deal Through

      Articles March 29, 2022
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Columbia Law School, J.D., 1995
    • Yeshiva University, B.A., 1992

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • Tax
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    • Investment Management
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