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About Keith E. Riley at a glance
Keith E. Riley is a Contract Partner based in Paramus, New Jersey, practicing at DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP. They have 31+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1995. Their practice focuses on business, tax, and m&a. Admitted to practice in New Jersey (1995) and New York (1996). Educated at Rutgers Law School - Camden (J.D. With, 1995) and Rollins College (B.A., 1991). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Serves clients in Paramus, NJ and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Keith E. Riley is a Partner at DeCotiis
- He joined the firm in 2002 and became a partner in 2003
- He is a member of the Corporate, Tax and Banking practice groups
- Mr. Riley brings more than thirty years of legal and business experience advising businesses, entrepreneurs, and investors on complex corporate, business and tax matters
- His practice combines deep knowledge of corporate and business tax law with extensive experience negotiating and structuring sophisticated transactions
- He regularly represents privately held businesses and high-net-worth entrepreneurs in stock and asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, transactional tax planning, and a broad range of general corporate matters
- His practice includes advising clients on business entity formation, including partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations, as well as compliance with federal and state tax laws
- Mr. Riley has significant experience with the operational and tax aspects of partnerships, limited liability companies, Subchapter S corporations, and other pass-through entities
- He regularly structures and negotiates the formation, governance, merger, and dissolution of these entities, including the preparation of complex operating agreements, partnership agreements, and joint venture agreements
- He also advises clients on corporate restructurings and reorganizations, tax-free and taxable liquidations, like-kind exchanges, and other tax-efficient rollover and financing transactions
- Mr. Riley also has extensive experience negotiating, structuring, and documenting secured financing transactions
- He represents financial institutions, including banks and commercial finance companies in a wide range of commercial lending matters
- His work includes revolving and nonrevolving credit facilities secured by accounts receivable, inventory, and promissory notes, as well as capital expenditure lines of credit and term loans secured by equipment, intellectual property, enterprise value, financial assets, and other tangible and intangible collateral across a variety of industries
- In addition, Mr. Riley represents nonprofit organizations seeking and maintaining federal tax-exempt status
- He has significant experience with organizations described in Sections 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and advises nonprofit corporations, trade associations, and other charitable and social organizations on organizational structuring, governance, federal and state tax issues, lobbying and political activity limitations, and the ongoing compliance requirements
- His work also includes preparing and negotiating governing documents and IRS exemption applications
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Tax attorneys handle IRS audits, tax debt, international tax, estate planning, and tax court litigation.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in New Jersey
Practicing law in New Jersey. Legal matters in New Jersey are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Paramus are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New Jersey state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New Jersey brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this venue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New Jersey courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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