Reid A. Mandel

Reid A. Mandel has been in practice for over 30 years, concentrating on federal income taxation and asset securitization. He has represented issuers, investors, investment bankers, trustees and credit enhancers in offerings of interests in pools of receivables. These receivables have included commercial real estate loans, manufactured housing loans, home improvement loans, multifamily loans, home equity loans, auto loans, unsecured consumer loans, funding agreements, equipment leases, structured settlements, viatical settlements and time-share receivables.

Mr. Mandel has represented clients in connection with the structuring, organization and management of investment vehicles such as partnerships, LLCs, real estate investment trusts (REITs), REMICs, grantor trusts, CDOs and CLOs; the creation of investments on a direct or pooled basis for qualified retirement plans, foundations and other tax-exempt organizations; investment vehicles for low-income housing; and tax planning for US investments by foreign individuals and corporations. In addition, he has been responsible for the tax planning, disclosures and opinions for offerings of interests in real estate and mortgage loan funds.

Mr. Mandel also is a past chair of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and has chaired the firm’s pro bono program. He has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America (2003–2013) and Illinois Super Lawyers (2006–2013).

Mr. Mandel graduated from Yale University with a BA in political science and holds a law degree from New York University School of Law. After law school, Mr. Mandel served as a law clerk to Justice John Simonett of the Supreme Court of Minnesota. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Minnesota.