Frank Cureton

Frank Cureton is a certified specialist in Taxation Law. His practice focuses on the representation of small- to medium-sized businesses in implementing entity structures and transactions in a tax-efficient manner.

He represents corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and tax-exempt organizations in planning acquisitions, financing structures, mergers, spin-offs and dispositions. His experience includes structuring transactions with real estate investment trusts (REITs), complex financing structures and venture capital firms.

Frank also has considerable experience in assisting developers, government agencies and investors in structuring low-income housing credit, historic rehabilitation credit, textile mill credit and other state and federal tax credit projects as well as in renewable energy projects.

He regularly represents clients before state and local tax agencies and the Internal Revenue Service in audits, collection matters and obtaining tax exemptions and advance approvals of transactions. He has also represented business entities and government agencies in tax controversies before the state and federal courts.

Frank’s practice also includes estate planning and individual tax planning, particularly for owners of family businesses professional practices as they plan to transition ownership to others.

Representative matters in which Frank has been involved include:

• Representation of developer in the rehabilitation of a 19^th century factory in syndicating over $10 million of state and federal rehabilitation credits and South Carolina textile mill credits
• Successful representation of landowners in conservation easement audits by the Internal Revenue Service
• Assisting an institution in obtaining substantial property tax exemptions following implementation of a complex financing structure
• Representing landowner to obtain property tax refund in South Carolina Administrative Law Court
• Representing business owner in the disposition of substantial service business
• Representing LLC owner of commercial building in planning disposition of building to REIT
• Representing exempt organization in planning acquisition of business assets