Steven R. Schneider is a Partner at Hogan Lovells in Washington, DC, where he focuses on transactional and tax policy matters primarily in the areas of partnerships, limited liability companies, REITs, and energy transition. He is a nationally recognized tax lawyer with significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and real estate funds, qualified opportunity zone funds, data centers, cross-border tax, REITs, bioscience, international investors (including sovereigns), and S corporations. He started his career as a lawyer in the IRS’s national office and has had many years of national-level law firm and Big Four accounting firm experience, including prior roles at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Baker & McKenzie, and Goulston & Storrs. He previously chaired the ABA Partnership Tax Committee and has taught a course on drafting partnership and LLC agreements at Georgetown University Law Center since 2005. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bryant College, a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and an LL.M. in Tax from Georgetown University Law Center.