Press Release 04.28.25
Pillsbury Advises Flow in Securing More Than $100 Million in Series B Funding
Source: Bloomberg, Refresh Miami
Joshua Becker is a Corporate and Tax partner and trusted advisor to founders, emerging companies, investment funds and family offices.
Joshua’s practice includes advising clients on the tax and non-tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, fund formations, hedge funds, emerging company investments, family office operational and investment structures, and real estate joint ventures and investments.
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A major part of Joshua’s practice is dedicated to representing family offices—ranging in size from $100 million to $10 billion in assets under management—in connection with general investment structuring, M&A transactions and tax planning. Joshua has also advised on skyline-changing real estate projects throughout the United States, including properties in Miami’s Wynwood Arts district, Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development and San Francisco’s Mission Rock neighborhood. As the leader of Pillsbury’s Qualified Opportunity Zone practice, Joshua has structured over 70 qualified opportunity-fund structures and investments.
Finally, Joshua is a regular advisor to a significant roster of market-leading blockchain and Bitcoin companies and regularly advises such companies on a variety of legal issues and transactions.
Joshua is a regular writer and speaker on partnership tax, qualified opportunity funds, blockchain assets and family office structures. He was recently named a Top 15 U.S. Legal Crypto Practitioner for 2022 by Citywealth and has been recognized as a “One to Watch” attorney by Best Lawyer.
Representative Experience
- Advised Lumenci, Inc., a full-service intellectual property consulting firm, in connection with a strategic partnership with VSS Capital Partners, a private investment firm investing in the health care, education and business services industries, and Boston-based private equity firm Century Equity Partners.
- Advised AlleyCorp in the formation of its first venture capital fund closing, with total commitments of more than $250 million. We advised in the transformation from a family office to a third-party fund advisor to take on outside investors for the first time.
- Advised Albanian conglomerate Kastrati Group on the purchase of the SLS Brickell hotel in Miami for $53.5 million. Kastrati purchased the 124-key hotel at 1300 South Miami Avenue in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. The deal breaks down to approximately $431,500 per room. The purchase marks the first in the U.S. for Kastrati.
Professional Highlights
Honors and Awards
- Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (published by BL Rankings LLC) for Tax Law (2021 – 2025)
- Recognized by Citywealth as a Top 15 U.S. Legal Crypto Practitioner (2022)
Speaking Engagements
- “Business Guide to Taxes: Expiring Tax Incentives,” Carta x A&M Tax, June 4, 2024
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- “Family Office Tax Update: Foundational Principles and Emerging Issues,” Strafford Webinar. February 19, 2024
- “Rescue Capital to the Rescue? Recapitalizing Stressed Real Estate Vehicles,” Federal Bar Association CLE Program, May 9, 2023
- “Structuring Qualified Opportunity Zone Investments for Family Offices and Private Clients,” Strafford Webinar, April 27, 2023
- “Planning for the Rescue Capital Wave of 2023: Tax and Non-Tax Considerations for Rescue Capital Transactions," Strafford Webinar, March 7, 2023
- “Key Tax and Non-Tax Considerations When Funding Family Offices in the USA,” Chambers Expert Focus Podcast, November 15, 2022
- “The Evolving Role of Third-Party Service Providers to Family Offices,” Indiana University Maurer School of Law Inaugural Conference, November 10, 2022
- “Family Office Entities: Five Key Tax Considerations,” Dallas Bar Association Tax Practice Series, August 1, 2022
- “Blockchain Asset Tax Planning: Emerging Issues with Respect to Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and Other Digital Assets,” Strafford Webinar, July 25, 2022
- “Wealth Management Workshop – New Frontiers for Family Offices: Tax Planning, Location, Investment Types,” 14th Annual U.S. and Latin America Tax Practice Trends Conference, June 15, 2022
- “Family Office Tax Update: Structuring, Meeting Trade or Business Criteria, Recent and Impending Legislation,” Strafford Webinar, May 25, 2022
- “NFTs: Explained, and Taxation,” Los Angeles County Bar Association Webinar, February 7, 2022
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Publications
- "Making The Opportunity Zones Program Great At Last" Law360, March, 2025
- "Family Offices May See SEC and Tax Treatment Changes Under Trump" Bloomberg Law, January 2025
- “Rescue Capital: Opportunity in Hard Times” AFIRE’s Summit Journal, Summer 2023 Issue
- "Planning for the Rescue Capital Wave” The Real Estate Finance Journal, Spring 2023
Education
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J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 2015
magna cum laudeM.S., University of Dallas
B.A., University of Dallas, 2010
Admissions
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New York
Connecticut