K&L Gates Real Estate Partner Named a ‘Top OZ Influencer' by Opportunity Zone Magazine

Washington, D.C. - Real estate and investment news outlet Opportunity Zone Magazine has named K&L Gates Washington, D.C., real estate partner Olivia Byrne as one of the Top 25 Opportunity Zone (OZ) Influencers for 2020 and one of the top OZ lawyers in the United States, for a second consecutive year. This annual tribute recognizes the industry’s leading and most influential OZ professionals in five categories: attorneys, fund managers/developers, tax specialists, policy influencers, and professionals in specialized fields. Candidates were evaluated based on their vision, influence, and industry experience.
 
Byrne co-leads the K&L Gates’ cross-disciplinary OZ offering with Mary Burke Baker and Adam Tejeda, launched in 2018, featuring more than 31 lawyers and professionals working in the OZ area on a national basis establishing OZ funds and assisting OZ transactions for both real estate and business projects. She is also a leading member of the firm’s U.S. economic incentives subpractice within the real estate and public finance practice groups. She has successfully obtained economic incentives for OZ and other clients on a national basis and has extensive experience drafting legislation for financial incentives and tax-related issues. Byrne also counsels on real estate transactions, public/private partnerships, and finance, including conventional financing, mezzanine loans, and tax-exempt and taxable bonds, New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), and Tax Increment Financings (TIFs). Her career spans more than two decades, during which she has represented clients in real estate projects for mixed-use, office, restaurant, retail, residential, hotel, manufacturing, warehouse, distribution centers, fulfillment centers, data centers, and sports arenas and stadiums.
 
Opportunity Zone Magazine is published by Opportunity Zone Expo — an education, networking, and marketing platform for key players in the industry. To read the full issue, click here.