Biography
Robert has extensive experience advising clients with respect to transactions involving partnerships, limited liability companies and other pass-through entities. These transactions include acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures. He also has significant experience advising on complex private fund seeding arrangements, secondary transactions and spin-outs.
Robert regularly advises a wide variety of private investment funds including buyout, growth equity, infrastructure, debt and real estate opportunity funds. He has also represented investment banks, sovereign wealth funds and major pension funds in their United States and international investment activities.
Robert is recognized as a leading lawyer for Tax in New York by Chambers USA, where clients note he is “a very creative and practical problem solver” and has “broad and deep industry experience.” He is recognized as a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine. He has also been recommended for U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious by Legal 500 US and is recognized for Tax by Super Lawyers.
Robert received his J.D. and LL.M. degree in Taxation from New York University School of Law and his B.S., cum laude, in Accounting from New York University Stern School of Business where he was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honorary.
Awards and Recognition, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Robert Frastai Named a "Leading" Lawyer for Tax in New York Award Brief — Chambers USA
- Robert Frastai Named a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” Award Brief — Turnarounds & Workouts
Latest Thinking
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Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series: Tax Implications of New Rules Under the Advisers Act
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Robert Frastai and
Andrew Morris
— October 17, 2023
In this edition of the Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series, Weil Tax partners Robert Frastai and Andrew Morris discuss the impact of the SEC’s recently adopted rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 on certain tax structuring and compliance matters for private funds, including after-tax clawback obligations, blocker and withholding taxes that are allocated to
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... - Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series: Tax Implications of New Rules Under the Advisers Act Blog Post — Tax Blog — By Robert Frastai and Andrew Morris — October 17, 2023
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advised Brookfield in $2.4B Initial Closing for Catalytic Transition Fund Deal Brief — September 23, 2024
- Weil Advises Altamont in the Closing of its First Continuation Fund Deal Brief — August 15, 2024