Steven D. Garden

Clients rely on Steven Garden for advice on a wide range of tax matters, including in respect of asset-backed securitizations, structured finance transactions, credit and synthetic risk transfers, global trade finance and factoring, commercial paper conduits, tax-exempt bond financings, catastrophe bond issuances, and cross-border stock and debt offerings. Steven also provides counsel on mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions of businesses and international tax planning—in particular, international corporate structure planning, offshore insurance company planning and cross-border transactions (including outbound investment and operation in foreign jurisdictions and foreign investment in the United States).

In 2026, Steven was ranked by Chambers USA in Illinois: Tax. He was also named a “Leading Partner” by Legal 500 in Tax: Financial Products in 2025-2026.

• Ranked by Chambers USA for Illinois: Tax in 2026.
• Ranked as a Leading Partner in Tax – Financial Products by Legal 500 in 2025-2026.

• Northwestern University School of Law, LLM in Taxation, with honors
• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, JD, with honors
  Senior Associate, Chicago-Kent Law Review; Dean's List
• Hebrew Theological College, BA, with high honors
  Dean's List

• Illinois

• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• American Bar Association, Section of Taxation
• Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG), Tax Committee