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.

• 西北大学法学院, LLM in Taxation, with honors
• 芝加哥肯特法学院, JD, with honors
  Senior Associate, Chicago-Kent Law Review; Dean's List
• Hebrew Theological College, BA, with high honors
  Dean's List

• 伊利诺伊州

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