It's an exciting time at Sullivan! As you know, we launched our new brand late last month and have been busy in Boston, New York, Washington, DC and London getting the word out. We have been hearing some great feedback from clients and colleagues, as well as the law school community.

Discover the different flavors of Sullivan at our summer wine tasting event

After over a year of research and preparation, we are thrilled to announce our bold new brand and logo!

Many (if not most) graduating law students will have over $100,000 in law school debt (in addition to any undergrad loans), so the issue of how to pay both student loans and contribute towards one's retirement is a highly relevant one.

Last Friday, the IRS issued a ruling allowing employers to "match" student loan repayments of employees even if the employees are not making 401(k) contributions.

That ruling was the subject of a recent blog post by David Guadagnoli, tax partner and head of Sullivan's Employment & Benefits group, and Amy Sheridan, tax partner and head of Sullivan's Hiring Committee.

The post was originally published on the firm's InHouseGo2 blog, which centers on issues of interest to corporate general counsel. The post can be found here, or can be read in its entirety below.

Corporate Associate Will Hanson, who joined Sullivan as a First Year as part of the Class of 2013, recently published a Client Advisory that examined the 2018 legislation that granted increased authority to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). This is the third Client Advisory Will has worked on and the first on which he received sole author credit.

Three of our Fintech and Blockchain practice group attorneys took a closer look at the SEC's recent Cease & Desist Order issued to Tomahawk Exploration LLC.

We are very proud to announce that 40 Sullivan lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Launched in 2017, the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) is a global, independent think tank organized to study the strategic implications of blockchain for business, government and society.

On June 20, 2018, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down a decision that ended a three-year effort to amend the state's constitution to impose an additional tax on individuals earning more than $1 million.

In response to one of the 2017 tax reform's most far-reaching programs, Sullivan launched the Opportunity Zones Practice Group, a multi-disciplinary team comprised of attorneys from the firm's Affordable Housing, Real Estate, Tax and Corporate departments.

The Opportunity Zones program is an economic tool designed to utilize tax incentives to drive long-term growth in low-income urban and rural communities. These Zones have been designated in all 50 states and represent a significant growth opportunity for the firm.