About Daniel R. Blickman
Dan Blickman has substantial experience with a wide range of federal income tax issues:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures
- Private investment funds
- Real estate
- International tax
- Capital markets
- Complex investment structures
He has represented large public companies, middle-market companies, small or start-up companies, and individuals.
Investments funds—GP and LP Practice
- Dan has worked on hundreds of private investment funds and has more than 20 years of experience
- Dan functions as both a business and tax attorney on investment funds
- GP Practice—fund formation of private equity style funds, hedge funds, hybrid structures
- LP Practice—represents institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, and pensions, with over $20 billion in assets
- Inbound and outbound structures
- UBTI planning for tax-exempt investors
- GP carried interest structuring
Chambers USA has recognized Dan as a leader in tax law, with one source stating, “He is a genius. He has always provided a solution to every one of our problems.” Another lauds Dan’s “unique ability to converse with me in plain English rather than in technical jargon.”
Outside the Firm
- Dan has experience as a principal in a family business.
- Dan still enjoys serious history books after his earlier career as a professional historian and scholar.
- Dan knows that basketball is the greatest sport.
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
Experience
- Fund formation for GPs and fund review for LPs, institutional investors.
- Creative 1031 exchanges for complex real estate partnerships.
- GP representation for innovative real estate fund with Chinese investors.
- Formation of $2 billion distressed debt fund; designing compensation structures for investment professionals; drafting documents; negotiating side letters with limited partners; and advising on structuring of transactions.
- Formation of $1.6 billion real estate fund; structuring investments by tax-exempt organizations (including “fractions rule” compliance); management fee waiver.
- Represented a European government in $50 million investment in hedge fund of funds.
- Represented Ivy League university in dozens of investments in private equity funds.
- $200 million acquisition of U.S. apartment buildings by Israeli company.
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
News & Views
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Best Lawyers in America®August 21, 2025
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®August 19, 2024
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Chambers USA 2024 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and PracticesJune 6, 2024
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
Recognitions
- Tax Law, listed in Chambers USA
- 2009–2026, Tax Law in Philadelphia, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
Memberships
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
Professional Activities
In 2009 and 2010, Dan chaired the Tax Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Lectured on private equity at the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”).
Written on private equity for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (“NACUA”).
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New York
Education
- Tulane University, BA, Phi Beta Kappa
- Yale Law School, JD
- New York University, LLM Tax
- Oxford University, MA
- Stanford University, PHD
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
