PROVIDENCE, RI, July 24, 2025 – Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH), a full-service business law and litigation firm, announces that attorneys Elizabeth O. Manchester, Jay R. Peabody, and Russell J. Stein will present a webinar on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) on Thursday, July 31 in collaboration with accounting firm Waldron H. Rand & Company, P.C. Registration is available here.
Tax experts from PSH and Waldron Rand will provide an overview of the key tax provisions and strategic planning opportunities of the OBBBA that impact high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and tax-exempt organizations. The webinar will cover the following topics:
- Bonus depreciation
- Opportunity zones
- Qualified small business stock
- Estate tax changes
- State and local tax deductions (SALT cap)
- Treatment of research and development costs
As Chair of PSH’s Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Practice Group, Manchester represents tax-exempt entities, centered on compliance, formation, charitable gift planning issues, and best practices. She has extensive experience assisting institutions with the inception of planned giving programs, as well as corporate governance matters and maintenance of tax-exempt status. Manchester advises charitable institutions and institutions of higher learning about tax benefits available to donors, to assist in discussions with donors to appropriately advance the organization’s mission. Serving as external general counsel for public charities and private foundations, Manchester advises nonprofits regarding board education and training, fiduciary obligation advice, compliance, donor representation, endowment fund management, finance, Form 990, reporting issues, governance, joint ventures, affiliations and litigation prevention. In addition, she advises nonprofits regarding managing bequests and complex gifts for organizations, mergers and acquisitions, obtaining and maintaining tax exemptions, policies, political and lobbying restrictions and tax.
Peabody is Co-Managing Partner of the firm and a leading real estate attorney with extensive experience advising clients on all aspects of commercial real estate. He represents sponsors, operators, and investors in the acquisition, development, financing, and leasing of projects nationwide. Peabody regularly counsels regional and national owners and developers through every phase of complex transactions, including office, industrial, retail, and large-scale mixed-use developments. As outside general counsel to a range of privately held businesses, he also provides strategic advice on entity formation, ownership structure, succession planning, and business operations. Peabody serves as Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.
Stein advises businesses on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters, and the intricacies of the U.S. Federal and State tax regulations. He has extensive experience counseling nonprofit organizations, charities, and private foundations on a variety of issues ranging from start-up organizational matters through mergers and dissolutions. He provides guidance on joint ventures and partnerships between nonprofit and for-profit entities, including advice regarding state regulations and registration requirements involving commercial co-venture agreements.
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About Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
Partridge Snow & Hahn is a full-service business law and litigation firm committed to working collaboratively with clients to develop a deep understanding of their various industries, objectives, and unique ways of working to help advance business goals and solve legal challenges. With offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the firm focuses on key areas of law: corporate & business, including M&A, employment, tax, and nonprofit; real estate, including commercial financing, energy, environmental, and land use; and complex commercial litigation & disputes.
About Waldron H. Rand & Company, P.C.
Established over 100 years ago, Waldron Rand is the oldest public accounting firm in the country. Their time-tested success is built upon understanding the challenges of the firm’s clients’ businesses and utilizing the intellectual capital of the entire firm to provide tax and accounting services that sustain profitability, continuity, and opportunity. The firm’s deep-rooted tradition and trusted reputation provide a solid foundation to support forward thinking and a progressive firm culture that is flexible and stays at the forefront of an ever-changing business environment. Waldron Rand’s clients benefit from unparalleled Accounting Services that are applied to the most advanced standards of practice. In addition to assembling a top-notch team of professionals clients can trust to have the knowledge and experience they expect, the firm exemplifies the principles that are at the core of any successful business—senior level attention, responsiveness, innovative thinking, and hard work. It is this shared service philosophy combined with their collaborative service approach that has secured Waldron Rand as a trusted advisor for individuals and closely held businesses since 1912.
