Ofer is an acknowledged authority on the legal issues that affect nonnprofits and tax-exempt organizations.

Ofer has represented nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations in a wide range of tax, transactional, corporate, governance, and fiduciary matters, including formation, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, international activities and affiliations, unrelated business taxable income, joint ventures, program-related investments, political activities and lobbying, audits and tax controversies, tax return review, tax-exempt bonds, and dissolutions.

He has extensively represented companies in all aspects of transactional tax matters, including mergers and acquisitions (domestic and cross-border taxable transactions, tax-free spin-offs, Section 351 transactions and corporate reorganizations), equity and debt securities bankruptcy reorganizations, debt restructuring, and state and local tax issues. 

Ofer has been quoted as a tax-exempt organizations authority in numerous news stories, including on NPR, by The Associated Press, and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Tax Analysis, The Huffington Post, Forbes.com, and Politico.com

He has taught "Tax-Exempt Organizations: Law and Practice" as an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law. In 2020, Ofer was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. The College provides recognition to leading members of the Bar who have made significant contributions to the understanding and improvement of the tax system.

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