Choate Hall & Stewart LLP recently announced that Timothy Becker has joined the firm as a partner in its Tax Group.  Becker has over 11 years of experience advising private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds, as well as their portfolio companies, on tax and other activities.  See “Potential Impact on US Hedge Fund Managers of the Reform of the UK Tax Regime Relating to Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 7, No. 10 (Mar. 13, 2014); “Tax Practitioners Discuss Taxation of Foreign Investments and Distressed Debt Investments at FRA/HFBOA Seminar (Part Three of Four),” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Jan. 30, 2014); “Key Hedge Fund Tax Developments in the U.K., the European Union, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Australia, India and Puerto Rico,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 26 (Jun. 27, 2013).