Growing international law firm is currently looking to recruit bright, enthusiastic Tax Associate to handle critical issues involved in securities offerings, forming, restructuring, transferring interests in, merging, converting and dissolving limited partnerships, joint ventures, public and private syndications, and limited liability companies on behalf of developers, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and others.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

---structure foreign investments in U.S. real estate and commercial ventures, as well as U.S. investments abroad. These include cross-border transactions with entities to acquire real estate and conduct business throughout the United States, Mexico, China, Japan and European jurisdictions.

---counsel clients with respect to stock option plans and other executive compensation

---represent clients in a variety of tax controversy matters including U.S. Tax Court litigation, IRS, Franchise Tax Board and State Board of Equalization audits and administrative appeals, federal and state private ruling requests and other tax controversy and compliance matters

---advise clients on a variety of other tax issues in forming or expanding businesses, such as contributions to capital, stock and debt instruments, financing agreements, buy-sell agreements, securities offerings.

QUALIFICATIONS:

---JD
---LLM (not required)
---Excellent Capital Markets/Structured Finance (CDOs) experience at a large NY/Wall St firm
---Experience as clerk to federal judges at the U.S. Tax Court would be a plus
---Outstanding analytical and organizational skills
---Motivated, flexible and creative team player