Michael provides tax consulting, compliance, and structuring services and specializes in serving clients in the private equity and real estate industry sectors. He serves global private equity organizations with complex asset holdings. Michael assists private equity clients with fund formation, structuring, exit, asset acquisition, and divestiture. He regularly addresses the complexities associated with basis adjustments under Section 743(b) and 734(b), partnership income allocation, maintenance of capital accounts, and waterfall arrangements. Michael advises clients on compliance and reporting matters, including partnership and operating agreements, cross-border issues, among other industry-specific tax issues. In addition to serving clients in the private equity and real estate industry sectors, Michael provides tax consulting and compliance services to family offices and their related entities.
Michael began his career in public accounting at HCVT. Michael received a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in business administration from the University of California, Riverside.