Senior Director, Tax Full Time

The Senior Director within Tishman Speyer’s global tax department will serve as a senior leader responsible for overseeing structuring, and execution of complex real estate transactions across a portion of the firm’s global platform. This individual will play a critical role in shaping tax strategy related to acquisitions, dispositions, fund formations, and joint ventures, while partnering closely with senior investment, legal, and finance leadership.

The successful candidate will bring deep transactional experience and subject matter expertise in: (i) real estate partnership taxation, (ii) REIT taxation, and (iii) FIRPTA. In addition to leading transaction execution, this role will be responsible for driving strategic tax initiatives and managing external advisors.

This position reports to Victor Cuciniello, Managing Director and Global Tax Director, and will have significant visibility with senior leadership across the firm.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and resolve various tax issues related to the acquisition, ownership or disposition of a property or portfolio investment.
• Coordinate entity due diligence and third-party REIT due diligence reports, where necessary, on property or portfolio acquisitions.
• With respect to each acquisition, review any purchase and sale agreements and all other related transaction documents.
• Review partnership agreements with specific attention to tax allocation provisions and other related tax provisions.
• Quantify and communicate the tax risks associated with business transactions to senior management in order to facilitate their decision-making process.
• Identify and analyze tax deferral strategies where appropriate and determine their feasibility to implement.
• Work with advisors to structure various U.S. and international real estate funds and joint ventures to facilitate the inflow of capital by diverse groups of U.S. and non-U.S. investors and to assess their potential U.S. tax impact for Tishman Speyer.
• Coordinate and review tax advice and/or opinions from external accounting and law firms, including negotiating firm representations.
• Strong knowledge of Foreign Investment in Real Estate Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA) and U.S. foreign withholding tax provisions.
• Coordinate REIT quarterly and annual testing.
• Liaise with Tishman Speyer’s internal teams and external advisors to assure the proper tax accounting treatment of business transactions.
• Review newly enacted tax legislation applicable to the real estate industry, particularly in the areas of partnerships, REITs, inbound and outbound investments.
• Attend seminars and conferences; build and manage relationships within the real estate industry and tax field.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 8-12+ years of relevant tax consulting experience, with a focus on real estate transactions and structuring
• Demonstrated expertise in partnership taxation, REIT taxation, and FIRPTA, including application in complex, large-scale transactions
• Proven ability to lead and execute transactions end-to-end, including structuring, diligence, negotiation support, and post-closing implementation
• Strong experience advising on real estate private equity, fund structuring, and joint ventures, including cross-border investments
• Prior experience in a leadership role, with the ability to mentor junior professionals and manage internal and external stakeholders
• Track record of effectively partnering with senior executives and investment teams to influence transaction outcomes and strategic decisions
• Ability to translate complex tax matters into actionable insights for senior management and non-tax stakeholders
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to oversee multiple high-priority transactions simultaneously
• Experience managing and critically evaluating work performed by external advisors (Big 4 and law firms)
• Deep understanding of U.S. and international tax considerations relevant to institutional real estate investors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Undergraduate degree required; advanced degree strongly preferred (JD/LLM, MBA, CPA)
• Technologically adept, with experience leveraging AI or automation tools to streamline workflows and enhance decision-making

Source: Tishman Speyer’s Career Page

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