Partner

• Jan 2020 - Present

-Chairman of Marketing Committee -Tax Controversy & Amended Tax Return Refund Extraordinaire -Chairman of Marketing Committee -Tax Controversy & Amended Tax Return Refund Extraordinaire

Principal, Family Office & Tax Practice

• May 2016 - Nov 2019

Prepared & detail reviewed tax returns for: - High Net Worth families in the United States, Italy and the Middle East. - CEO's of old line Wall Street investment funds. - Investment partnerships and fund management companies. - Professionals (doctors, lawyers) and entrepreneurs.] - Real Estate partnerships. Represented taxpayers in front of tax authorities. Prepared tax returns, necessary filings, work papers and correspondence for resolving tax controversy matters related to: - Voluntary Program to mitigate civil penalties for FBAR / Form 8938 disclosure matters. - Voluntary Program to waive criminal actions for non-filing of Form 1120F. - New York State residence/domicile investigations. - IRS investigations involving alleged under reporting of income. Performed forensic tax work in order to: - Calculate amount of theft involved in Ponzi schemes. - Prepare the tax filings which produced large Net Operating Losses for the investors. Reviewed tax returns, supervised and mentored large tax staff. Conducted in-house seminar to educate younger tax staff on taxpayer life cycle, various safe harbors and tax penalty avoidance. Authored various articles for firm's clients on cannabis and IRC Section 280E. New Business: - Led team on closing new business deal of High Net Worth Family for tax and accounting work. - Generated new business from own lead related to high profile international tax controversy work. - Discovered the need for new filings from existing clients (low hanging fruit). - Gained referral business from existing clientele. Show less

Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

• Jul 1999 - May 2016

Managed financial reporting and budgeting, tax reporting and tax planning for individuals and all entities of this Family Office, including, but not limited, to charities and various private equity (real estate partnerships, hedge funds, corporations) and trusts. Analyzed risk profile of entire investment portfolio from both financial and tax perspectives via different exposures to currency, country, industry and concentration. Ran successful cash merger arbitrage program from July 1999 through December 2007. Performed forensic work which led to successful workouts of orphaned equity stakes, including stock buyout, investment rescission, plaintiff litigation settlements and replacement of a CEO. Industry experience: Hedge fund management, real estate, shipping, taxation, trustee services, bank demutualization investing, private equity and vineyard/winery businesses. Board of Director Positions held within the Sterling Grace Corp. Family Entities: - Director, Trustees Executors New Zealand (7/2010-5/2016) - Director, Grace Line (1/2007-5/2016) - General Partner/CEO & CFO, Reeves Telecom LP -- SEC Reporting Entity (6/2012-12/31/2013 dissolution) Show less

Chief Financial Officer

• 1996 - 1999

Managed finances and trade execution for small startup Family Office of successful entrepreneur. Executed tax strategies in consultation with outside legal counsel and CPA firm. Managed finances and trade execution for small startup Family Office of successful entrepreneur. Executed tax strategies in consultation with outside legal counsel and CPA firm.

Senior Staff Accountant

• 1995 - 1996

Junior Staff Accountant

• 1994 - 1995

Prior Experience

• 1986 - 1993