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Brian leverages a practical approach with a thorough understanding of the corporate world to provide strategic business counsel and tax services to individuals, closely-held and family business owners, start-up entities and growth companies. He advises clients on a number of matters, including contractual drafting and negotiations, capital and private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate and financial transactions. He has extensive experience in guiding clients through tax challenges, including tax-free restructuring and reorganizations, partnership tax and income tax planning, real estate tax appeals, and federal and local tax controversies. Brian has also developed considerable experience negotiating and closing the equity side of affordable housing projects, particularly partnership and operating agreements dealing with low-income housing and historic tax credits.Brian brings the energy and drive needed to lead his innovative, entrepreneurial and fast-paced clients through the bureaucracies of and landmines in the corporate and tax arenas. With a master’s degree in taxation and a bachelor’s degree in economics and management, Brian’s background and experience enable him to structure transactions that will not only protect his clients, but also generate them substantial cost savings. Providing practical solutions to complex issues form part of the reason why Brian has been selected for the Ohio Rising Stars® List since 2009.Specialties: Income and Partnership TaxationCorporation Management and GovernanceState and Local TaxationTax ControversyOil and Gas Real Estate MattersContractual Drafting and NegotiationsCapital and Private Equity Transactions Mergers and AcquisitionsReal Estate and Financial TransactionsAffordable HousingLow-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)Historic Tax Credits (HTC)

Listed skills include Corporate Law, Mergers And Acquisitions, Real Estate, Tax, and 8 others.