Tax Attorney - Real Estate/Affordable Housing

Job Overview

A law firm seeks a Tax Attorney with 5-20 years of transactional and business-focused tax experience to join their Affordable Housing team in Washington, D.C. This role offers the opportunity to engage in sophisticated tax work with community impact and a path to leadership. The position involves collaboration with a multidisciplinary team serving various stakeholders in the real estate and affordable housing sectors.

Duties

• Collaborate with developers, investors, lenders, syndicators, nonprofits, and public entities.
• Engage in partnership tax and exempt organization/nonprofit matters.
• Contribute to projects involving private-public partnerships in housing and urban renewal.
• Utilize knowledge of LIHTC (Section 42) and historic and new markets tax credits.

Requirements

• 5-20 years of transactional and business-focused tax experience in a law firm setting.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.

Education

• LL.M. in Taxation preferred.
• Degree in accounting or finance is a plus.

Certifications

• Bar admission in the relevant jurisdiction.

Skills

• Demonstrated experience with partnership tax and exempt organization/nonprofit matters.
• Exposure to LIHTC and historic and new markets tax credits is helpful.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation arrangements.

This law firm was founded over six decades ago in order to represent businesses in their legal needs. Their areas of practice include bankruptcy, creditors' rights, food and drug, healthcare, litigation, private equity, private wealth, franchising, healthcare, private wealth, tax, real estate, and more. Their offices are located in Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC.