With more than 30 years of tax planning experience, Steve Friedman’s real estate clients cross all property types including residential and commercial land development, single family for-sale, single family rental, and multifamily rental and for-sale. He advises a wide range of real estate developers, operators, managers and their investors, whether domestic or foreign, taxable or tax-exempt, institutional or retail.
Steve Friedman
CRE, FRICS, Director – CohnReznick Advisory LLC
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Steve+Friedman [email protected]Experience and credentials
Brings deep technical knowledge and practical experience to transactional tax planning and execution, whether wholly domestic or cross-border
Extensive experience in structuring, planning and executing transactions through a myriad of forms of legal ownership. These include real estate investment trusts, taxable REIT subsidiaries, C corporations, S corporations, affiliated corporations that join in the filing of consolidated returns, joint ventures, limited liability companies, and partnerships
Has provided tax advice and planning for more than two dozen publicly traded REITs engaged in multifamily ownership, operation and management, regional shopping center and neighborhood retail ownership, leasing and management, CBD and suburban office, and lodging and hospitality
Deep knowledge in evaluating tax accounting methods and reporting on the financial statement impact of real estate transactions and operations for wide range of ownership types
During Great Recession, efficiently restructured more than $5 billion in debt on behalf of financially distressed borrowers
Frequent speaker on tax, industry, and financial matters affecting the real estate business. This includes speaking on technical matters to the Real Estate and Partnership Committees of the American Bar Association Tax Section
Past chair and Advisory Board member of the William & Mary Tax Conference and a member of the Program Committee for the Pacific Coast Builders’ Conference. Also lectures on real estate and joint venture matters at the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown University
Prior to joining CohnReznick, was the U.S. Senior Vice President for Finance and Tax for a privately held multinational real estate private equity and development firm. Previously, served as a principal in the Real Estate practice of a Big Four firm
Education
J.D., Fordham University
B.S., Business Administration – Georgetown University
Professional affiliations
American Bar Association Tax Section – Partnerships Committee
Counselors of Real Estate
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Urban Land Institute
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