Akerman has grown its capabilities in the Tax Practice Group with the addition of two partners. Jennifer Lindy, a leader in international tax controversies, has joined the Atlanta office. She arrives with Farid Khosravi. The addition of this team comes just weeks after Akerman expanded its corporate tax and energy tax credit capabilities with partner Heather Preston in Los Angeles.
“We have built a leading tax practice that continues to attract the very best lawyers across the United States,” said Akerman Tax Practice Group Co-Chair David Blum. “As our clients undertake new business ventures while keeping pace with an increasingly evolving tax landscape, our ability to provide broad and diverse counsel is more critical than ever. Jenn and Farid are highly regarded in international tax controversies and our clients will significantly benefit from their experience.”
Jennifer Lindy focuses her practice on cross-border and international tax issues in disputes with the IRS during all phases of the tax controversy and litigation process for individual, partnership/pass-through, and multinational corporate taxpayers. She has more than 18 years of diverse experience in advising individuals, multinational entities, accountants, and other tax service providers with complex international tax matters, including U.S. inbound and outbound tax issues, various voluntary disclosure programs and methods, and dispute-resolution with the IRS and other tax agencies related to cross-border transactions, U.S. withholding tax, foreign income and asset disclosure, payroll tax, and overall international tax compliance and reporting.
Farid Khosravi has more than 17 years of international tax experience both in client service and in-house with a diversified, Fortune 500 manufacturing and materials sciences company. He focuses his practice on consulting and advising U.S. and foreign clients on the U.S. and foreign income tax implications of their business operations, including tax structuring, tax compliance, and risk management. Farid has served clients in many industries, including manufacturing, logistics/transportation, retail/consumer products, hospitality, energy, private equity, materials science, e-commerce, and nonprofit organizations.
The new partners join a team that has been twice recognized as a Law360 “Tax Practice Group of the Year.” The practice is also consistently recognized by Chambers USA and Legal 500 for the complexity and consequence of client matters handled and its national capabilities and bench.
Akerman opened its Atlanta office in 2018 with three lawyers and has since grown the office to more than two dozen. Atlanta Office Managing Partner Jason Lichtstein said: “Akerman’s Atlanta office continues to be a destination for cutting-edge and practical legal advice for corporations and financial institutions across a range of litigation and transactional matters. The team’s arrival is a natural extension of our growth plan and further solidifies Akerman’s position as a law firm of choice for top talent in the legal profession.”
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