Bio

Phil counsels clients on structuring and restructuring funds; structuring investment managers and general partners; compensating managers and employees; investing in funds; and seeding, buying and selling management entities. He also advises clients on planning and structuring securities transactions, foreign investment in U.S. real estate, acquisitions and dispositions of assets, nonqualified deferred compensation, Puerto Rico tax planning, ERISA matters, and numerous other tax issues. Phil speaks at many conferences on fund tax issues and is an active member of a number of tax groups. Phil has been named a New York Metro Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers since 2014. EDUCATION: New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1989); Certified Public Accountant, New York 1989; Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1986); College of William & Mary (B.B.A., 1983) (beta gamma sigma);