Michael Kosnitzky

Michael Kosnitzky advises some of the world’s most well-respected individuals, families and privately held businesses, using a holistic risk-assessment approach to tax law. Mike is recognized as a Trust and Estates Trailblazer by the National Law Journal for his focus on where IRS policy is going and not where the particular policy is today.

His tax-minimizing strategies guide financial and strategic buyers in complex taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions; privately held businesses in estate tax efficient succession planning; private investment funds in their choice of jurisdictions and structures; wealthy families in generational real estate income tax and estate tax planning; and ultra-high net worth individuals in U.S. and foreign trust matters.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE :

• Advised Wynn Resorts Limited on tax planning related to its international tax structure.
• Advised Viking River Cruises on international tax structure planning.
• Advised Paloma International L.P. on succession planning and a restructuring.
• Advised Goldman Sachs on tax planning for investment in The Weinstein Company LLC.
• Advised The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network on domestic partnership matters and a leveraged recapitalization.
• Advised Bradford Capital on the sale of an electronic equipment manufacturer to Honeywell International Inc., and a corporate restructuring.
• Advised Imagine Entertainment, a production company founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, in restructuring various businesses divisions.
• Advised Miami Association of REALTORS, the largest realtors association in the United States, in various acquisitions of other tax-exempt realtors associations.
• Advised River Break Distributing LP on tax planning for the development and operation of its cannabis distribution and logistics business.

EDUCATION :

• J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1984
• B.B.A., Accounting, University of Miami, 1979

ADMISSIONS :

• Florida
• District of Columbia
• New York