Transactional Tax-Exempt Organizations Associate

Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Los Angeles seeks an associate in its Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice Group to draft and review transaction documents, board materials, and IRS filings for nonprofits.

The role involves advising on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructurings for colleges, hospitals, and research institutions, with direct engagement with partners and clients and a path toward equity partnership.

Qualifications

• Transactional tax experience from a big law firm.
• Mandatory experience advising nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations.
• LLM in Taxation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft and review transaction documents, board materials, and IRS submissions for nonprofit clients.
• Prepare client advisory materials for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, conversions and reorganizations.
• Support on issues such as tax compliance, unrelated business income, and governance matters.
• Engage directly with partners and clients on sophisticated nonprofit matters with growth toward equity partnership.

Skills

Transactional tax experience

Nonprofit tax guidance

Education

LLM in Taxation

Job description

Overview

• The Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice Group advises a diverse clientele including colleges, universities, hospitals, social service organizations, research institutions, private foundations, religious organizations, museums, and individuals involved as founders, officers, directors, and contributors.
• The role focuses on drafting and reviewing transaction documents, board materials, IRS submissions, and client advisory materials for nonprofit mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, conversions, spin-offs, corporate reorganizations, and tax-exempt bond financings.
• Support is provided to nonprofit and tax-exempt clients on critical issues such as tax compliance, unrelated business income, private inurement/benefit, intermediate sanctions, sophisticated executive compensation, governance, fundraising, and charitable giving.
• The position offers direct engagement with partners and clients on sophisticated matters within healthcare, education, research, and other mission-driven sectors, and provides an opportunity for growth on an equity partner track.
• Required experience includes transactional tax from a "big law" firm, with some experience advising nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations being mandatory; an LLM in Taxation is preferred.
• The associate will work closely with Ofer Lion, the head of the firm's Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice Group.