Biography

Matt has practiced federal income taxation since 2007. He has special expertise in the federal income taxation of flow-through entities, including partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations, and is an industry leader in the structuring and taxation of energy transactions, particularly in the energy transition and decarbonization areas.

In his previous role at North America’s largest developer of renewable energy, Matt was responsible for the structuring and tax-advantaged financing of over $10 billion in renewable energy and decarbonization projects via tax equity and private equity, and many more through public equity and debt raises. He was also responsible for all tax advice and modeling for the company’s publicly traded yieldco and electricity hedging and trading activities.

Prior to that, Matt was a tax attorney at a major international law firm, specializing in private equity and family office structuring and M&A.

External Publications

  • "Drafting Partnership and LLC Agreements: Tax Boilerplate, Allocation, and Liquidation Provisions" (Matthew Bender Lexis/Nexis, March 2010)

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Selected Issues Associated with Buying and Selling LLC and Partnership Interests
    (Lorman National Teleconference Series, August 2014)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Florida Bar

Education

  • BA, journalism and eastern european studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
  • JD, University of Miami
  • LLM, taxation, University of Miami

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