Mr. Piechota’s focus areas include due diligence, tax-efficient transaction structuring, and debt planning. Most notably, he was responsible for a debt alignment project resulting in millions of dollars of state tax savings. Mr. Piechota has worked with clients across various industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, software/technology, and financial services.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Piechota spent over 18 years with Big Four accounting firms in New York and Atlanta, serving most recently as a Senior Manager. He created, trained, and managed multiple teams of state tax professionals dedicated to transactional considerations related to state and local tax. He has worked closely with buy- and sell-side clients to identify and address pre- and post-transactional issues and remediate historical exposures.

Mr. Piechota earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania, and a JD from Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. He has been a speaker/facilitator at technical conferences, including at the Council on State Taxation, and was a named contributor to the BNA publication ‘State Implications of Funding Inbound Investments’.