Specializes in domestic and international transactions
Works with financial and strategic clients
New York
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Josh Goldstein is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in New York City. Part of A&M’s National Tax Office, he brings more than 10 years of experience advising financial and strategic clients on a broad range of domestic and international transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, spin-offs, restructurings, preferred investments, financings and joint ventures.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Goldstein was associated with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where he was also seconded to Goldman Sachs & Co. He regularly advised clients on a broad range of tax matters in connection with U.S. and cross-border transactions across multiple industries. Mr. Goldstein provided tax counsel to investment funds, their portfolio companies and strategic clients in the structuring and negotiating of private and public M&A transactions (both taxable and non-taxable), spin-offs, debt restructurings, preferred investments, financing transactions, joint ventures and debt and equity offerings. He also advised clients on bankruptcy and insolvency restructurings and fund-related tax issues, including structuring and fund formation, “upper-tier” arrangements and operational issues.
Previously, Mr. Goldstein was a Senior Associate in the International Tax Services and State and Local Tax practices in the New York City office of PwC.
Mr. Goldstein earned a bachelor’s degree in finance (magna cum laude) from Yeshiva University, a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and an LLM in taxation from the New York University School of Law. He is a licensed attorney and a member of the New York State Bar.
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