Seasoned advice on complex tax structuring and high profile deals.
Amanda H. Nussbaum is the chair of the Firm’s Tax Department as well as a member of the Private Funds Group. Her practice concentrates on planning for and the structuring of domestic and international private investment funds, including venture capital, buyout, real estate and hedge funds, as well as advising those funds on investment activities and operational issues. She also represents many types of investors, including tax-exempt and non-U.S. investors, with their investments in private investment funds.
Amanda has significant experience structuring taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and stock and debt offerings. She also counsels both sports teams and sports leagues with a broad range of tax issues.
In addition, Amanda advises not-for-profit clients on matters such as applying for and maintaining exemption from federal income tax, minimizing unrelated business taxable income, structuring joint ventures and partnerships with taxable entities and using exempt and for-profit subsidiaries.
Amanda has co-authored with Howard Lefkowitz and Steven Devaney the New York Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual, which is published by Data Trace Publishing Co.
Education
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New York University School of Law, LL.M.
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Harvard Law School, J.D.
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Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women, B.A.
summa cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Memberships
American Bar Association (Tax Section)
New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee of Tax Section)
Awards & Recognition
Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Awards: Tax Lawyer of the Year 2024
Chambers USA: New York: Tax 2011-2024
Best Lawyers in America 2013-2025
Chambers Global: USA: Tax: Corporate 2022
Crain's New York Business, Leading Women Lawyers in New York City 2018
Crain's New York, Notable Women in Law, 2023
Chambers USA: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds Nationwide 2011-2012
New York Law Journal's "Rising Stars" 2013
New York Super Lawyers 2010-2024
Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Awards Tax 2017
The Legal 500 United States: U.S. Tax: Non-Contentious: Leading Lawyer 2019-2024
The Legal 500 United States: U.S. Tax: International Tax: Leading Lawyer 2024
The Legal 500 United States: Non Profit and Tax Exempt Organizations 2016-2024
The Legal 500 United States: Tax: Domestic Tax: East Coast 2009-2011, 2013-2019
The Legal 500 United States: Tax: International Tax 2019-2023
The Legal 500 United States: Investment Fund Formation & Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds 2011-2019
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Law 360: Tax MVP 2023