Blank Rome Welcomes New Business Tax Associate in New York
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that David A. Gilbert has joined the Firm’s Tax, Benefits, and Private Client group as an associate in the New York office.
David joins the Firm from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. He concentrates his practice in the area of business tax law. He represents domestic and international clients in a wide range of federal, state, and local tax matters. He advises publicly traded and private corporations, partnerships, funds, tax-exempt organizations, and individuals on various matters, including those arising in taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, spin-offs, redemptions, and liquidations; inbound and outbound investments; formation, operation, and acquisition of limited liability companies, partnerships, and Subchapter S corporations; real estate transactions; financings; and tax controversies. David also has experience advising private equity and hedge fund sponsors on the tax aspects of fund formation as well as representing institutional investors regarding joint ventures and other investments.
David is admitted to practice in New York and Florida, and is also a certified public accountant in New York. He earned his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law and his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law. He also received his M.S. in Accounting from the University of Florida and his B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Florida State University.