Al Lowry
Director – CohnReznick Advisory LLC
As a Tax director, Al Lowry specializes in hedge fund, private equity, fund of fund, and management company tax consulting and compliance. In this role, he advises private and public REITs and many different types of foreign and domestic U.S. alternative investment vehicles.
Experience and credentials
Certified Public Accountant
Serves clients across the U.S. as well as asset managers in the UK, Australia, Canada, and those with offices in Asia, Europe, and Latin America
Extensive experience with securities testing tools including wash sale analysis, straddle analysis, constructive sale analysis, dividend testing, MLP/PTP allocation templates, and market discount analysis on deeply distressed asset-backed products
Passion for process improvement extends to applying software developer-type knowledge from a tax perspective – inclusive of creating solutions in both Excel and Access using arrays, dynamic ranges, string parsing, regular expressions, web scraping, algorithms, dynamic formulaic workbook summaries, and more
Previous experience advising clients on partnership and REIT/blocker taxation at a Big Four firm
Deep understanding of owner-operated businesses and fund structure planning is instrumental to Al’s client work
Education
B.B.A., Accounting – Colorado State University
Professional affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants
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