Naya Pearlman

Naya Pearlman, CPA, JD, LLM, has nearly 20 years of professional experience working with real estate companies. She advises property owners, operators, and joint ventures investing in all types of commercial real estate.

Naya has broad tax expertise in partnership and corporate tax matters. Her areas of expertise include structuring inbound U.S. real estate investments and tax efficient exits; planning for tax-deferred arrangements, including involuntary conversions and like-kind exchanges; advising on complex partnership tax transactions, including partnership mergers and divisions; evaluating tax aspects of business transactions and reviewing tax matter provisions; reviewing waterfall calculations and distribution models; and tax planning for digital asset transactions.

Before joining CohnReznick, Naya was a Tax Partner for a major accounting and advisory firm based in New York. This experience included leading her prior firm’s digital asset tax advisory practice, opportunity zone investments, and other initiatives impacting real estate clients. She also chaired their Business Tax Technical Committee and guided the firm through tax law changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the new administration.

Naya is the author of several tax articles, including articles published in Tax Notes Federal and State, and has been quoted in Law360 Tax Authority. She is a frequent contributor and speaker at real estate tax panels and tax technical webinars. Naya has been honored by Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Accounting and Consulting and was recognized by the New York Real Estate Journal in their Women in Professional Services Spotlight. In addition, Naya was honored as a New Leader of the Bar by the New Jersey Law Journal, and was nominated by her peers and recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Tax Law.