Naya Pearlman

JD, LLM, Partner – NY NJ CRE Tax Practice Leader – CohnReznick Advisory LLC
Naya Pearlman is a tax partner and member of the Commercial Real Estate practice. She has over 20 years of professional experience working closely with commercial real estate clients and investment management firms. She also works with private equity companies investing in energy infrastructure and financial assets.

Experience and credentials

Certified Public Accountant
Provides thought leadership about industry related tax issues
Experience includes structuring inbound U.S. real estate equity and debt investments for foreign investors, and planning for tax efficient exits
Extensive experience with partnership tax transactions and tax-deferred arrangements, including like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions
Advises clients on tax matter provisions, including waterfall calculations and targeted allocations
Previous experience includes serving as Business Tax Technical Committee Chair of New York metropolitan accounting firm
Authored several tax articles, including articles published in Tax Notes Federal and State, and quoted in Law360 Tax Authority
Honored by Crain’s New York Business on its Notable Women in Accounting and Consulting list
Recognized by the New York Real Estate Journal in their Women in Professional Services Spotlight
Awarded as a New Leader of the Bar by the New Jersey Law Journal and as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Tax Law 

Education

LLM, Taxation, New York University School of Law
JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
M.S., Accounting, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business 
B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, Bryn Mawr College

Professional affiliations

New York Certified Public Accountant
New York Bar, Member
New Jersey Bar, Member
Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network
The Real Estate Roundtable
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