Howard B. Jacobson

Howard B. Jacobson provides tax planning advice to clients on business transactions. He has advised clients on the tax consequences of partnership and corporate formations, taxable stock and asset acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, public and private offerings of equity and debt, spin-offs, financial restructuring and bankruptcy reorganizations, partnership and limited liability company transactions, financial products and structured transactions, real estate investments, REITs, mortgage servicing, leasing and executive compensation.
Practice & Background

Mr. Jacobson works extensively with Akin Gump’s financial restructuring practice to provide tax advice to official and informal committees of creditors, debtors, investors and other potential acquirers of businesses in Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructuring proceedings.

In addition, Mr. Jacobson also advises exempt organizations, including public charities, private foundations and other exempt organizations. As hospitals have restructured, he has conducted internal audits to identify potential problems and defended them on audit by the Internal Revenue Service. He also regularly advises Native American Indian tribes, as well as lenders to and investors with tribes, on tax issues specific to the tribal governments, their business activities and their members, including taxable and tax-exempt financing transactions. He recently advised one Indian nation in connection with an award-winning tax-exempt and taxable bond offering securitizing a portion of its gaming revenue stream to provide governmental offices, water and sewage projects, athletic facilities and other infrastructure improvements for the nation and its members.

Prior to joining Akin Gump, Mr. Jacobson served as attorney-adviser for Chief Judge Theodore Tannenwald Jr. of the U.S. Tax Court and also practiced with a tax specialty firm.

He is the chairman of the firm’s retirement committee.

Mr. Jacobson is a member of the American Bar Association and DC Bar Sections of Taxation.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) International Tax, 2) Investment Management and Transactional Tax, 3) Tax, 4) Tax-Exempt Organizations, 5) Pro Bono, 6) American Indian, 7) Health Care Tax, 8) Hotel and Hospitality for Indian Tribes, 9) Private Equity and 10) Private Equity Transactions
Law School Harvard Law School, J.D., 1979
Education University of Michigan, A>B., 1976
Bar Member / Association District of Columbia Bar Association
Most recent firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
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