Martin D. Pollack is a co-head of the firm’s global Tax practice and is a nationally recognized authority on federal income tax matters. He has extensive experience in structuring complex private equity and merger & acquisition transactions, and he regularly advises clients on the formation and operation of private equity funds, joint ventures, and other investment vehicles. Mr. Pollack’s practice also involves the tax aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency, leasing transactions, and planning for technology intensive enterprises.
Mr. Pollack is a frequent lecturer at tax seminars and the author of numerous articles on federal income tax issues. He is the co-author of a treatise, published by Little Brown, analyzing the federal income, estate, gift, and other transfer tax consequences of partnership buy/sell agreements.
Mr. Pollack has served as an adjunct associate professor of tax law at the New York University School of Law; he is a member of the advisory board of Tax Management; and he is a Vice Chair of the Partnerships and LLCs Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section.
Mr. Pollack has received numerous awards including recognition as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA. He is also regularly recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 and The Best Lawyers in America and recommended by PLC Which Lawyer?. In addition, Mr. Pollack has been named among the leading Bankruptcy Tax Specialists in the nation’s major law firms by Turnarounds and Workouts magazine.
Mr. Pollack is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served on the Board of Officers of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a BA and a graduate degree in Economics, and the New York University School of Law, where he earned a graduate degree in Taxation. He joined the firm in 1976.