Peter L. Ente

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Peter Ente is in the Business Transactions group. Mr. Ente's practice focuses on business taxation issues, including tax planning, business transactions, executive compensation, bankruptcy, troubled tax work, and tax controversies. His experience includes:

Assisting clients on federal, state and local income tax aspects of acquisitive and divisive transactions, corporate restructurings, redemptions, distributions and transactions involving tax-exempt organizations.
Representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service, California Franchise Tax Board and other state tax authorities in connection with audits and appeals.
Advising corporate, pass-through and individual clients on federal and state income tax consequences of bankruptcy, bankruptcy reorganizations, debt workouts, debt restructurings and other financial transactions.
Structuring unsecured deferred compensation arrangements compliant with IRC Section 409A.

Admissions

California
District of Columbia
New York

Memberships

State Bar of California
District of Columbia Bar
New York State Bar Association
- Member, Tax Section
American Bar Association
- Member, Tax Section

Community Involvement

Mr. Ente donates his time to several dog-rescue organizations.

Education

L.L.M. in Tax, New York University, 1988
J.D., Antioch School of Law (now the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law)
- 1985, moot court finalist
B.S., Union College, New York, 1982