 |
Brian A. Silikovitz is a Member of the Tax Department, where he specializes in business tax counseling and structuring. Mr. Silikovitz counsels clients at all stages in the life of a business and is especially active in the areas of venture capital and private equity investments; mergers and acquisitions; hedge fund and private equity fund formation; issuances of debt instruments and equity derivatives; executive compensation; and choice of business entity.
Recent Speaking Engagements
- "New Jersey Organization and Sale of Small Businesses," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Skills and Methods Course, Jordan S. Solomon, Esq., Barry F. Gartenberg, Esq., and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., September 24, 2008
- "LLCs, LLPs and Partnerships: Organization and Operation," Choosing an Entity and Forming and Separating Partnerships and LLCs, Lorman Education Services, East Hanover Ramada Inn & Conference Center, Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq. and Richard J. Horne, Esq., July 22, 2008
- "LLCs, LLPs and Partnerships: Organization and Operation," Choosing an Entity and Forming and Separating Partnerships and LLCs, Lorman Education Services, Edison Clarion Hotel and Towers, Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq. and Richard J. Horne, Esq., June 26, 2008
- "Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business," Middlesex/Somerset New Jersey Society of CPAs Chapter Meeting, Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., August 8, 2007
- "Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation," Choosing an Entity and Forming and Separating Partnerships and LLCs, Lorman Education Services, Best Western Fairfield Executive Inn, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq. and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., July 19, 2007
- "Equity Compensation and Employee Benefit Issues for LLCs," New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accounts, Essex County Chapter, Andrew E. Graw, Esq., and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., December 8, 2006
- "Choosing an Entity" and "Forming and Separating Closely Held Corporations and Partnerships," Lorman Education Seminar on Partnerships and S Corporations in New Jersey, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., July 20, 2006
- "Drafting Those Darn Tax Clauses," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Business Law Symposium, Michael N. Gooen, Esq. and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., March 3, 2006
- "New Jersey Organization and Sale of Small Businesses," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Skills and Methods Course, Robert D. Frawley, Esq., Alan Wovsaniker, Esq., Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., March 29, 2005
- "What Every Non-Tax Lawyer Should Know About LLCs," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Business Law Symposium, Peter H. Ehrenberg, Esq., Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., October 22, 2004
- "The Relevance of Tax Law to Corporate Lawyers," Seton Hall University School of Law, Corporate Law Association, March 10, 2004
- "Intermediate Sanctions and Private Foundation Excise Taxes," Lorman Education Services Seminar on Tax-Exempt Organizations in New Jersey, April 30, 2003
|
New Law Curtails Common Deferral Practices of Offshore Funds
Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Alert, October 2008
Michael Gooen
,
Andrew Graw
,
Brian Silikovitz
,
Richard Horne
|
|
IRS Rules on Deductibility of Management Fees Incurred by Fund of Funds
Investment Management Alert, July 2008
Kenneth Slutsky
,
Marie DeFalco
,
Brian Silikovitz
,
Richard Horne
|
|
Golden Parachute Tax Rules In A Venture Capital Context: Early Stage Structures Can Create Tax Hits Upon Exit
Mealey's Litigation Report, July 2006
Edward Zimmerman
,
Brian Silikovitz
,
Jason Mendelson, Esq. (Foundry Group)
|
View More...
|
|
 |
New York University School of Law
(LL.M., 1997)
|
|
University of Southern California Law Center
(J.D., 1992),
Notes Editor, Southern California Law Review
|
|
University of Pennsylvania
(B.A., 1989)
|
|
California
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
Massachusetts
|
|
New York
|
|
New Jersey
|
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Co-Chair of the Business Entities Committee of the Tax Section (2006 - Present)
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section (2005 - Present)
- Co-Chair of the C Corporation Committee of the Tax Section (2005-2006)
| |