Alexandra L. Serber

Alex Serber lives and breathes the tax code. Alex dedicates her uniquely broad tax practice to providing strategic and pro-active counsel to her clients, including advocacy and resolution of tax controversies, structuring transactions, entity choice and formation, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings, and bankruptcies/reorganizations. For non-profit organizations, she also deftly guides her clients through strategic compliance, operational advice, and other complicated tax matters. In short, Alex uses her passion for tax law to benefit her corporate and individual clients.

In addition, Alex finds ways to help clients take advantage of new and noteworthy changes in tax laws that can be financially advantageous, such as the complex structuring of Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds or structuring multi-tiered entities to maximize tax advantages. She counsels companies on qualifying and selecting the most appropriate Federal and State tax credits. Alex takes a proactive approach in structuring deals to minimize tax implications for companies as well as assisting clients when the IRS, DOJ, or State authorities believe there are tax issues.

Alex also assists her clients as she views their circumstances not only through the lens of a tax attorney, but also as a litigator, where she handles multimillion-dollar litigation matters for diverse clients, including governmental entities and private class action plaintiffs.

Tax Webinar: COVID, CARES, and Biden, Oh My! Preparing Your Proactive 2021 Tax Strategy

Awards & Accolades

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2023): Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) 

Government Service / Previous Employment

• Extern, Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service (2016)
• Extern, Missouri Supreme Court (2015)

Representative Matters

• Represented couple with multi-million dollar dispute with state taxing authority and successfully resolved the matter through an offer-in-compromise for a fraction of original amount claimed owed by taxing authority
• Advised gaming enterprises on tax structure opportunities and possible use of New Market Tax Credits and Opportunity Zone enhanced financing
• Structured and executed a Qualified Opportunity Zone project in West Virginia
• Advised non-profits entities on federal and state tax compliance and evaluation of unrelated business taxable income
• Negotiated and drafted a joint venture related to greenfield development of a new bricks-and-mortar casino in Bristol, Virginia, in partnership with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and pursuant to the state’s new gaming statute
• Advised clients on tax implications of domestic and international M&A transactions
• Consistently advise employees on prospective 409A pitfalls regarding their executive compensation agreements
• Serve as tax counsel to international gaming company
• Advised digital guarantee company of state tax compliance in 10+ states
• Represented client in Department of Justice (DOJ) Investigation in connection with conservation easements

News & Insights

Community and Professional Activities

Co-Chair, Women and Finance Committee, Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia

Webinars

Tax Webinar: COVID, CARES, and Biden, Oh My! Preparing Your Proactive 2021 Tax Strategy


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