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Jacob K. Markham

Jacob Markham is an associate in the firm’s Tax practice group. He previously served as a corporate tax associate at a mid-sized law firm, where he supported corporate deal teams regarding business tax structuring, M&A, and a range of tax law matters. Jacob’s practice focuses on advising clients on the US federal income tax aspects of choice of entity and transactional tax matters, including advising private equity and strategic clients in transactional M&A matters. He also has experience with real estate tax-deferred exchange transactions, sales and use tax audit defense in North Carolina and Florida, and tax‑exempt entity related inquiries. 

Jacob worked as a mergers and acquisitions tax professional at a “Big 4” accounting firm in the United States. During his tenure, he performed buy-side and sell-side US federal tax due diligence, tax structuring, and tax modeling for domestic and cross-border deals. Jacob prepared tax structuring memoranda and performed calculations related to tax attributes and cash tax modeling.

During law school, Jacob completed a judicial internship with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He was also a member of the University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Tax Moot Court team where he participated as an oralist in an international tax moot court competition.

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