Polina S. Chapiro, Partner

Polina has over 23 years of tax and accounting experience in the areas of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions (due diligence, agreements, negotiation), taxation of multinational companies (foreign tax credit, transfer pricing issues, structuring, repatriation planning), partnership taxation, income tax provisions, tax audits at the federal and state level and negotiations with the IRS, state and foreign tax authorities.

Polina has extensive experience in the real estate, entertainment and technology industries and has held management positions as Director of International Tax with a private equity firm and Director of Tax for a public company in the Southern California area. Polina was formerly a Tax Partner with a Big Four accounting firm, which included a two-year expatriate assignment in Europe.

Polina is the head of the firm's Tax Department and is responsible for managing all administrative, technical and personnel functions of the department.

Polina is a member of the International Tax Forum, California CPA Society, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Polina is actively involved in the community and has served on the boards of a number of civic and charitable organizations in Southern California.

Polina earned her Bachelors of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of California Berkeley HAAS Business School and a Masters in Taxation from Golden Gate University.