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R. Todd  Ervin
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Nashville
P:(615) 742-7787
F:(615) 248-4147
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Education
University of Florida - LL.M., 1999
University of Florida - J.D., 1998
University of Tennessee - M. Acc., 1993
University of Tennessee - B.S., 1992

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1998

Memberships
Nashville Bar Association (Chair, Tax Committee)

Honors & Distinctions
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2008-2009)
Member, Order of the Coif
Certified Public Accountant

Publications
"State Taxation of Financial Institutions: Will Physical Presence or Economic Presence Win the Day?," 19 Virginia Tax Review 3 (Winter 2000)



Todd’s practice focuses on providing corporate and partnership tax advice relating to mergers, acquisitions, financings, divestitures, distributions, joint ventures, contributions to and distributions from investment funds, mortgage-backed securities, REITs, REMICs and equity-based compensation.

Tax: Todd has extensive expertise involving federal tax exemption issues associated with non-profit and for-profit joint ventures as well as in state and local tax planning and controversy matters.

Representative Experience includes:
  • Drafting and structuring partnership and limited liability company agreements, particularly those related to real estate ventures.
  • Corporate acquisitions and dispositions involving domestic and foreign corporations.
  • Advising foreign institutional investors placing substantial amounts of equity into joint ventures holding U.S. real estate and into private equity funds.
  • Representing clients before the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service in obtaining private letter rulings and in IRS administrative proceedings including audits.
  • Advising clients on the federal income tax issues associated with Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 transactions.

Todd is a certified public accountant.