Practice Areas
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2007
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2004
- Brandeis University, B.A. 2001, magna cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 2008
- Pennsylvania, 2004
- New Jersey, 2004
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court, 2006
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004
Michael Spiro is an associate in the Tax group where his practice focuses on providing federal and state tax advice in connection with domestic and international transactions, including hedge and private equity fund formations, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financings and restructurings.
Mr. Spiro received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2004, where he was a Senior Editor of the Journal of International Economic Law; an LL.M. in Taxation from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2007, where he was the recipient of the Faculty Award in Taxation; and a B.A., magna cum laude from Brandeis University in 2001.
Mr. Spiro is admitted to practice in the States of Connecticut and New Jersey and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Connecticut Bar Association, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. Mr. Spiro also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Taxation at the Fairfield University Dolan School of Business.
Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association, Taxation Section
Connecticut Bar Assosciation, Tax Section, Executive Committee
Managed Funds Association
Publications
"Tax Planning Issues for Hedge Fund Partnership Mergers," Journal of Taxation (April, 2010) (Read article.)
"Tax-Deferred Management Rollovers In Acquisitions Of Pass-Through Entities," Journal of Taxation (June 2009) (Read article.)
“A Penny Saved: Will Health Savings Accounts Provide Retirees with Necessary Health Benefits?” 60 Tax Law. 455 (2007)
“Split Remainder Sale for Same-Sex Estate Planning” 116 Tax Notes 651 (2007)