Brian Pedersen

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Alvarez & Marsal

   Jan 2005 — Present

   Brian Pedersen has over 35 years of experience advising clients on multi-state income tax, sales and use tax, and property tax matters. Mr. Pedersen leads A&M\'s Corporate Transformation Tax (CTT) practice, where he focuses on providing value-added, integrated, tax-driven solutions as part of corporate transformation projects.Mr. Pedersen has served clients throughout the United States, and has extensive experience in the financial services, telecommunications, high-tech and retail industries. At Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, he serves as a member of the Firm’s core bankruptcy and troubled companies team. Mr. Pedersen is also the leader of the Firm’s State Income Tax Competency Team. Additionally, Mr. Pedersen has also consulted extensively with clients in the merger, acquisition, divestiture and reorganization areas.Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Pedersen was a tax partner with KPMG, LLP where he was the National Partner in Charge of Income and Franchise Tax, and was a member of KPMG’s retail and telecommunications teams.Additionally, Mr. Pedersen was a partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP, where he led Andersen\'s State and Local Tax practice for the Pacific Northwest Region. Mr. Pedersen graduated from the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master\'s Degree in Business Administration. He frequently speaks on state and local tax matters, and is been an adjunct faculty member at the Lucas Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University. He has also taught at the Portland State University School of Business Administration, as well as teaching a variety of state and local tax training courses at various universities in the Pacific Northwest. He is a licensed CPA in Oregon and Washington.

Skills

• Tax Research
• Tax Advisory
• Tax