Marji Gordon-Brown

Vice President, Associate Tax Counsel @Macandrews & Forbes

New York, NY, US

Responsible for all tax functions for a privately held, diversified holding company of several operating business units in the cosmetics, military equipment and entertainment industries. • Provide counsel regarding tax implications of corporate transactions, associated risk, impact to tax attributes and to organization’s tax footprint. • Regularly deliver legislative change guidance, including quarterly impact to deferred tax items, and audit defense recommendations. • Team with legal and finance groups to create an increased focus towards intercompany transaction procedures, particularly with formalized documentation and appropriate legal entity recording thereof. • Vastly improve communication channels within main organization by establishing and leading quarterly interdisciplinary knowledge transfer meetings. • Instruct paralegal staff regarding proper corporate governance of state registrations and authorizations to conduct business. • Effectively partner with outside counsel to successfully defend multistate audit disputes over unitary combined reporting, determination of apportionment percentages, sales tax liability and NYC property tax appeals. • Skillfully oversee federal and multistate income tax compliance process for corporations, partnerships, private foundations and trusts as liaison with several external service providers to ensure timely and accurate filings. Prepare Multistate quarterly sales and use tax and NYC commercial rent tax compliance.

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

JD, Law

University of Michigan

BGS, Accounting

University of Michigan

Bachelor of Arts - BA