PRIVATE CLIENT COUNSEL · NATIONAL PRACTICE

Counsel for the decisions that compound.

Tax, estate, and transactional work for founders, real estate sponsors, and closely held businesses — staffed by CPAs and attorneys with prior experience at leading public accounting firms, major law firms, and in-house roles at public and private companies. One firm, one engagement letter, one accountable team.

Practice

Four disciplines, one office.

Tax & Compliance

Tax & Compliance

Federal, state, and multi-entity planning. §1202 QSBS, entity conversions, IRS controversy.

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Estate & Wealth

Estate & Wealth

Irrevocable trusts, §2701 freezes, generation-skipping plans, and family governance.

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Transaction & Strategic Advisory

Transaction & Strategic Advisory

Diligence readiness, M&A structuring, and multi-entity real estate JV formation.

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Accounting & CFO

Accounting & CFO

Monthly close, audit preparation, and CFO-level reporting for closely held companies.

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The Firm

A small bench of senior practitioners.

Firenze is staffed by CPAs and attorneys whose prior chairs include leading public accounting firms, major law firms, and in-house roles at public and private companies. We've kept the firm deliberately small so the same senior practitioner who scopes an engagement is the one who runs it. There is no bench-to-junior handoff.

Senior-led

Same practitioner from scope through delivery

Two

Disciplines under one roof — CPA + transactional legal

By referral

How most clients find us

Representative Work

A sample of recent engagements.

Anonymized for client confidentiality. Detail provided in confidential conversation.

TAX

Advised founder on §1202 QSBS exclusion analysis in connection with a mid-eight-figure secondary.

ESTATE

Designed §2701 preferred-equity recapitalization to freeze enterprise value for the next generation of a closely held operating business.

M&A

Counseled S-corp shareholders on conversion to partnership structure ahead of strategic recapitalization.

REAL ESTATE

Structured multi-entity JV for a sponsor consolidating a 14-property mid-Atlantic portfolio.

STRUCTURE

Established irrevocable trust architecture for a multi-generational family with concentrated, illiquid holdings.

Insights

Notes from the practice.

AI reporting flow is most useful when leadership visibility is the priority.

When better reporting flow matters more than another tool — connecting operations, exceptions, and decisions without adding friction.

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Strategic tax positioning starts long before year-end.

For closely held businesses and founder-led balance sheets, the strongest tax outcomes are usually created earlier than the filing window suggests.

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Preparing for a liquidity event before terms are on the table.

The best pre-transaction work improves both readiness and the owner's confidence in deciding whether the moment is actually right.

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Bring a current matter to Firenze.

Initial consultations are by referral or direct inquiry. We respond within one business day.