Ivy Jones

Practice Areas

Ivy Jones practices primarily in the areas of federal corporate and partnership taxation.

She has extensive experience in the planning and implementation of complex transactions and in the resolution of complex tax issues. Ms. Jones has been regularly involved in tax matters affecting publicly traded and privately held real estate investment trusts, including in the context of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations and securities offerings. Ms. Jones also provides tax advice to investment managers of hedge funds and private equity funds, both with respect to fund formation issues and investment activities and transactions. She also advises investors, including sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, regarding the tax aspects of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of real estate and other investments, including in the context of distressed situations. Ms. Jones has also represented taxpayers in controversies, ruling requests and other matters with the Franchise Tax Board and Internal Revenue Service.

Professional Memberships

Member, American Bar Association, Tax Section

Member, State Bar of California, Taxation Section

Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business & Corporations and Taxation Sections

Publications

Co-author, “California Property Tax Issues in Corporate Reorganizations,” State and Local Tax Lawyer, Volume 6, (2001)