Kevin M. Jacobs

Kevin M. Jacobs is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Taxand in Washington D.C. and the National Tax Office Practice Leader. He brings more than 15 years of experience in tax matters in both the public and the private sector.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Jacobs was a Senior Technician Reviewer (TCJA) with the IRS Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate) for more than six years, where he advised on tax issues such as corporate re-organizations and corporation-shareholder issues, earning and profits, recovery and allocation of stock basis, liquidations, redemptions, bankruptcies, spin-offs and consolidated returns.

Mr. Jacobs was the principal Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate) attorney on several regulatory projects including the proposed section 382(h) regulations on built-in gains and losses, the global intangible low-taxed income regulations, and debt-equity regulations. He provided substantial contributions to numerous other guidance projects, such as the limitation on interest deductions regulations, and assisted in overseeing the Corporate Division’s response to TCJA, including the coordination with Treasury’s Offices of Tax Legislative Counsel and International Tax Counsel. Previously, Mr. Jacobs spent more than nine years at law and certified public accounting firms (Ropes & Gray LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Dewey Ballantine LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP).

Mr. Jacobs earned a bachelor's degree in accounting, a master’s degree in accounting (with a concentration in taxation), a J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Florida and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University. He is admitted to practice before multiple courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He is admitted to the District of Columbia and Florida Bars and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Florida and Colorado. Mr. Jacobs is a member of several organizations including the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. He is also a frequent speaker on numerous corporate transaction tax matters.