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Raj Tanden

Partner

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Raj Tanden

Partner

[email protected]

Los Angeles 213.972.4575

Boston 617.342.4056

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Practice Areas

Education

New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1996)
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law (J.D., 1992)
University of Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting (B.S., 1988)

Admissions

California
Massachusetts

Raj Tanden represents clients in tax matters across a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border transactions, with extensive experience in “inbound” private credit funds. He also has over 30 years of experience in M&A transactions. Raj is a senior tax partner and chair of the firm’s Investment Management Tax Practice, as well as chair of the New England and Southern California Tax Practices. In addition, Raj manages the tax aspects of the firm’s securitization practice.

Raj is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, comprised of the leading 700 tax lawyers nationwide, and of the American Bar Foundation, which consists of the top one percent of lawyers in each state.

Representative Clients

Comvest Partners: a Florida middle market credit fund sponsor
First Eagle Investments: a diversified fund sponsor with over US$144 billion in assets under management
iCapital Network: an alternative investment marketplace with over US$150 billion in platform assets
Monroe Capital: a Chicago credit asset management firm
PennantPark: a Miami middle market credit fund sponsor

Awards and Recognition

Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Tax Law (2009, 2017-2024)
Listed in Southern California Super Lawyers®

Affiliations

Member, Executive Committee of the USC Tax Institute
Past chair, American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section Investment Management Committee

Community Involvement

Raj is an avid cyclist. He completed the 2019 and 2024 AIDS/LifeCycle Ride and will ride again in 2025 for the final event. AIDS/LifeCycle is a 545-mile/7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise funds for the life-saving services offered by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Raj also completed the 2018 Pan-Mass Challenge, a 200-mile/2-day ride through central Massachusetts to the Provincetown (Cape Cod) to raise funds for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Raj has climbed the Haleakala volcano on Maui on numerous occasions: an over 10,000 ft. climb!

Presentations and Publications

Raj has authored numerous articles and speaks for the ABA, American Law Institute, NYU Federal Tax Institute, Practising Law Institute, and USC Tax Institute.

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