Experienced Tax Attorney Joshua Becker Joins Pillsbury’s Renowned Tax and Private Wealth Team

Becker comes to the firm with more than 10 years of experience as a tax attorney and consultant at international law firms and accounting firms, most recently at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. Immediately prior to joining Pillsbury, Becker served as a founding member of a multi-family office and investment management platform dedicated to the needs of blockchain and digital asset investors, founders, and entrepreneurs.

Among his high-profile real estate and private equity deals, Becker has handled the restructuring of a multi-billion dollar  Hudson Yards office tower joint venture; represented a significant foreign investor in its investment in a $600 million joint venture for the development of a San Francisco waterfront property; represented a $70 billion AUM fund in its preferred investment in an iconic NYC building; formed a $2 billion distressed real estate fund; advised on the purchase of a $950 million professional employer organization; advised on the application of Section 1061 on gain resulting from the sale of a $750 million private equity owned retail business, and advised on the purchase of a $400 million real estate technology firm.

“With our private wealth clients facing so many estate and tax planning challenges in the past several years, especially those arising from the pandemic and new proposed tax legislation, Josh’s arrival comes at a great time for our burgeoning practice,” said James Chudy, leader of Pillsbury’s Tax practice. “His extensive experience and contacts in the industry will be a boon to our clients as we navigate this quickly evolving landscape.”

Pillsbury discreetly serves as trusted counsel to some of the wealthiest individuals in the world, with firm clientele currently holding in excess of U.S. $1 trillion in private wealth. Our Private Wealth lawyers tailor bespoke solutions for investors, entrepreneurs, family and private offices, charitable foundations, trustees, sports and entertainment professionals, investment fund managers and corporate executives, and help them confidently and successfully navigating ever more complex, continually changing laws as they forge legacies.

Pillsbury’s Estates, Trusts & Tax Planning (ETTP) team advises individuals, families, family-owned businesses and charitable foundations in the planning and administration of complex trusts and estates, and in U.S. and international estate, trust and tax planning. Our ETTP lawyers develop cutting-edge, customized transfer tax and estate plans, utilizing trusts, wills, various entity structures, such as partnerships and LLCs, and domestic and cross-border plans, to preserve and enhance our clients’ wealth for current and future generations. Serving clients globally, we maintain a strong bicoastal presence in the U.S., particularly in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, DC, and Palm Beach.

Pillsbury’s Private Equity team brings together market-leading sector experience in a fully integrated offering that spans the entire private equity life cycle. We advise private equity sponsors and other financial investors as well as operating companies receiving private equity investment on a full range of M&A and investment transactions; assist buyers and sellers on public and private M&A, leveraged buyouts, growth capital investments, cross-border transactions, and bankruptcy and other distressed M&A opportunities; and represents fund sponsors and their investor limited partners on all manner of fund formation matters.