Frank Walker

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC
USA
Real Estate Tax

Frank Walker is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC. With over 35 years of experience, Mr. Walker brings a wide range of experience across the real estate, hospitality and construction industries.

Mr. Walker has been deeply involved in structuring and implementing transactions involving public and private real estate investment trusts (REITs), mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies, portfolio acquisitions and dispositions, initial public offerings, and leveraged buyouts of public companies. He is experienced in serving all sectors of the real estate, hospitality and construction industries, specifically hotels, resorts, marinas, golf courses and clubs, retail properties, mixed use developments, residential (multi-family and homebuilders), industrial, office and general contracting. Mr. Walker has represented all types of owners/investors, including opportunity funds, pensions and other tax exempt investors, foreign investors, REITs, public and private taxable investors.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Walker spent over 30 years with Arthur Andersen, LLP. At Andersen, he was a member of the firmwide real estate industry executive team, and leader of the real estate, hospitality and construction industry team for the Southeast U.S. region. He subsequently spent over three years with the real estate industry group of Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Mr. Walker co-authored Federal Taxes Affecting Real Estate, which was published by Mathew Bender. He has also been involved in the preparation of testimony before Congress on issues affecting the real estate industry.

A graduate of the University of Florida, Mr. Walker is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Florida Society of Certified Public Accountants.  He has been active in a number of real estate industry groups, including the Urban Land Institute, the National Golf Foundation, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).

Areas of Expertise

• Real Estate Tax
• Public and Private Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Mergers & Acquisitions (Public and Private)
• Leveraged Buyouts of Public Companies
• Portfolio Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Initial Public Offerings

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