Alex M. Denault

Alex M. Denault is a Partner and member of the firm’s Business, Finance & Tax Team, resident in its Miami office. He advises clients on a broad range of domestic and international transactional tax matters including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, internal restructurings, and other tax matters.

His practice centers on advising multinational organizations, private equity funds, real estate developers, closely held businesses, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals. He assists his cross-border clients with inbound and outbound tax structuring, real estate investments, FIRPTA, acquisition financing, transfer pricing and tax treaty concerns.

Alex has extensive experience concerning estate planning and trust preparation, expatriation and pre-immigration tax planning, wealth transfer tax, and U.S. income tax compliance for high-net-worth families and family offices. His experience includes establishing charitable organizations, such as Section 501(c)(3) charities and private foundations, and counseling domestic and foreign charitable organizations on tax-exempt status and other U.S. income tax matters. 

Alex is a leader on Corporate Transparency Act compliance.

He is a frequent speaker and author on a variety of tax topics. 
 

LL.M. in Taxation, New York University School of Law
J.D., University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law
B.S. in Accounting, University of Florida

Florida

Business, Finance & Tax

Corporate
Family Office
International & Cross Border Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Opportunity Zones
Taxation
Wealth Preservation & Estate Planning

• Led $1 billion M&A deal for a non-US publicly traded energy company acquiring a US based operating business, managing cross-border tax structuring and purchase and sale agreement negotiation.
• Advised Fortune 500 company on internal tax-free reorganizations of multiple subsidiaries and business lines.
• Represented Native American Tribe on $400 million acquisition of a US-based gaming investment. 
• Assisted business owners on the sale of an S corporation via a tax-free reorganization which included structuring acquisition debt, transaction expenses, earn outs, and tax-deferred rollover equity.
• Advised non-US real property development company on $100 million US real property acquisition, advising on inbound tax structuring, FIRPTA tax planning, income tax treaties and other international tax matters.
• Obtained an IRS Private Letter Ruling (PLR) for a Type-III Private Foundation concerning exemption from the Section 4943 excess business holdings excise tax.
• Created cross-border Private Trust Company (PTC) structure for a non-US based billion dollar family office. 

• Opportunity Zone Magazine, Recognized as a “Top 25 Opportunity Zone Influencer”

• The Greater Miami Tax Institute, Inc. (Past President, 2016)
•  Miami-Dade County Bar Association 
• Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
• Association for Corporate Growth of South Florida 
• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) 
• Florida Bar Tax Section 
• American Bar Association (Vice Chair of Young Lawyers Division of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Committee, 2013)

Berger Singerman Adds KPMG, Bilzin Sumberg Attys in Miami
October 27, 2023

Berger Singerman Bolsters Business Finance & Tax Team with Addition of Alex Denault and its Business Reorganization Team with Clay Roberts
October 25, 2023

“Federal Income Tax Incentives Under the New Qualified Opportunity Zone Regime,” Author, Volume XXXV, No. 2
2018

“Opportunity Zones: Pending IRS Regulations Poised to Facilitate Investments," Co-Author
July 8, 2019

"Why PE Funds Should Consider Qualified Opportunity Zones,” Co-Author
April 9, 2019

“Corporate Inversions: Wider Net Cast by Treasury and IRS Impeding Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions Amidst Calls for Tax Reform,” Co-Author
June 15, 2017

M&A Talk Podcast, Guest
October 2023

Florida Bar Tax Section CLE Presentation, “International Tax Aspects of the CARES Act: Part I-Corporations (International, Corporate and M&A),” Co-Presenter
June 3, 2020

Financial Planning Association, “Fundamentals of Private Equity and Private Debt: Practical Considerations for Professional Advisors,” Panelist
January 29, 2020

“Qualified Opportunity Zones Roundtable,” Panelist
January 30, 2019

Opportunity Zone Expo, “What’s Going On: Understanding the Potential of Your Investment,” Panelist
January 25, 2019

“Navigating Opportunity Zone Opportunities,” Panelist
January 16, 2019

Ave Maria School of Law Estate Planning Conference, “Expatriation and Pre-Immigration Planning,” Panelist
April 27, 2018

Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce, “International Tax Considerations when Investing in the United States,” Speaker, Quito, Ecuador
December 15, 2017

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Tax Council, Inc., “Expatriation: Tax Planning and Nevis Citizenship Options, Evolving International Financial Center,” Speaker
June 17, 2017

Martin County Estate Planning Council, “International Tax and Estate Planning,” Speaker
January 21, 2016

Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami, Inc. “Asset Protection via LLC in Light of Olmstead,” Speaker
October 21, 2010

Client Alert - Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Proposes 90-Day Extension to Certain Filing Deadlines
October 18, 2023

• KPMG (US) LLP, Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Tax
• Akerman LLP, Partner, Tax Practice Group