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Joel Friedlander joined EY in September 2018 as a Managing Director in EY’s Private Client Services FSO practice. Joel previously spent his entire professional career or just over 13 years at another Big 4 public accounting firm within their Personal Financial Services practice providing individual income tax compliance, consulting and planning services almost exclusively to individuals specializing in working within the financial services/asset management sector. At his previous firm, Joel dedicated his time to working with some of the world’s most
successful hedge and private equity fund managers as well as their family offices to provide proactive, thoughtful and complex planning strategies. Joel has worked with clients on aircraft acquisitions, professional sports team transactions, various trust and estate planning matters including GRAT planning, vertical slice planning, charitable trust planning, family office planning/profits interest structures, etc.

Joel has maintained a lead PCS role on EY’s COVID-19 tax task force especially in driving Thought Leadership and webcasts surrounding
the CARES Act and time sensitive planning opportunities. The focus now has turned to the upcoming election and timely planning before
2020 closes. Joel has been frequently invited by various law firms and investing banking firms to speak on such topics of tax reform, charitable giving, and major tax issues facing fund managers.

Joel graduated from Binghamton University cum laude in 2005 receiving a BS in Accounting and then received a Juris Doctor from the
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in 2011. Joel is both an Enrolled Agent with the IRS and admitted to practice law in the state of New York.