Eric B. Brenman, Wilchins, Cosentino & Novins
Of Counsel, Wellesley Hills
Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//April 29, 2024//
Eric B. Brenman of Wilchins, Cosentino & Novins in Wellesley Hills focuses his practice at the intersection of taxation and estate planning, including estate and trust administration.
Brenman advises clients in connection with income and estate tax planning, as well as structuring real estate and other transactions.
His clients include developers, investors and owners of real estate, closely held businesses, partnerships and individuals. As a certified public accountant with an LL.M. in taxation, Brenman provides clients with a deep level of knowledge and intricate understanding of tax-related matters and issues.
Achievements and professional activities
Certified public accountant; member, Tax Section, American Bar Association; member, Section of Real Property Trust and Estate Law; American Bar Association; member, Tax Section, Massachusetts Bar Association; member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; board member, Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston
With more than 30 years of practical knowledge in structuring and planning tax strategies, Brenman provides highly personalized and sophisticated tax advice with an emphasis on real estate, partnerships, income and estate tax.
Brenman’s clients rely upon his proven experience to guide them in all of their tax, real estate and investment matters. He also represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service through audits and the appeals process.
In addition, Brenman has served as the general counsel of a real estate company for more than 10 years.
Brenman works with succession issues and has set up charitable organizations, provided substantial tax and estate planning of wealth to the next generation, provided sophisticated income tax planning and provided planning for stock interests and equity interests.
Outside of Brenman’s practices, he maintains an active involvement in bar and professional associations as well as his community. He is involved in the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation as well as its Section of Real Property Trust and Estate Law, and sits on the board of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston.
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