SharePrinter-friendly versionSend by emailA TitleA TitleA Title A A A Robert G. Honigman TabsetOverviewBar & Court Admission Bar & Court Admissions District of Columbia Bar Education Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M, (with honors), 1998 Boston University, JD, (cum laude), 1992 University of Virginia, BS, 1989 Robert G. HonigmanPartnerWashington, DC T 202.857.6041 E robert.honigman@arentfox.com Download vCard Robert Honigman is a partner in the Tax and Wealth Management & Planning Practice. His work crosses several industries, including real estate, technology, media, automotive, manufacturing, energy, investment partnerships, private equity, and the financial sector. Client Work Robert represents clients in tax planning, controversy and legislative matters, with an emphasis on partnership and joint ventures in both the domestic and international context. His experience includes working on multibillion dollar asset divestitures, acquisitions and restructurings, as well as startup formations and routine tax planning. He also represents clients in front of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel’s Office, and at the audit and appeals levels. Previous Work Prior to joining Arent Fox, Robert worked in the partnership and joint venture tax consulting group in the national office of a Big Four accounting firm. He also served as an acting assistant to the branch chief and as an attorney-advisor to the IRS’s Associate Chief Counsel, Passthroughs and special Industries, where he drafted regulations, revenue rulings, private rulings and other administrative guidance in the area of partnerships, S corporations, and trusts and estates. Professional Activities Robert is a member of the taxation section of the American Bar Association (ABA) and a member of the Passthroughs and Real Estate Committee, taxation section, of the DC Bar. Publications, Presentations and Recognitions Robert has extensive teaching and public speaking experience, including venues such as the ABA, Tax Executives Institute (TEI), DC Bar Association, and the Chicago Tax Club. Recent speaking engagements include: “To Book-Up or Not to Book-Up: That is the Question,” ABA May Meeting; 2011 “Putting Real Estate to Good Use,” ABA May Meeting; 2011 “New Public-Private Investment Funds Raising Questions for Participants, Practitioners Say,” DC Bar Association Forum; 2009 “Issues With Tax Distribution Provisions,” DC Bar Taxation Section Passthroughs Committee Luncheon Program; 2009 “The Fundamentals of Subchapter K,” DC Bar Taxation Section Passthroughs Committee Luncheon Program; 2008 “Issues with Partnership Equity Based Compensation,” DC Bar Taxation Section Passthroughs Committee Luncheon Program; 2008 “Issues with Distribution Based Partnership Agreements,” DC Bar Taxation Section Passthroughs Committee Luncheon Program; 2007 Robert’s articles include: Tax Notes, Vol. 123, No. 1, April 2009, page 73; reprinted in Tax Exempt Organization Tax Review, Vol. 63, No. 5, May 2009, page 461 Journal of Passthrough Entities, Vol. 4, No. 6, November-December 2001, page 5 Newsroom Date Type Title 12 / 18 / 2012 Alert IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding New Medicare Tax on Investment Income: Real Estate Professionals Should Consider Carefully 5 / 5 / 2011 Event 2011 American Bar Association’s Tax Section Meeting 1 / 12 / 2011 Alert IRS Issues Guidance for REITs Modifying or Purchasing Distressed Debt But Leaves Some Questions Unanswered 9 / 28 / 2010 Alert US Treasury and IRS Issue Proposed Regulations Classifying Series Limited Liability Companies 4 / 1 / 2010 Alert Hospitals Must Satisfy New Requirements To Maintain Exempt Status 12 / 2 / 2009 Alert Arent Fox Partner Robert Honigman Quoted in BNA's Daily Report for Executives: 9 / 16 / 2009 Alert Recent Government Guidance on REMICs and Loan Modifications 8 / 11 / 2009 Alert IRS Posits That Open-Air Parking Structures Are Subject To 39-Year Depreciation 4 / 28 / 2009 Alert Partnership Tax Treatment of Easement Contributions 3 / 26 / 2009 Alert Energy Tax Incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 2 / 25 / 2009 Alert The Illogic of the COD Income Deferral Provision in the 2009 Recovery Act and its Application to Real Estate Foreclosures 11 / 11 / 2008 Alert Issues in Exchanging Partnership Debt for Partnership Equity Proposed Regulations under Code Section 108 10 / 15 / 2008 Event CLE Presentation: Real Estate Debt Restructuring and Foreclosures 8 / 6 / 2008 Alert Increased IRS Scrutiny for Partnership Transactions 7 / 23 / 2008 Alert Partnership Interests in Return for Services: What the Proposed Carried Interest Legislation Means for our Clients
