Roberts & Holland LLP

Charles S. Nelson focuses on transactional tax matters, particularly the taxation of partnerships and real estate transactions.  He has substantial experience advising clients on a wide variety of federal income tax issues, including those involving partnership transactions, real estate investment trusts, historic rehabilitation tax credits, debt workouts, tax-free split ups, section 467 lease agreements, and charitable contributions, among others.  He also has considerable experience with New York real estate transfer taxes.  He is the co-author of a bimonthly column on real estate taxation in the New York Law Journal.

He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Denison University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School.