Richard F. Tracanna chairs Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP’s tax practice and focuses on transactional tax for private‑equity and corporate clients. Tracanna advises national PE funds, committed capital sponsors and operating companies on acquisitions, sales and add‑on transactions. Tracanna is noted for his work in partnership and corporate tax structuring, equity‑compensation matters and delivering practical, solutions‑driven tax advice across complex middle‑market and upper‑middle‑market transactions.
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Focusing his practice on corporate, partnership and real estate taxation, Richard is experienced in the tax aspects of corporate reorganizations and restructurings, tax-free exchanges, acquisitions and divestitures, partnership and joint venture formations, restructurings and syndications, securitization, IRS audits, and executive compensation matters.

Richard is a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association and has spoken at The Cleveland Tax Institute and at seminars sponsored by the Council of Smaller Enterprises, Enterprise Development, Inc., and the American Institute of certified public accountants. He also has taught a course on corporate income taxation at the University of Akron for its graduate tax program.

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