Robert M.

Hamilton
PARTNER

Bob.Hamilton@hcvt.com
t. 714.361.7633

OFFICE With over 30 years of experience, Bob has served real estate clients through all
18565 Jamboree Road phases of the business cycle. His real property and business tax planning
4th Floor experience are comprehensive, and he has addressed the formation, financing,
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merger, and reorganization of joint ventures, partnerships, limited liability
companies, and public and private syndicated offerings. Bob has assisted his
clients with a wide variety of commercial, residential, industrial, retail and other
PRACTICE AREA &
types of real estate partnerships and joint ventures. He has significant
SPECIALIZATION
experience in the private equity sector and has advised clients on the
Tax
formation of private equity funds for real estate investments and a variety of
other types of businesses. His partnership tax planning experience includes
INDUSTRIES
SERVED workouts and property tax planning. Bob has advised clients on tax planning
for like-kind exchanges and other tax-deferred exchanges and involuntary
Private Equity &
Investment Advisory conversions.

Real Estate & Hospitality Before joining HCVT in 2013, Bob was a partner with Allen Matkins, a premier
California-based law firm specializing in real estate, corporate and partnership
CREDENTIALS AND
taxation, business law, litigation, and labor & employment. While at Allen
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Matkins, Bob’s practice focus was partnership taxation, entity structuring, and
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other complex business tax planning. His clients were primarily from the real
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California State Bar estate and private equity industry sectors. From 2005-2011, Bob served as the
Sections on Taxation and Managing Partner of Allen Matkins’ Orange County office.
Real Property
Bob earned his JD from Loyola Law School Los Angeles, California and received
EDUCATION an LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law. Bob holds a
JD, Loyola Law School, bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Southern California. Prior to his
Los Angeles
association with Allen Matkins, Bob served as an Attorney-Advisor to Judge
LLM, New York
University Jules Korner, III of the United States Tax Court in Washington D.C.
BS, Accounting,
University of Southern
California

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