Vincent L. Valenza
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Phone: (518)) 447-3391
Fax: (518) 867-4791
677 Broadway, P.O. Box 459
Albany, New York 12201-0459
Mr. Valenza provides clients with advice and assistance on a broad range of business issues and transactions including the formation and operation of business entities; business start-ups; business expansions through mergers and acquisitions; shareholder, member and partner buyouts; raising capital via debt and equity financing, including private placements; investment of capital in new, emerging and established businesses; real estate transactions, including like-kind exchanges; federal, state and local taxation; and family business and management succession planning. Mr. Valenza also counsels not-for-profit organizations on issues of formation, operation and tax exempt status.
Vincent joined the firm in 1991 and has been a principal since 1997. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the State of Florida, and before the U.S. Tax Court. He is a former adjunct professor at Albany Law School, where he taught a course on business planning, covering business start-up, financing, and joint ventures.
Education
LL.M., University of Florida, 1989
J.D., cum laude, University of Florida College of Law, 1988
Teaching Fellow for the University of Florida Legal Research and Writing Program
B.S., cum laude, University of Florida, 1985
Professional Associations and Community Involvement
Albany Executives Association
General Counsel
American Bar Association, Tax Section
Member
Capital Leadership
1995
New York State Bar Association, Tax Section
Member
The Chamber of Schenectady County
Board of Directors
Niskayuna Community Foundation
Board Member: 2006 to present, President: 2008-2010
Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
Board Member: 2008 to 2010
Niskayuna Boy Scout Troop 37
Committee-Chair