Mr. Kalafat is a Partner at Crowley Fleck PLLP's Billings office. The tax portion of his practice focuses on business succession planning, business tax, corporate and partnership tax, estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax, income tax, state and local tax, and tax controversy. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City, where he focused on the tax aspects of U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and other dispositions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and financing transactions. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education:
J.D., Notre Dame Law School
B.A., Accounting and Finance, Carroll College
Bloomberg BNA State Navigators:
Montana Corporate Income Tax (author)
Montana Pass-Through Entity Navigator