Joseph D. Benedetto
Associate
Los Angeles
joe.benedetto@lw.com
+1.213.891.8615
PRACTICES
- Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits
- Tax
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
- JD, University of Michigan Law School, 2020
Order of the Coif - BS in Accounting & Finance, Georgetown University, 2015
cum laude
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
PROFILE
Joe Benedetto is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Tax Department.
Joe received his JD from Michigan Law School, where he served as a member of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program and received the Saul L. Nadler Memorial Award for outstanding work in courses related to commercial and corporate law. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, majoring in Accounting and Finance.
Before his legal career, Joe practiced as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the audit practice of an international accounting firm.
EXPERIENCE
Joe's experience includes advising:
- Howard Hughes Holdings in its tax-free spinoff of its Seaport Entertainment division into a separate public company
- Hersha Hospitality Trust in its US$1.4 billion acquisition by KSL Capital Partners