# M&A Tax Director

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $230k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** m&a tax, tax due diligence, corporate tax, federal tax, state tax, section 338, section 368, tax structuring, tax provisions, post-acquisition integration, intercompany restructuring, reits, joint ventures, salt
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Leads tax workstreams across acquisitions, reorganizations, investments, and infrastructure transactions, advising Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance. Requires a JD or CPA and substantial transactional tax experience, with preferred depth in M&A, REITs, joint ventures, and technology or data center transactions.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and manage tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, acqui-hires, asset and stock purchases, corporate reorganizations, financing transactions, and minority investments.
- Conduct tax due diligence, identify and quantify risks, and analyze deal structuring.
- Partner with Corporate Development on deal pipeline evaluation and early-stage tax input for go/no-go decisions and deal economics.
- Draft and review tax provisions in purchase agreements, merger agreements, and ancillary transaction documents.
- Support post-acquisition tax integration, including entity rationalization, intercompany restructuring, and tax attribute analysis.
- Advise on tax considerations for data center investments, build-to-suit arrangements, leases, and related infrastructure transactions.
- Coordinate on incentives, credits, and indirect tax matters.
- Advise on tax structuring for joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and REIT-related investment structures.
- Build and maintain transaction tax playbooks, due diligence checklists, and internal processes.
- Coordinate handoff of closed transactions to tax compliance and provision teams, including documentation of structures, elections, tax attributes, and reporting positions.
- Prepare technical tax memoranda documenting transactions, material tax positions, and risk assessments.

## Requirements
- JD or CPA.
- M&A and transactional tax experience from a large law firm, Big 4 M&A tax practice, or in-house transactions tax team.
- Strong expertise in federal and state tax rules governing corporate transactions, including Section 338, Section 368 reorganizations, and asset and stock acquisitions.
- Experience leading tax due diligence and quantifying transaction-related tax exposures.
- Experience drafting and negotiating tax provisions in M&A transaction documents.
- Experience supporting post-acquisition tax integration, entity rationalization, and intercompany restructuring.

## Nice-to-haves
- 7–10 years of tax experience with significant M&A and transactional tax exposure.
- LL.M. in Taxation or MST.
- General tax advisory experience, including commercial contracts, operational matters, and cross-functional questions.
- Experience with joint ventures, partnerships, minority investments, revenue-sharing arrangements, and financing transactions.
- REIT experience, including REIT qualification and REIT joint venture structures.
- Experience with data center acquisitions, infrastructure transactions, or real estate tax matters.
- Tax experience at a high-growth technology company.
- Knowledge of state and local tax implications of transactions.
- Experience with equity compensation tax issues in acquisitions and acqui-hires.
- Exposure to international tax aspects of cross-border acquisitions.
- Exceptional communication skills and comfort translating complex tax issues into actionable guidance.
- Comfort with ambiguity and building processes from scratch in a fast-paced environment.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary range: **$230,000–$300,000 USD**.
- Visa sponsorship may be available.
- Staff are currently expected to work from an office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more office time.

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