Mr. Scher serves as Managing Director, Global Head of Tax with primary responsibilities including tax structuring, coordination of REIT due diligence, oversight of the tax reporting function and advising on both US and local tax implications of real estate transactions for Madison and its investors. Mr. Scher has close to 15 years of transaction tax experience. Prior to joining Madison, Jonathan worked in-house at Tishman Speyer Properties in the transaction tax group where he provided tax advice in connection with the acquisition, disposition and restructuring of US and non-US real estate investments and was instrumental in building out the group’s risk management function. Mr. Scher also worked at Ernst & Young as part of both the M&A Transaction Advisory Services group and the Real Estate Tax Services group where he specialized in tax structuring, buy-side / sell-side tax due diligence and REIT compliance. Mr. Scher graduated with a B.S. in finance from the University of Maryland and has a J.D. from Hofstra Law. He is currently licensed to practice law in both New York and New Jersey.
