Cyavash assists clients on a broad array of state and local tax (SALT) issues.
He also assists with compliance, planning, litigation, controversy, and audit defense. Cyavash is experienced in multistate taxation issues involving income, franchise, sales and use, and property taxes.
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, he was an associate at a New York law firm where he regularly worked on tax research and analysis concerning a broad range of issues, including fund formation and structuring, liquidating trusts, tax-free reorganizations, qualified settlement funds, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, state and local taxes, and matters relating to tax-exempt organizations.
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- Hold the Line: Options for Battling Tax Base Creep, September 30, 2025, IPT Sales Tax Symposium
- Sales and Use Taxation: Selling on a Marketplace, July 21, 2025, NYU Introduction to State and Local Taxation
- The Big Muddy: Sales and Use Tax Apportionment Issues and Strategies, March 12, 2025, ABA-IPT Advanced Sales & Use Tax Seminar
- State Tax Research Tools, Tips and Tricks, July 22, 2024, NYU Introduction to State and Local Taxation Conference
- What’s in Store – Recent Marketplace Developments, May 8, 2024, TEI Denver Chapter SALT Day
- Sales Tax is Cooler, May 8, 2024, TEI Denver Chapter SALT Day
- SALT Scoreboard Mid-Year Review, August 9, 2023
- Use Tax Considerations for Purchase of Software and Digital Products/Services, May 17, 2023, TEI Orange County SALT Day
- Important State Tax Legislation in 2023, May 17, 2023, TEI Orange County SALT Day
- Task force on digital technologies, November 7, 2022, NY City Bar Association
- Combined Reporting - 80/20's and Other Issues, May 19, 2022, TEI LA Chapter - SALT
- Selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyer® "Rising Stars" (2022-2024)
- New York
- J.D., cum laude, Hofstra University School of Law,
Managing Editor, Journal of International Business and Law
- LL.M., New York University School of Law
- B.A., California Polytechnic University