Andersen has appointed Thomas Quek and Manny Trelles as managing directors, enhancing the firm’s real estate capabilities across its tax and transaction advisory practices. Both bring extensive experience serving clients in the domestic and international real estate and private equity sectors, with a strategic approach to complex tax matters.
Quek joins Andersen’s tax practice in San Francisco, where he will advise alternative investment funds on fund structuring, acquisitions, dispositions and tax compliance. His expertise spans domestic and foreign partnership taxation, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and structuring strategies for developers, tax-exempt entities, high-net-worth individuals and foreign investors. Prior to joining Andersen, Quek was with a Big Four firm. He is a contributor to the Journal of Real Estate Taxation and has taught extensively on pass-through entity taxation and property transactions.
Trelles is based in Orange County, C