From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:11 PM To: Barry J. Cohen Subject: Re: my two cents ok, i understand , but its really the personal relat=onships. at this level. former IRS . former NY sta=e auditors. etc. . there is tax planning , tax aud=t.. legal structuring. etc. the best people=are at deloitte new york, e and y new york, they have vast exp=rienve with uber wealth audits. the only other place is texasar> On Tue, =pr 25, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Barry J. Cohen < > wrote: Dan is very tied into Del=itte Chicago where he worked for several years. Unfortunately, Elysi=m is tying itself to EY. The senior people we are seeing with the best ties to big 4 and lawyers are big four managers. They manag= people and don't seem very hands on or knowledgeable in the day t= day intricacies of family office tax and compliance. If we can =80 t find the person you describe, I am hoping we can rely on EY for that component of the job, and hope that our guy is smart enough=to successfully engage with them. From: jeffrey =. [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 6:05 AM To: Leon Black; Barry J. Cohen Subject: [External) my two cents the tax code will probably get some serious modifica=ions. instead of hiring a guy from the farmland. o= illinois. , find someone from a big firm in new york. =C2 you want them to be able to contact their former colleagues wi=h questions. ties to law firms in new york, tax attnys etc. leons tax=returns will grow not shrink, the issues re corp re org.? in=l ramifications.trust and estate are very complex. =the more contacts at the big firms that your new hire has the better . =AO . just my view please no=e The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosu