Biography
Andrea Macintosh Whiteway is a principal in the National Tax Department of Ernst & Young LLP, based in Washington, D.C. She has over 30 years experience advising clients on sophisticated partnership tax planning including in the dispositions and acquisitions of real estate and operating businesses, complex partnerships, SPAC and UP-C transactions, and real estate investment trust (REIT) tax status and tax structured dispositions of real estate involving REITs, corporate acquisitions and mergers, corporations and structuring private REITs. Andrea advises on structuring and implementation of opportunity zone investments and like-kind exchanges (forward, reverse, and TIC structuring) and partnership debt workouts.
Andrea has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of tax law and ranked by The Legal 500 United States and Chambers USA as a leader in her field. Washingtonian Magazine named her as one of the top lawyers in Washington, D.C. Andrea is also recognized in Washington D.C. Super Lawyers. She is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has the highest rating by AVVO. She has also been selected as a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.
Andrea had the honor of being the first woman to serve as chair of the Real Estate Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation She has served on the ABA Section of Taxation Nominating Committee and as Chair of the Federal Taxation of Real Estate Committee of the ABA Section of Real Property, Trusts and Estates. She serves on the Advisory Board of the NYU Institute on Federal Taxation and is Chair of the Passthroughs, LLCs and Real Estate Sessions, and also Co-Chairs the NYU Real Estate and Partnerships Tax Conference. She also Co-Chairs the Practising Law Institute Real Estate Tax Forum. She is a former member of the steering committee of the District of Columbia Bar Section of Taxation and a past Chair of its Pass-throughs and Real Estate Committee. She also serves on the Tax Policy Advisory Committee of the Real Estate Roundtable and is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Andrea is the author of over 150 professional articles and has delivered more than 200 lectures on tax topics at conferences across the United States, including at the Tax Executives Institute, NYU Federal Tax Institute, Texas Federal Tax Institute, Tulane Tax Institute, ABA Tax Section Meetings, AICPA Conferences, ALI-ABA and Practising Law Institute seminars, University of Texas School of Law Tax Conference, Federal Bar Association and District of Columbia Bar Association programs. Andrea was recognized as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2007 by The Daily Record which presents this award to "high-achieving Maryland women who are making an impact through their leadership, community service and mentoring."