Robert is a PwC state and local tax ("SALT") Director, specializing in the asset management industry. Since early 2004, Robert has worked exclusively with institutional investors on the business and tax implications of investing in the master limited partnership ("MLP") asset class, including assisting fund managers with structuring investment vehicles, modeling tax implications of their investment portfolio and consulting on industry trends and developments.

Robert has extensive experience with every type of MLP investment product currently on the market and includes the majority of the publicly traded MLP investment funds as his current clients. Robert's clients also include a number of offshore non-U.S. investment funds whom he has assisted in structuring their U.S. MLP investments and a number of tax-exempt investors whom he has assisted with modeling the unrelated business income tax implications of their MLP investment.