Reed Smith LLP.

Reed Smith LLP announced the addition of three partners. James Tandler, Patrick de Carbuccia and Michael Pollack will be resident in the firm's New York office. Tandler, joins its Tax Group; Carbuccia joins its Corporate & Securities Group; and Pollack joins the firm's Real Estate Practice.

Tandler comes to Reed Smith from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York. He practices broadly in the federal income tax area with strong experience in corporate merger and acquisition transactions.

A 1992 graduate of the New England School of Law, Tandler received an LL.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law in 1993. He is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts.

Carbuccia joins Reed Smith from Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Prior to that, he was with Cleary Gottlieb in New York and Paris, and Moquet, Borde & Associes (now Paul Hastings) in Paris, both for two years. His practice includes private equity investments, M&A, general corporate transactions and restructurings.

Carbuccia earned a double Masters in business and tax law from the University of Paris. He received an LL.M. from Columbia University in 1998.

Pollack was formerly a partner and head of the U.S. Real Estate Practice at Withers Bergman and. prior to that, was a partner at Wolf Block in New York. Based in New York his entire career, he is a member of the Bars of New York and Massachusetts. A 1983 graduate of Boston University School of Law, Pollack has long represented a number of significant New York real estate developers.