CONTRACT | TAX STRATEGY | ENTITY FORMATION | M&A
Lawyers don't know tax. Accountants don't know law. We know both.
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Strategic, customized engagements handled directly by an experienced attorney.
Most lawyers don't understand tax.
Most accountants don't understand law.
We understand both.
But tax and legal strategy affect the same decisions — entity type, compensation, contracts, and risk.
When those decisions are made separately, problems follow: inefficient tax treatment, missed elections, unenforceable terms, and inconsistent filings.
Integrated legal and tax strategy — aligning formation, contracts, and compensation so everything works together. One advisor. Full visibility. No disconnect.
LAW is how you operate — how you structure ownership, define relationships, allocate risk, and protect your rights. You hire a lawyer to create clear agreements, defend your interests, limit liability, and build systems that hold under pressure.
TAX is how you keep what you earn — how your business is classified, how income is treated, and how much is lost to the system. You hire a tax strategist to reduce exposure, use the code to your advantage, and design structures that preserve wealth legally and efficiently.
Together, these two forces determine whether your business is protected, profitable, and built to last — or exposed, inefficient, and vulnerable to collapse.
Four areas where we align legal and tax strategy:
Deep-dive business analysis combining tax planning with legal review.
Formation and restructuring for liability protection and tax efficiency.
Legal agreements that reflect your actual business operations and protect income.
Tax optimization aligned with your legal structure and revenue model.
Business sales, purchases, and exits with integrated legal and tax support.
Most professionals focus on one side: legal or tax.
This firm handles both — and aligns them from the start.
Delina Yasmeh holds a JD, an LL.M. in Taxation, and a degree in accounting. She began at Deloitte and PwC advising on complex M&A, cross-border structuring, and high-value transactions. She later managed 150+ litigation cases at a high-volume trial firm.
This combination of tax, legal, financial, and litigation experience is built into every engagement.
This isn't general counsel or outsourced compliance. This is structural legal strategy with tax precision.
Attorney | Tax Strategist | Founder
Delina Yasmeh is the founder and principal attorney of Delina Yasmeh Law, a boutique legal practice delivering high-level legal and tax counsel to founders, operators, and entrepreneurs across industries and jurisdictions.
She holds a Juris Doctor (JD), a Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) — the most advanced academic credential in U.S. tax law — and a degree in accounting. This multidisciplinary background allows her to advise with precision across legal, tax, and financial dimensions: how entities are formed, how income flows, how contracts function, and how risk is managed.
Delina began her career at SingerLewak, one of the largest accounting and advisory firms on the West Coast, working on the firm's Specialty Tax Advisory team. There, she advised on complex partnership structures, multi-entity operations, and high-level tax issues across jurisdictions.
She was then recruited to Deloitte's Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Tax Group in Los Angeles, where she advised private equity firms and corporate buyers on transactions valued in the hundreds of millions. Her role involved tax due diligence, risk identification, and structural planning to support both compliance and long-term tax efficiency.
At PwC in Silicon Valley, she focused on tech transactions, IP-heavy acquisitions, and venture-backed deals — working closely with investors, founders, and legal teams on cross-border structuring and multi-jurisdictional tax strategy.
After her Big Four tenure, Delina transitioned into litigation, managing over 150 active cases at a high-volume trial firm. Her work included hearings, settlement negotiations, and procedural motion practice — giving her practical insight into how legal frameworks hold up under pressure.
She founded Delina Yasmeh Law to offer a rare combination of legal, tax, financial, and litigation expertise. Her practice now supports early-stage founders, multi-entity operators, and high-growth businesses with tailored legal architecture — including entity structuring, tax strategy, contract drafting, and long-range advisory.
Engagements are selective and handled directly. Submit an inquiry outlining your legal and tax needs and we'll determine how we can help.