Skip to main content
Official Logo of Columbia Business School
Academics
  • Visit Academics
  • Degree Programs
  • Admissions
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
  • Campus Life
  • Career Management
Faculty & Research
  • Visit Faculty & Research
  • Academic Divisions
  • Search the Directory
  • Research
  • Research Resources
  • Teaching Excellence
Executive Education
  • Visit Executive Education
  • For Organizations
  • For Individuals
  • Program Finder
  • Online Programs
  • Certificates
About Us
  • Visit About Us
  • CBS Directory
  • Events Calendar
  • Leadership
  • Our History
  • The CBS Experience
  • Newsroom
Alumni
  • Visit Alumni
  • Update Your Information
  • Lifetime Network
  • Alumni Benefits
  • Alumni Career Management
  • Women's Circle
  • Alumni Clubs
Insights
  • Visit Insights
  • AI & Transformative Tech
  • Climate
  • Business & Society
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance & Investing
  • Magazine

Breadcrumb

  1. Directory
  2. Faculty
  3. Robert Willens

Robert Willens

Adjunct Professor of Business
Finance Division
Robert Willens
Areas of Expertise
Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting & Auditing, Financial Institutions
Contact
Office: 570 Kravis
E-mail: [email protected]

Since 2008, Robert Willens has been the president of his own tax and accounting service.  Previously, he was a Managing Director in the Equity Research department at Lehman Brothers, Inc in New York for 20 years. Mr. Willens specializes in tax and accounting issues and in this capacity advised most areas of the firm regarding the optimal structures for corporate capital transactions and, in addition, has been instrumental in developing certain financial "products" with a view towards insuring that these products will provide clients with the desired tax and accounting results. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Willens was a tax partner in the New York office of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co, which eventually became KPMG.

All Activities

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Achievements
  • Press
  • Authored Works
  • CaseWorks
  • Journal articles
  • Working papers
  • Articles
  • Books
  • Chapters
  • Courses
  • Case Studies
Course
B8318: Investment Banking Tax Factors
View Course on Investment Banking Tax Factors
  • Awards
  • Grants
  • In the Media
  • Articles
In the Media

AI Investment Gains Are Boosting Big Tech Profits

Fortune
In the Media

SpaceX and Tax Implications

New York Times
In the Media

Trump’s Ultra-Wealthy Picks Face a Huge Tax Hit to Join His Cabinet—but Can Avoid It Thanks to This Little Known Provision

Fortune
In the Media

How Trump's Rich Cabinet Members Could Save Millions Thanks to a Little-Known Tax Break

Insider
In the Media

Biden's 'Aggressive' Use of a Tax Loophole He's Trying to Shut Down

The Washington Post
In the Media

Half of S&P 500 Report More Money for Foreign Taxes Than U.S. Taxes

CBS News
In the Media

Bitcoin Swings Undermine CFO Case for Converting Cash to Crypto

Bloomberg News
In the Media

Bidenomics: More Stimulus, Tougher Regulation, and Gridlock

The Associated Press
In the Media

A Pandemic Loan Program Propped up This Company with Totally Unrelated Financial Problems

The Huffington Post
  • Articles
  • CaseWorks
This faculty member has no associated CaseWorks cases currently.
Official Logo of Columbia Business School

Columbia University in the City of New York
665 West 130th Street, New York, NY 10027
Tel. 212-854-1100

Maps and Directions
    • Centers & Programs
    • Current Students
    • Corporate
    • Directory
    • Support Us
    • Recruiters & Partners
    • Faculty & Staff
    • Newsroom
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
    • Accessibility
    • Privacy & Policy Statements
Back to Top Upward arrow
TOP

© Columbia University

  • X
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn

External CSS

Back to top

Accessibility Tools

English French German Italian Spanish Japanese Russian Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Arabic Bengali