$ 500-500 per hour
Mat routinely advises business owners, real estate investors, and individuals on entity formation, tax planning, raising capital, asset protection and on self directed IRA and retirement plan investments.
Mat is the author of The Self Directed IRA Handbook: An Authoritative Guide for Self Directed Retirement Plan Investors and Their Advisors. The Self Directed IRA Handbook is an Amazon best-seller and is the most widely used and referenced book in the self-directed IRA industry.
Mat’s legal practice has a particular emphasis on self directed retirement plan law. Mat has advised over a thousand clients with self directed retirement plan investments and has established IRA/LLCs, partnerships, private offerings, corporations, and other investment structures with self directed IRAs and 401(k)s. In addition to account owners, his clients have included trust companies, financial institutions, insurance companies, hedge funds, investment sponsors, and third party administrators.
Mat regularly consults self directed IRA owners on IRC 4975 and the prohibited transaction rules, on UBTI and UDFI taxes, and has represented self directed IRA owners before the IRS Appeals Office and the U.S. Tax Court.
Mat also serves as an instructor for the Retirement Industry Trust Association’s (“RITA”) Self Directed IRA Professional certification program. RITA is the premier national association representing the self directed retirement plan industry.
In addition to Mat’s self directed retirement plan practice, he has litigated in federal and state Courts in Arizona, Utah and California, has assisted dozens of clients in raising capital through private offerings, has advised over a thousand clients in business formations and planning, and has helped clients buy/sell numerous multi-million dollar businesses.
Mat has received many awards and recognitions for his work, including recognition by Utah Business Magazine as a "Legal Elite in the area of Corporate Counsel," and by Attorney at Law Magazine as "Attorney of the Month."
Professional Associations and Awards
Member of Arizona and Utah Bar
Outside Activities
In addition to practicing law, Mat is a partner in a real estate development company, a commercial real estate holding company, and has owned and managed a title insurance agency. Mat was a guitarist in a classic rock cover band known as Spilbeedog. Mat has an amazing wife and three daughters.
$ 500-500 per hour
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Acquired: 2010
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Acquired: 2004
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3033 N. Central Ave., Ste. 415, Phoenix, AZ, 85012
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Posted by Kirsten | January 12, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Limited Liability Company (LLC)
IRA LLC Guru!
I first heard Mat Sorensen do an IRA LLC web presentation on Youtube for a custodian company. I like what he had to say and how he said it, he was very clear and sounded very well informed on the issue. I don’t know why I didn’t just call him right away to see if he would help me form my IRA LLC, ...
Posted by Garnett Sailor and Beth Sailor | July 31, 2015 | Real Estate
Investors--Not Just Advisors
Mat, Mark, and their team are our accountants and our lawyers. We like them because they are real estate investors just like us. So we know that they already know the "best thing to do." Four years and counting. Keep it up guys, and congratulations on the syndicated talk radio show!
Posted by Christion | July 26, 2015 | Business
Entity structuring for real estate investing.
I've used Matt's firm for years in structuring my entities for my real estate investing business. It's great to work with a firm that understands both tax and legal implications of entity structure and can help me maximize my protection and tax savings at the same time!
Posted by KimBerly | July 21, 2015 | Real Estate
Company formations, Creation of Private Placement Offerings and Self Directed Retirement Pro
I've worked with Mat on numerous projects over the last 4 years with a mutual client. Mat excels in finding solutions for complex real estate related situations and is our go to attorney. He has formed several companies for us as well as assisted us in devising ways to sell shares of our companies ...
Posted by J. | July 20, 2015
Always Gets the Job Done!
Matt has simply gotten the job done... EVERY TIME. No matter how intricate the deal, he just finds a way to make it happen. That is why Mat Sorensen, and his team, are the best!
"Mat is truly an expert on self-directed IRA matters, in addition to proficiently handling business and real estate transactions. It should come as no surprise that his clients love working with him."
"Matt is a great lawyer. He is very thorough, experienced, well-versed in the law and cares about helping clients."
Business lawyer
2017
Attorney of the Month, Attorney at Law Magazine
2011
Legal Elite in the Area of Corporate Counsel, Utah Business Magazine
2010
Legal Elite in the Area of Corporate Counsel, Utah Business Magazine
2006 - Present
Partner, Kyler Kohler Ostermiller & Sorensen, LP
2005 - 2006
Assistant Attorney General, Utah Attorney General's Office
2004 - 2005
Attorney, CompHealth
2014 - Present
Retirement Industry Trust Association (RITA)Instructor
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