NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Layne Albert has joined Grant Thornton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Tax practice, based in New York. Albert has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He specializes in identifying, understanding and managing federal and state tax issues related to complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, recapitalizations, securitizations, reorganizations and bankruptcies. He has extensive experience adv