Heather Preston joins Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as Tax Partner in Atlanta office

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has announced the addition of Heather Preston to the Atlanta office.

Ms. Preston will be a partner on the firm’s Corporate Tax Team. This is the second recent addition to the Corporate Tax Team as Matt Ferguson joined as counsel in the firm’s Washington D.C. and New York offices.

“Heather is an outstanding tax attorney who not only provides real estate investment trust expertise but will also enhance the depth of our tax team’s transactional practice,” said Chuck Hodges, Chair of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Corporate Tax Team. “Heather’s dynamic practice will benefit clients in other areas of the firm’s Corporate Department as she will also be working closely with Kilpatrick Townsend’s Employee Benefits Team.”

“Kilpatrick Townsend’s fast-growing Corporate Tax Team provides a national platform to serve an impressive and expanding corporate client base,” said Ms. Preston. “With the team’s multi-disciplinary practice, especially in the area of intellectual property, Kilpatrick Townsend has the resources to meet clients’ growing domestic and international needs. I look forward to working with members across the team and the firm.”

Ms. Preston, who is joining Kilpatrick Townsend from Arnall Golden Gregory, focuses her practice on representing clients in all federal income tax matters in connection with domestic and cross- border joint ventures and strategic alliances, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and fund formation. She has extensive experience representing real estate investment trusts in connection with their formation, and acquisitions and divestitures, and representing sponsors in connection with the formation of real estate funds.

Ms. Preston also advises and counsels clients on the legal and tax issues associated with executive deferred compensation plans for both taxable and tax exempt entities and executive incentive and stock-based compensation plans.