Widely Recognized Tax Partner, Carolyn Joy Lee, Joins Jones Day

Prominent tax attorney Carolyn Joy Lee has joined the global law firm Jones Day as a partner in the approximately 300-lawyer New York Office. She was formerly a partner at Roberts & Holland LLP.

“Carolyn’s considerable experience in state and local taxation and the taxation of real property transactions enhances our strong tax practice,” said Carl Jenks, partner and coordinator of the Jones Day New York Tax Practice. “Members of the Jones Day Tax Practice have known and worked with Carolyn for many years and have found her to be one of the most outstanding practitioners in her area in New York.” “Carolyn adds a very important new dimension to the multistate tax practice of Jones Day. We are exceptionally pleased to have her join our national team,” said David Cowling, partner and head of Jones Day’s state and local tax practice.

Ms. Lee is widely recognized for her extensive experience in state and local taxation. Her transactional practice encompasses a broad variety of planning, including in the contexts of corporate mergers and acquisitions, structured finance, asset sales and acquisitions, workouts and bankruptcies, internal structuring for issues of nexus, combination and apportionment, state and local tax planning for high-net-worth individuals, and the taxation of special entities such as utilities. She draws on her federal tax background to provide special insights in integrating state and local tax advice with traditional federal planning.

She also has an active practice handling federal, state, and local tax audits, controversies, and litigation and advising clients considering voluntary disclosure agreements, amnesties, and financial reporting issues relating to state and local tax compliance.

Ms. Lee has served as chair of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association and as chair of the State and Local Tax Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is a member emeritus of the New York City Tax Forum and a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. She has served on advisory boards for the New York State and City Commissioners of Taxation and Finance and the State and City Tax Appeals Tribunals. She coauthored Federal Taxation of Real Estate: A Guide for Advisors and Investors and the BNA Portfolio “New York State Sales and Use Taxes” and continues to write and speak frequently on topics relating to state and local taxation.

Ms. Lee is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Stone scholar, and received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Johns Hopkins.

Jones Day (www.jonesday.com) is a global law firm with 30 locations in centers of business and finance throughout the world. With more than 2,200 lawyers, including more than 400 in Europe, and 200 in Asia, it ranks among the world’s largest law firms.