Katie McEvilly > Baker Botts L.L.P. > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States

Work Department

Tax

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Katie McEvilly is a senior associate in the Houston office of Baker Botts. She concentrates on U.S. federal income tax matters. She advises clients on renewable energy transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and tax planning involving consolidated groups. She also advocates on behalf of large companies and high net worth individuals in tax controversy matters.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

Education

J.D., Duke University School of Law 2013
cum laude
Executive Editor, Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy

B.A., Economics, Washington University in St. Louis 2009
summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Tax > International tax

Baker Botts L.L.P. has expertise in all facets of federal income tax considerations facing both foreign and domestic corporations, routinely providing clients with tax advice in connection with M&A and capital market transactions. The firm has a notably strong energy tax practice often structuring and solving complex tax issues for upstream oil and gain transactions, midstream transactions, MLP, LNG projects, and electric transmission and distribution projects. The tax team is co-headed by Steve Marcus and Derek Green. Green advises international oil and gas companies, oil field services companies, and offshore drilling companies on US federal income tax matters in relation to cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and international joint ventures. Jon Lobb provides tax planning advice to clients in connection with cross-border investments and transactions, including intercompany restructurings and domestic and international energy projects. Katie McEvilly’s practice focuses on tax-efficient structures for domestic and international M&A, joint ventures, separations, restructurings, and other reorganizations.