Kathleen Semanski > Proskauer Rose LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP
1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, N.W.
SUITE 600 SOUTH
WASHINGTON, DC 20004-2533
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Work Department

Tax

Position

Kathleen Semanski is an associate in Proskauer’s Tax Department. She counsels corporate, private equity, investment fund and REIT clients in connection with domestic and cross-border financings, debt restructurings, taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions (inbound and outbound), securities offerings, fund formations, joint ventures and other transactions.  Katie also advises on structuring for inbound and outbound investments, tax treaties, anti-deferral regimes, and issues related to tax withholding and information reporting.  Katie is a regular contributor to the Proskauer Tax Talks blog where she has written about developments in the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions, among other topics.

Katie earned her L.L.M. in taxation from NYU School of Law and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she completed a specialization in business law & taxation and was a recipient of the Bruce I. Hochman Award for Excellence in the Study of Tax Law.  Katie currently serves on the Pro Bono Initiatives Committee at Proskauer and has worked on a number of immigration, voting rights, and criminal justice-related projects.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Tax > International tax

Proskauer Rose LLP advises on cross-border structuring issues such as withholding tax, permanent establishment risk, transfer pricing consideration, asset and business migrations, anti-deferral regimes, and tax treaty benefit. Team lead Amanda Nussbaum, who sits in the New York office, has significant expertise in structuring tax free and taxable mergers and acquisitions as well as taxation in the sports industry. Also located in New York, David Miller has considerable experience handling matters relating to the taxation of financial products, lending transactions, M&A, hedge funds, and HNWI, in both a domestic and international context whilst Martin Hamilton advises on cross-border investments and structured financing arrangements, and tax-efficient corporate financing techniques. In Los Angeles, Robert Friedman’s practice covers tax advice on public and private mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, private equity fund formation, financial products, and electric and gas utility tax issues. In Boston, Stephen Severo represents corporate, private equity and investment fund clients in connection with all tax-related aspects of their businesses. At the associate level, New York-based Kathleen Semanski and Washington DC-based Yomarie Habenicht, who both advise on a wide range of cross-border transactions, and Boston-based Philip Lenertz, who has particular strengths in the funds space, are notable team members.