Eight Partners Named Bankruptcy Tax Specialists
US-based tax partners recognized in special report from Turnarounds & Workouts.
Jim Cole, a partner in the Houston office, practices transactional tax involving mergers, acquisitions, financings, restructurings, and capital markets transactions. Mr. Cole regularly advises publicly traded partnerships, master limited partnerships (MLPs), corporations, developers, private equity firms, lenders, and investment banks on transactions across the energy industry, including the upstream, midstream, downstream, oil field services, and alternative energy sectors. His practice includes a focus on energy tax incentives for wind projects, solar projects, and the section 45Q federal income tax credit for carbon capture projects. Mr. Cole has been quoted in both Bloomberg Tax and Tax Notes with respect to the section 45Q federal income tax credit. Mr. Cole was named to Turnarounds & Workouts’ 2020, 2021, and 2023 lists of Bankruptcy Tax Specialists in the Nation’s Major Law Firms. He has also been by The Best Lawyers in America 2024 for his work in Tax Law.
Mr. Cole currently sits on the board of the Renewable Energy Alliance of Houston.
Prior to law school, Mr. Cole practiced as a Certified Public Accountant in the tax practice of an international accounting firm.
Mr. Cole offered tax advice with respect to the following transactions:
Mr. Cole offered tax advice as counsel to company or underwriters in numerous follow-on equity offerings in both primary issuances and secondary sales in bought, marketed, and at-the-market transactions for partnership, trust, and corporate issuers.
US-based tax partners recognized in special report from Turnarounds & Workouts.
US-based tax partners are recognized in Turnarounds & Workouts’ special report.