Sheppard Mullin Adds Tax Partner Soyun Park in New York

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Soyun Park has joined the firm�s Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance Team and the Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates practice group as a partner in the New York office. Park joins from Winston & Strawn. She is the 14^th partner to join Sheppard Mullin in 2020.

“We’ve added some incredibly smart and talented tax attorneys to our team over the past few years as we continue building our transactional practices,” said Jon Newby, vice chairman of Sheppard Mullin. “Soyun is a first-class attorney with a wealth of knowledge and experience that makes her a valuable addition to our Energy Team and Tax practice group. We’re thrilled she’s joined us.”

Amy L. Tranckino, leader of the firm’s Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates practice, added, “Soyun will bring her transactional and structuring skills to clients in the renewable energy sector, many of whom have parent companies overseas and multiple overseas investments. Her experience also dovetails with our existing international tax capabilities and our robust Korea practice. Her ability to help clients navigate tax implications on a wide range of issues and her international tax planning experience will be of great benefit to our cross-border clients.”

Park concentrates her practice on international tax planning and transactional matters. She advises domestic and multinational clients in connection with their structural and transactional tax planning, including advice concerning domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, financings, dispositions, restructurings, joint ventures, financial products, securities offerings, and other major transactions. At Sheppard Mullin, Soyun will focus her efforts on renewable energy transactions, international tax planning, and expanding the firm’s Korea practice. Park earned her B.S. from Columbia University, her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and her LL.M. from New York University School of Law.

About Sheppard Mullin’s Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates Practice

Sheppard Mullin’s tax attorneys provide sophisticated advice in all areas of corporate, partnership, real estate, renewable energy, tax credit transactions, and international taxation; employee benefits; executive compensation; private equity and hedge fund formation and operation; debt and equity financing and derivative and hybrid securities; tax-exempt organizations; and estate planning and wealth transfer. Based on our understanding of evolving and complex tax law, we are often able to design sophisticated transactions that are advantageous for our clients.

About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin is a full-service Global 100 firm with more than 900 attorneys in 15 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, industry-leading companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high-stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the U.S., the firm’s clients include almost half of the Fortune 100. For more information, please visit www.sheppardmullin.com.

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