Bio

Pamela Capps advises clients with respect to all aspects of tax law, including the international, federal, state and local tax aspects of structuring joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. In addition to her transactional practice, Pam represents clients in all types of federal, state and local tax controversies. Pam combines a strong business background and understanding of clients’ needs with her extensive tax knowledge, advising clients on both the business and tax considerations of transactions, and working with clients to develop creative and practical solutions to address a range of issues and to meet their objectives. Pam represents clients across diverse industries, with particular depth of experience in the real estate, entertainment and fashion businesses. In the real estate area, Pam regularly advises owners, developers and lenders in connection with structuring purchases, sales, financings, investments in real estate partnerships, complex like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions. Pam has extensive experience advising entertainers, sports figures and executives in business activities, including in connection with mergers and acquisition transactions involving management companies, record labels and other entertainment related entities, structuring equity compensation arrangements, licenses, estate planning and tax controversies. As head of the firm’s state and local practice group, Pam regularly advises clients on the state and local tax consequences of transactions as well as assists clients with resolution of controversies with taxing authorities. Her in-depth knowledge of federal tax law adds a valuable advantage in addressing state and local adjustments arising from federal tax concepts. Pam is co-author of a number of authoritative texts on tax law for Bloomberg BNA, including “Capital Assets” (2012), “Capital Assets: Related Issues” (2012), “Transfers to Controlled Corporations: General” (2014) and “Transfers to Controlled Corporations: Related Problems” (2014).