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Paul Smith

Senior Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions · Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

United StatesTax, Corporate Transactions

About

Senior Counsel in the Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client department at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, focusing on domestic and international taxation, including federal income tax planning for asset acquisitions, equity and debt financings, business formations and restructurings, partnership and corporate transactions, oil and gas interests, derivatives and hedging, technology development and commercialization, joint ventures, and tax-oriented investments. Also represents developers and investors in affordable housing financing using low-income housing and historic rehabilitation tax credits. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, received Best Lawyers’ 2023 Boulder Tax Law Lawyer of the Year, and recognized in Chambers USA 2021-2022 for Colorado Tax and 2022 Tax Band 2. Previously served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of netLibrary, Inc. for four years. Affiliated with Boulder Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, and American Bar Association Tax Section.

Practice areas

TaxCorporate TransactionsFinance Transactions

Office

Expertise

Domestic and international taxationFederal income tax planningAsset acquisitionsEquity and debt financingsBusiness formations and restructuringsPartnership and corporate transactionsOil and gas interestsDerivative and hedging transactionsTechnology development and commercializationDomestic and international joint venturesTax-oriented investmentsAffordable housing financing (low-income housing tax credits, historic rehabilitation tax credits)