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Judith M. Blissard
Judith M. Blissard
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Biography
An accomplished lawyer with 20+ years of experience, Judy has been engaged in a broad-based income tax practice in which she has advised clients with respect to tax planning and various types of M&A and financing transactions. Her principal areas of practice are business transactions and domestic and international tax planning. She has represented both public and privately-held companies, including private equity funds, in a number of significant business transactions, corporate spin-offs and other divestitures, and purchases and sales of assets and entities, and has served as tax counsel to numerous issuers and underwriters on debt and equity offerings.
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Representative Experience
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- Served as tax counsel for a publicly traded foreign corporation on its $2 billion acquisition of Gulf of Mexico properties
- Served as tax counsel for an exploration and production company on its $4 billion acquisition of Dominion Resources, Inc's natural gas exploration and production and related midstream assets
- Served as tax counsel on approximately $2 billion of divestitures of power generating assets in the United States
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D. cum laude, 1987 (Order of the Barons; Order of the Coif)
- University of Houston, B.B.A. summa cum laude, 1984 (Beta Alpha Psi)
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1987
- Admitted to practice: United States Tax Court
Professional Recognition
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- The Best Lawyers in America® in tax law, 2003 - 2006, 2008 - 2011
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in tax law, 2006, 2008 - 2009, and 2011
- "World Tax Review" as a lead lawyer, International Tax Review, 2005
Activities and Affiliations
- Member: American Bar Association Section of Taxation; Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreigners and Tax Treaties
- The State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association; International Fiscal Association, Houston Tax Roundtable
Publications and Presentations
- "Structuring Real Estate Investments by and with Foreign, Pension and Tax Exempt Investors," Tax Management Real Estate Journal, Vol. 15, No. 9, September 1999 (co-authored)
- Speaker at various organizations including American Bar Association Section of Taxation; New York University Institute on Federal Taxation; Houston Bar Association Section of Taxation; Dallas Bar Association Section of Taxation; Tax Executive's Institute; International Fiscal Association; Texas-Mexico Bar Association; University of Texas School of Law's Taxation Conference; Parker Fielder Oil and Gas Conference
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First City Tower 1001 Fannin Street Suite 2500 Houston, TX 77002-6760
Tel +1.713.758.2374
Fax +1.713.615.5807
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