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Melissa Byun
Melissa Byun
Associate — Tax
E: mbyun@velaw.com T: +1.212.237.0136
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Associate — Tax

Melissa Byun

New York
T: +1.212.237.0136
F: +1.917.720.9043

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

E: mbyun@velaw.com
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Melissa Byun

Mel advises partnerships, corporations, and individuals on the federal income tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, and private equity. She also represents taxpayers in tax controversies involving complex domestic and international business transactions.

Credentials

  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2016 (Boston University International Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief)
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2019
  • Cornell University, Major: Industrial and Labor Relations, Minor: Law and Society, 2011, with honors
  • Law Clerk to Chief Judge M. Casey Rodgers on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 2017–2018
  • New York

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