Mr Amit Kalra > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
321 North Clark Street
32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
ILLINOIS
United States
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Work Department

Tax

Position

Amit Kalra, PC is a partner in the Tax, Employee Benefits and Trusts and Estates Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin’s Chicago office.

Amit concentrates his practice on tax controversy and partnership taxation, with an emphasis on partnerships and pass-through entities that own and operate assets entitled to significant federal income tax benefits.

Amit is frequently involved in the structuring and formation of partnerships that own and operate alternative energy resources. His experience includes the pricing of partnership investments through the preparation of pro forma economic models that incorporate relevant federal income tax assumptions and constraints to accurately determine the expected after-tax return on a partnership investment. Amit is also actively involved in the emerging market for financing other alternative energy resources, including: ethanol, biodiesel, biomass, solar and fuel cell facilities. His partnership practice includes all forms of direct investments in partnerships and pass-through entities, including private equity fund formation and investment. In addition, he counsels clients in private equity and venture capital portfolio investments.

Amit represents clients before the IRS Appeals Office on numerous federal income taxation issues, including the defense of purported tax shelters and their related penalties, the characterization of true lease transactions, the tax consequences of complex debt workouts and the treatment of sophisticated financial products.

Education

J.D., University of Chicago, 1997, cum laude

B.S., Washington University, 1994

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power

Some of the most prominent domestic and international sponsors of renewable energy projects in the US look to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP for counsel across the full suite of matters. Recent highlights have included power sale agreements on a major wind farm project, and advice on tax equity investments on a variety of renewable projects. The sizeable team is jointly coordinated by Chicago-based Katherine Gillespie and Anthony Toranto in San Diego. Further key contacts include Elliot Hinds in Century City, who focuses on the transactional side, and Christine Hourcade-Hoefliger in San Francisco, who is well versed in the sale, acquisition and financing of renewable energy projects. She also advises on tax equity matters. Christine Kolosov at the San Francisco office is strong across transactions, development and regulatory advice in renewable energy, while Amit Kalra is a tax contact to note in Chicago.