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John Lynch

713.758.1050 [email protected]

Work Department

Tax

Position

Partner

Career

John Lynch focuses on federal income tax aspects of domestic and international transactions, primarily those involving energy and infrastructure.

For more than three decades, John has advised clients on company formations, complex mergers and acquisitions, capital investments, restructurings, spin-offs and asset and stock sales. His clients include private equity funds, publicly traded companies and large privately held companies. Though his work is highly technical, John prides himself on making complex material understandable for his clients.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• International trade and national security > CFIUS
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Finance > Project finance
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Government > Government contracts
• Tax > International tax
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Transport > Shipping: finance
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• Antitrust > Merger control
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Industry focus > Sport
• Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism