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Vinson & Elkins LLP Offices

Vinson & Elkins LLP
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor
New York 10036
United States
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Adriana Wirtz

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Work Department

Tax

Position

Adriana focuses her practice on tax controversy and litigation. She represents clients at all phases of a tax controversy from audit through litigation, including before the IRS Office of Appeals, US Tax Court, and US district courts of appeal, as well as before state taxing authorities and state courts. Adriana has represented clients in the energy, real estate, life sciences, mining and software industries. She has particular experience in matters involving tax insurance.

Adriana’s matters cover a wide variety of tax issues such as transfer pricing, debt-equity classification, partnership allocations, business aircraft related matters, foreign tax credits, charitable contribution deductions, and employment tax issues. She also has significant experience in defending taxpayers against the imposition of civil penalties, including negligence, valuation misstatement, fraud and information return penalties.

Prior to joining V&E, Adriana served as an attorney advisor to Judge Carolyn P. Chiechi of the US Tax Court from 2007 to 2009. While attending law school, she completed an externship with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel.

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. Taxation with distinction, 2009
  • Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2007
  • Seton Hall University, B.A. summa cum laude, 2004

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United States > Tax > US taxes: contentious

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Adriana Wirtz – Vinson & Elkins LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP fields a ‘very experienced’ team with broad sector expertise and a strong record in an array of contentious tax matters, including issues relating to partnership rules. Highly experienced litigator George Gerachis, who works from Houston, co-leads the team alongside the New York-based Kathleen Pakenham, whose practice covers partnership tax and transfer pricing. Pakenham joined the team in January 2023 from Cooley LLP alongside Adriana Wirtz, also of New York, who is experienced in a range of audits and litigation and is well-versed in matters relating to tax insurance. Gary Huffman, in Washington DC, acts in both contentious and non-contentious tax matters for clients active in the energy and industrial sectors.

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