Ms Leslie Okinaka > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ms Leslie Okinaka

212-309-1276 lokinaka@HuntonAK.com View profile

Work Department

Business Tax

Position

Partner

Career

Leslie focuses her practice primarily on the application of ERISA’s fiduciary standards and prohibited transaction provisions to their activities in transactional matters. She regularly advises clients about ERISA fiduciary and prohibited transaction considerations in securitization transactions and secured financing transactions, including the marketing and selling of asset backed securities and debt obligations to employee benefit plan investors. She also provides counsel regarding issues arising under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to structuring and negotiating credit and repurchase facilities, swap transactions, asset and stock purchase agreements, and other corporate transactions.

In addition, Leslie advises financial firms on structuring and managing investment vehicles for investment by employee benefit plans or entities holding assets of employee benefit plans. Leslie also has experience in income tax aspects of renewable energy financings and equipment and facility leveraged lease transactions.

Memberships

Admitted to the New York State Bar

Education

• JD, Boston University School of Law, 1990
• BA, English, Williams College, 1987