Roger D. Aksamit | People | Thompson & Knight LLP

Experience

Roger Aksamit serves as the Firm’s Houston Office Leader. In addition, he is a member of the Firm’s Strategic Lateral Hiring Committee and is involved with the Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion initiative. Roger specializes in energy and private equity taxation and counsels public, private equity, and closely held clients in mergers and acquisitions, financing, and joint venture transactions, as well as all other aspects of transactional tax matters and planning. He is Board Certified in Tax Law and Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Ranked in Chambers USA 2019 by Chambers and Partners

Board Certified Tax Law and Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Representative Matters

Public and private Section 355 tax-free spin offs
Volumetric production payment sales and syndications
Power generation and distribution development, financings, and acquisitions
Renewable energy development, acquisition, and tax credit monetizations
Energy and transportation infrastructure development and financing using joint ventures and REITs
Private equity energy and business transactions
Leveraged partnership transactions
Structuring and issuance of i-share securities for Master Limited Partnership (MLP)

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Honors & Affiliations

Distinctions/Honors

Chambers USA by Chambers and Partners (Tax), 2006-2019
The Best Lawyers in America^® by Woodward/White Inc. (Tax Law), 2006-2019
“Recommended Attorney,” The Legal 500 US by Legalease (Tax: Domestic Tax; Tax: International Tax, Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious), 2015-2019
Texas Super Lawyers^® by Thomson Reuters (Tax, Energy & Natural Resources), 2002-2018
Tax Directors Handbook, The Essential Guide to the World’s Premier Tax Law Firms, 2014
Top 100 Houston Region, Texas Super Lawyers^® by Thomson Reuters, 2010, 2016, 2018
Who’s Who Legal: Texas by Law Business Research Limited (Corporate Tax), 2008
“ICFM Leading Lawyers 500,” InterContinental Finance magazine, 2013

Memberships/Affiliations

Member, State Bar of Texas; Taxation Section; Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Member, Houston Bar Association; Tax Section; HBA Senior Attorneys
Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
Member, American Bar Association; Taxation Section
Member, El Paso Bar Association
Member, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Board of Directors, Alley Theatre
Board of Visitors, UT McDonald Observatory
Board Member, The Kalahari Children’s Home Foundation
Member, Hermann Park Conservancy
Member, Houston Asia Society

Education & Admissions

Education

LL.M., 1987, SMU Dedman School of Law
J.D., 1978, The University of Texas School of Law
B.B.A., 1975, with honors, Southern Methodist University

Admissions

Texas
U.S. Ct. of App., Fifth Circuit
U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. Texas
U.S. Dist. Ct., W. Dist. Texas
U.S. Tax Ct.