Nicola Lemay

Partner, Taxation Practice Chair - Boston

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Nicola Lemay, JD/MBA, is the Chair of Foley Hoag’s Tax Practice Group and a partner in the firm’s Business Department. Nicola has more than 20 years of legal and tax experience advising clients, ranging from early-stage to established private and public companies, on domestic and international matters. She excels in providing clients with practical and creative tax solutions, including tax advice relating to domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and deployment strategies, corporate structuring matters, the drafting and interpretation of partnership and LLC operating agreements, and tax credit transactions.

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Education:

  • Columbia University School of Law, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1996
  • Columbia Business School, M.B.A., Dean's List, 1996
  • Carleton College, B.A., cum laude

Languages:

French, German

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Honors

  • Listed in THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA
  • Named a “Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star” in the area of tax law in the May 2005, 2006 and 2007 editions of BOSTON MAGAZINE

Involvement

  • Boston Bar Association
    • Co-Chair, Tax Law Section (2007-2009)
    • Co-Chair, Federal Tax Law Committee (2005-2007)
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
    • Corporate Tax Committee
    • Energy and Environmental Taxes Committee
    • Partnerships and LLC Committee
    • Project Finance and Development Committee
  • North Shore InnoVentures
    • General Counsel
  • North Shore Technology Council
  • International Fiscal Association
  • Columbia Business School Alumni Club
  • Foley Hoag webinar, " Cannabis Businesses: Essential Tax Planning Considerations," Foley Hoag webinar, September 2020
  • Joint Meeting of the US and Canada Branches of the International Fiscal Association, “M&A Cross Border Structuring – United States to Canada Investment,” Boston, MA - February 2020
  • Foley Hoag: SBIC Hot Topics, “Managing Credits through a Down Cycle” New York, NY - January 2020
  • North Shore InnoVentures, InnoVentures U Series, “Avoiding Common Legal and Tax Mistakes of Start-Ups,” Beverly, MA – February 2018
  • American Bar Association, 2016 Joint Fall CLE Meeting of the Section of Taxation and Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, “Current Developments Relating to Inbound Investment in Real Estate (Including Infrastructure),” Boston, MA – September 2016
  • North Shore InnoVentures, InnoVentures U Series, “Avoiding Common Legal and Tax Mistakes of Start-Ups,” Beverly, MA – March 2015
  • Speaker, "Federal Residential Tax Credit Eligibility for Community-Shared Solar Panel Owners," webinar by Clean Energy States Alliance (2015)
  • Boston Bar Association Tax Section and Energy and Telecommunications Section, “Current Federal Income Tax Issues Affecting Renewable Energy Projects,” Boston, MA - January 2012
  • North Shore InnoVentures InnoVentures U Series, “Avoiding Common Legal and Tax Mistakes of Start-Ups,” Beverly, MA - July 2011
  • Energy in the Northeast Conference, “Federal Stimulus Funding under the ARRA: Key Tax Incentives and Hot Tax Issues,” Boston, MA - November 2009
  • Columbia Business School Alumni Series, “Avoiding 20 Common Legal Mistakes of Start-Ups,” Boston, MA - November 2008
  • Boston Bar Association Tax Section, Estate Planning Committee - "Limited Liability Companies: Federal Income Tax Considerations for the Estate Planner," Boston, MA - February 2008
  • Financial Research Associates, LLC - Tax Practices for Private Equity Funds East 2006 - “Techniques for Structuring Management Fees: Deemed Capital Contributions,” New York, NY - October 2006
  • Boston Bar Association CLE Seminar - “Advanced Issues in Tax-Free Acquisitive Reorganizations” Boston, MA - April 2006
  • Boston Bar Association Tax Section, Federal Tax and Business Transactions Committee - “Summary of Certain Provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004,” Boston, MA - June 2004
  • MCLE - “Basic Tax Issues for the Business Attorney,” Boston, MA - June 2004
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