Stephen Lee Email & Phone Number

Steve has practiced tax law for over 30 years and is sought after to speak on partnership tax, international tax, and oil and gas tax. He also regularly advises clients on business formations and buying and selling businesses. Steve has been an adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law, teaching corporate tax and partnership tax. He has lectured on tax law before the ABA Section of Taxation, the State Bar of Texas, and the Texas Society of CPAs. He is a former director of the Houston Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs and is a past Chair of the Energy and Environmental Tax Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation. Steve has an AV Martindale-Hubbell rating.

Listed skills include Tax Planning, Mergers And Acquisitions, Corporate Tax, Tax Dispute Resolution, and 5 others.

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  Spence, Desenberg & Lee, Pllc

  May 2011 - Present - Houston, Texas

  Tax Planning:Advised on formation of joint ventures and partnershipsAdvised on tax consequences of sales and purchases of businessesAdvised on tax consequences of oil and gas property purchases and salesAdvised as to compensation arrangementsTax Controversy:Represented taxpayers in IRS examination of research tax creditRepresented taxpayers in examination and before IRS Appeals on oil and gas tax issuesRepresented taxpayers in examination before the IRS and in litigation of intercompany pricing issuesRepresented taxpayers before the IRS and in litigation of employee/independent contractor issuesRepresented taxpayers before the IRS and in litigation of reasonable compensation issuesInternational Tax:Advised as to best structure for US persons or entities to own assets or conduct operations outside of USAdvised as to best structure for foreign persons or entities to own assets or conduct operations inside the USOil & Gas Tax:Advised as to purchase and sale of oil and gas properties, including like-kind exchangesAdvised as to complex sharing arrangementsTrusts, Wills & Estates:Developed and implemented succession plans for business owners and their familiesStructured businesses for management continuity and tax savings for future generationsDrafted estate planning devices, such as wills, FLPs, GRATs, charitable trusts, and life insurance trustsGeneral Business:Formed limited liability companies, partnerships and corporationsNegotiated governance and buy-sell agreementsMergers & Acquisitions:Represented purchasers and sellers in acquisitions of closely held businessesRepresented oil and gas companies in buying and selling businesses and mineral interestsRepresented engineering firm in its acquisition by a publicly traded company