Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Tax

Illinois

17 Years Ranked

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Band 3

Derivatives

USA - Nationwide

2 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Andrea S Kramer

USA

Practice Areas

Andrea S. (Andie) Kramer is the founding member of ASKramer Law, a boutique Chicago firm providing counsel to clients on energy, trading, fin-tech, and taxation law. Kramer counsels clients on a wide range of complex trading operations; the taxation and regulation of financial products and emerging asset classes of all kinds; taxation of energy production and transmission; corporate governance; and tax controversy matters. She has BA from the University of Illinois and a JD from Northwestern University. Ms. Kramer previously served as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and has delivered specialist training courses at the U.S. Treasury and the IRS for more than two decades.

View more at: www.askramerlaw.com

Career

ASKRAMER LAW LLC, CHICAGO, IL

Founding Member (2023–Present)

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP, CHICAGO, IL

Partner (1993–2022)

Tax Practice Group (2009–2022)

Head, Financial Products, Trading and Derivatives Group (1993–2022)

Co-Chair, Energy Services Group (1998–2011)

Member, Global Renewable Energy, Emissions and New Products Group

Member, Management Committee (2002–2013)

Member, Compensation Committee (2004–2007)

Founding Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2011–2022)

Founding Chair, Gender Diversity Committee (2003–2022)

UNGARETTI & HARRIS LLP (formerly Coffield Ungaretti Harris & Slavin), CHICAGO, IL

Partner and Associate (1978–1992)

Professional Memberships

Current and Prior Memberships:

American Bar Association (current)

Task Force on Gender Equality (2013)

American College of Investment Counsel, fellow

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (current)

Chicago Bar Association (current)

Alliance for Women, Founder

Tax Executive Committee, Former Chair

Division on Tax Shelters, Real Estate, and Partnerships, Former Chair

Chicago Finance Exchange (current)

The Chicago Network (current)

Coalition of Women in Law Initiatives

Energy Bar Association

Financial Innovation Study Committee/Weird Instrument Study Committee

(FISC/WISC), Founding Member

Illinois State Bar Association (current)

Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board, Member (2016 –2019)

International Association of Financial Engineers

International Bar Association (current)

Arbitration Committee, and Section on Business Law (Committee on Issues and Trading in Securities)

International Swaps and Derivatives Association

Committee on North American Tax

National Association of Women Lawyers (current)

Survey on the promotion and retention of women in law firms, Committee Member

Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

Leadership Institute, co-chair, and program developer

Women’s Council on Energy and Environment

Publications

Please contact ASKramer Law for a comprehensive listing of authored and edited publications, including books, book chapters, journals and articles.

2025 book publications:

1. "Financial Products: Taxation, Regulation and Design," coauthored with Nicholas C. Mowbray (Baker & Hostetler LLP) and published by Wolters Kluwer.

Updated annually for more than 30 years, Andie Kramer's comprehensive reference book is an authoritative, 4000-page, two-volume treatise. The 2025 version is available at https://shoptax.wolterskluwer.com/en/financial-pr-tax-reg-dsgn-2025.html.

2. "Energy and Environmental Project Finance: Law and Taxation," coauthored with Nicholas C. Mowbray (Baker & Hostetler LLP), published by Matthew Bender® and also set to be updated annually. The 2025 version is and available through Lexis+, and in softbound, ebook, mobi formats athttps://store.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/energy-environmental-project-finance-law-taxation-sku-us-ebook-04610-epub.html.

Personal

Married, with one adult daughter.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

United States (Federal)

Languages Spoken

English

Education

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

BA, History and Political Science

Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law

JD

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Tax - Illinois

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Individual Editorial
Andrea Kramer of ASKramer Law is recognized for her expert counsel on complex tax issues relating to the use of financial products including cryptocurrencies.

Derivatives - USA - Nationwide

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Band 3
Individual Editorial
Andrea Kramer is the founding member of ASKramer Law LLC and is a well regarded derivatives lawyer, in addition to her excellent taxation practice.

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