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Band 3

Tax

Texas

5 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Wendy T. Salinas

USA

Practice Areas

Wendy Trahan Salinas is an experienced and versatile tax attorney who focuses on taxable finance and other complex business transactions. In her taxable finance practice, Wendy advises borrowers and lenders on the tax implications of domestic and cross-border financing transactions. She has extensive experience in representing both public and privately held companies on transactions including bank credit facilities, mezzanine financings, derivatives, and project financings. She advises private equity funds in connection with debt and equity investments and other private equity transactions. She also advises public companies and lenders on bankruptcy restructuring transactions.

Wendy is Co-Managing Partner of V&E’s Dallas office, Co-Chair of the Partnership Admissions Committee, and helps lead the firm’s Women’s Initiative in the Dallas office and recruiting team for the University of Virginia School of Law. She is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Career

Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2008

Legal 500 U.S., U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious, 2019 and 2020

The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), 2021

Personal

University of Virginia, J.D., 2001 (Virginia Tax Review)

Baylor University, B.B.A., Accounting summa cum laude, 1998 (Beta Alpha Psi; Alpha Kappa Psi)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Tax - Texas

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Wendy Salinas advises on the tax aspects of a broad range of financing transactions and is particularly noted for her work on debt restructuring.

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