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Nick Kappas

Nick Kappas

Partner

St. Louis
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  • OVERVIEW
  • INSIGHTS
  • NEWS & EVENTS

PRACTICES

  • Education

    • Washington University in St. Louis School of Law,

      LL.M., Taxation, 2007

    • New York Law School,

      J.D., cum laude, 2002

      Dean’s Scholarship Recipient, 1999-2002

    • Colgate University,

      B.A., 1991

  • Admissions

    • Missouri

    • New York

  • Affiliations

    • American Bar Association Tax Section

    • Missouri Bar Association Tax Law Section

    • National Association of Bond Lawyers

    • New York State Bar Association Tax Section

  • Recognitions

    • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (by BL Rankings), 2024-2025

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 2014-2017; 2023-Present

      Associate, 2006-2013

    • Dentons US LLP

      Partner, 2017-2023

    • Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP

      New York, NY

      Associate, 2003-2005

    • Honorable Joan M. Azrack, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New York

      Brooklyn, NY

      Law Clerk, 2002-2003

Nick advises businesses, tax-exempt organizations, and governmental entities on federal and state tax matters, including tax credit finance, tax-exempt bonds, and transactional tax matters.

Nick represents clients on federal tax credit transactions involving new markets, historic rehabilitation, renewable energy, and affordable housing tax credits, as well as on related federal and state tax matters, including tax credit syndications.

Nick has substantial experience in federal tax matters in the area of tax-exempt bond financing for state and local governments, and he regularly participates in tax-exempt and taxable municipal financings, including general obligation, revenue, leasehold revenue, and private activity bonds.

Nick also advises clients on the tax implications of complex commercial transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, liquidations, distributions, redemptions and reorganizations.