Areas of Practice
- Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
- Employee Benefits, ERISA & Executive Compensation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Public Finance
- State & Local Tax
- Tax & Estates
- Tax Credit Programs
- Transactional Tax (Federal & International)
Education
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1992
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1991; Order of the Coif; Tulane Law Review
- University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1988, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1992
A partner in the firm's Tax & Estates Practice Group, Sonny Nunes has experience in the federal and state tax aspects of corporate and joint venture transactions. He has represented taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service, the Louisiana Department of Revenue, and local tax authorities.
Mr. Nunes works closely with the firm's corporate and general business attorneys in structuring acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and transactions driven by federal and state income tax credits, including federal and state new market credits, federal and state rehabilitation tax credits, and state motion picture investor tax credits. He also works with attorneys in the firm's public finance practice in structuring tax-exempt municipal financings.
Mr. Nunes is a member of the American Bar Association's Section on Taxation and its S Corporation Committee. He is also a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association's Section on Taxation.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Tax Law
- Listed in the 2010 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Tax (also listed in 2009)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
Representative Matters
- Represented a bank in loans to a hotel developer in connection with New Market Tax Credit financing
- Represented a financer in the structuring, negotiations, and closing of pre-production Louisiana Film Tax Credit transactions
News
- Thirty-Seven Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2010
- 2010 Best Lawyers in America Rankings Showcase Jones Walker’s Depth, Growth
- Attorneys to Present at "Economic Development Financing" Seminar
- Najder and Nunes Present "Buying & Selling a Business in Uncertain Times"
- Thirty-Eight Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in 2009 Issue of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Seven Jones Walker Attorneys to Speak at "Economic Development Financing" Seminar
Presentations
- "Louisiana State & Local Tax Update", December 3, 2009
- "Economic Development Financing in Louisiana", October 15, 2009, Lorman Education Services Seminar
- "Louisiana State & Local Taxes for Texans", September 17, 2009
- "Buying & Selling a Business in Uncertain Times", February 4, 2009
- "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", December 12, 2008
- "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", October 30, 2008
Publications
- "Tax Treatment of Proceeds from Business Interruption Insurance"
Jones Walker E*Bulletin, October 27, 2005 - "Buyer Beware: Louisiana's Use Taxes"
Around the Bar, April 1, 2003
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation; Member, S Corporations Committee)
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation)
