Partnerships

Bahar Schippel

Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, Arizona: Ms. Schippel is a Certified Specialist in Tax Law by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. She specializes in tax planning for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and real estate transactions, drafting LLC and partnership agreements, tax planning in connection with fund formation and operations, structuring tax-efficient debt workouts, designing service provider equity compensation for LLCs and partnerships, and representing taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. She serves on the American Bar Association Tax Section Council and is a past chair of the ABA Tax Section Partnership Committee. Ms. Schippel also is a past chair of the State Bar of Arizona Tax Section and currently chairs the Arizona Tax Advisory Commission, which oversees the tax specialization program in Arizona. She frequently speaks at national and regional tax conferences and contributes articles to top-tier tax publications. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, Ms. Schippel served as Attorney-Advisor for the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C. She holds an LL.M. from the University of San Diego School of Law. She is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.