Anne is a tax attorney and CPA with many years of experience in the energy industry. Her in-house experience with a Fortune 500 energy company, understanding of clients' tax accounting considerations, and face-to-face experience with the IRS make her an invaluable member of the tax practice.

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Anne is a partner in the firm’s Tax Practice Group. She focuses her practice on federal, state, and local tax planning with an emphasis on the unique tax issues facing rate-regulated public utilities and other energy industry clients. Having previously served as tax counsel for a Fortune 500 corporation specializing in electric generation and distribution and gas transmission, Anne has extensive experience working on acquisitions, dispositions, and reorganizations. Anne regularly advises clients on structuring investments that produce federal and state tax benefits, with an emphasis on energy tax credits.

Anne has represented clients in IRS audits, IRS appeals conferences, controversies with state taxing authorities, and the U.S. Tax Court, and in the preparation of requests for private letter rulings from the IRS.

  • Served as tax counsel for the acquisition of more than 2 GW of utility-scale solar and wind-powered electrical generating facilities involving the use of federal and state tax credits and other tax incentives.
  • Represented the seller in connection with the sale of a 25% equity interest in an entity owning a liquefied natural gas import, export, and storage facility for approximately $2.1 billion in cash.
  • Represented a sponsor in connection with a partnership flip transaction for a 200 MW solar generating facility in Illinois.
  • Represented an investor in connection with the sale-leasebacks of a portfolio of solar projects in excess of 30 MW in several states.
  • Represented a sponsor in connection with an inverted lease transaction for three solar projects in North Carolina with an aggregate nameplate capacity of 95 MW.
  • Represented the seller in connection with the sale of two combined-cycle electrical generation facilities for $1.2 billion.
  • Represented the seller in connection with the sale of a 33% equity interest in a portfolio of 425 MW of solar electrical generating facilities.
  • Representing an investor in connection with an early-stage carbon capture and sequestration facility under development in California.
  • Represented an investor in connection with the formation of a joint venture for investing in renewable natural gas facilities nationwide.
  • Represented a taxpayer in connection with requests for nuclear decommissioning trust fund rulings from the Internal Revenue Service.
  • Successfully represented the taxpayer in Abdel-Fattah v. Commissioner, 134 T.C. 190 (2010), acq. I.R.B. No. 2010-47 (Nov. 22, 2010), resulting in acquiescence by the IRS on an issue of certification of embassy employees under Internal Revenue Code section 893(a).
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Tax Law (2024, 2026), Energy Law (2026)
  • Legal 500 United States for Finance: Project Finance (2023-2025); Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2024) Energy: Energy Transactions: Electric Power (2024-2025);
  • Virginia Lawyers Weekly: “Leader in the Law” (2022)

Anne is a partner in the firm’s Tax Practice Group. She focuses her practice on federal, state, and local tax planning with an emphasis on the unique tax issues facing rate-regulated public utilities and other energy industry clients. Having previously served as tax counsel for a Fortune 500 corporation specializing in electric generation and distribution and gas transmission, Anne has extensive experience working on acquisitions, dispositions, and reorganizations. Anne regularly advises clients on structuring investments that produce federal and state tax benefits, with an emphasis on energy tax credits.

Anne has represented clients in IRS audits, IRS appeals conferences, controversies with state taxing authorities, and the U.S. Tax Court, and in the preparation of requests for private letter rulings from the IRS.

  • Served as tax counsel for the acquisition of more than 2 GW of utility-scale solar and wind-powered electrical generating facilities involving the use of federal and state tax credits and other tax incentives.
  • Represented the seller in connection with the sale of a 25% equity interest in an entity owning a liquefied natural gas import, export, and storage facility for approximately $2.1 billion in cash.
  • Represented a sponsor in connection with a partnership flip transaction for a 200 MW solar generating facility in Illinois.
  • Represented an investor in connection with the sale-leasebacks of a portfolio of solar projects in excess of 30 MW in several states.
  • Represented a sponsor in connection with an inverted lease transaction for three solar projects in North Carolina with an aggregate nameplate capacity of 95 MW.
  • Represented the seller in connection with the sale of two combined-cycle electrical generation facilities for $1.2 billion.
  • Represented the seller in connection with the sale of a 33% equity interest in a portfolio of 425 MW of solar electrical generating facilities.
  • Representing an investor in connection with an early-stage carbon capture and sequestration facility under development in California.
  • Represented an investor in connection with the formation of a joint venture for investing in renewable natural gas facilities nationwide.
  • Represented a taxpayer in connection with requests for nuclear decommissioning trust fund rulings from the Internal Revenue Service.
  • Successfully represented the taxpayer in Abdel-Fattah v. Commissioner, 134 T.C. 190 (2010), acq. I.R.B. No. 2010-47 (Nov. 22, 2010), resulting in acquiescence by the IRS on an issue of certification of embassy employees under Internal Revenue Code section 893(a).
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Tax Law (2024, 2026), Energy Law (2026)
  • Legal 500 United States for Finance: Project Finance (2023-2025); Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2024) Energy: Energy Transactions: Electric Power (2024-2025);
  • Virginia Lawyers Weekly: “Leader in the Law” (2022)
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation (membership is limited to 1% of attorneys licensed to practice in each jurisdiction)
  • Certified Public Accountant, Virginia Board of Accountancy
  • Board of Directors, Tax Executives Institute, Virginia Chapter, 2017-2020
  • Volunteer, Community Tax Law Project, Richmond, VA
  • In-house tax counsel, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 2013-2020

Education

  • George Mason University, J.D., summa cum laude, 2007
  • Northwestern University School of Professional Studies, Graduate Certificate in accounting
  • University of Virginia, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, 2002

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia (Inactive)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Tax Court

Clerkships

  • Hon. Donald W. Lemons, Supreme Court of Virginia, 2007-2008