Overview
As a tax attorney, Alice (She/Her) delivers practical and strategic solutions for clients seeking to make tax-informed decisions in their business and transactional structures.
Alice’s practice focuses on a broad range of federal and international tax issues for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate companies and joint ventures, multinational corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds, start-ups, and family businesses, among others. She advises publicly traded and private companies on business formations, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, loan agreements, and public and private debt/equity offerings. Her clients include multinational corporations, financial institutions, real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity funds, start-ups, and family businesses, among others.
Alice offers an understanding of the nuances of the tax law to analyze risk and assist with tax-efficient structuring. She also supports clients in their goals of finding investors suitable to invest in their structure and in complying with the tax and legal requirements of their deals. Alice approaches tax issues in both a thorough and practical manner so as to appropriately assess the tax risks associated with a transaction, while not letting those risks hinder the outcome of the transaction.
Prior to being a lawyer, Alice taught high school and AP English for two years with Teach for America in Philadelphia. Her experience in education helps her understand individual needs and tailor deliverables in her legal client service.
Outside the office Alice is an active community member. She teaches Sunday school at her church, is a host family for Safe Families for Children, and is involved with the immigration and faith group Women of Welcome. She represented asylum seekers from El Salvador in their cases before the asylum office, immigration court, and the Board of Immigration Appeals, as well as in obtaining employment authorization. In addition, Alice represented various other pro bono clients including a church in its benevolence fund administration, a community center in real estate purchase matters, low-income clients in drafting advanced directives, and a parent-teacher organization in tax-status matters. She was a Public Interest Law Initiative Fellow with the Young Center for Immigration and Children’s Rights after law school and is deeply moved by immigration and children's rights issues.
Experience
Membership & Involvement
Former Co-Chair: Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Subdivision - Federal Taxation, 2020-2022
Former General Counsel: Chicago Tech Academy, 2015 - 2023
Honors
Selected to The Best Lawyers in America© Ones to Watch in Real Estate Law: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Selected to The Best Lawyers in America© Ones to Watch in Tax Law: 2022, 2023
CBA Federal Tax Section Award for Academic Achievement in Taxation: 2014
Resources & Insights
Alerts
Speaking Engagements
Published Works
Blog Posts
Education on Demand
It’s not usual for companies to have employees working in multiple states, especially if they hire remote workers. However, managing a workforce that is spread out over multiple locations can be challenging.
Firm News
- Attorney Alice Lin Joins Amundsen Davis’s Chicago OfficeAttorney Alice Lin Joins Amundsen Davis’s Chicago Office
We are excited to announce that attorney Alice Lin has joined our firm as a partner in our Chicago office.
- Losing Land to Eminent Domain? Plan for Tax Consequences Using an Internal Revenue Code Section 1033 ExchangeLosing Land to Eminent Domain? Plan for Tax Consequences Using an Internal Revenue Code Section 1033 Exchange
Under general tax rules, if the government takes your property through eminent domain and pays you condemnation proceeds, you may have to pay capital gains (or any depreciation recapture) tax if the condemnation proceeds exceeds your basis in the property. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, however, provides an important exception.
- Eligibility for Significant Savings From the Sale of Qualified Small Business Stock Under Internal Revenue Code Section 1202Eligibility for Significant Savings From the Sale of Qualified Small Business Stock Under Internal Revenue Code Section 1202
If you own a small business, you may qualify for significant tax savings under section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Section 1202). Owners or investors of certain C corporations may be eligible to exclude up to 100 percent of gains from a sale of qualifying stock held for five years. In some cases, the availability of Section 1202 may also reduce or eliminate the burden of double taxation associated with an asset sale and distribution of proceeds. If you’re preparing your company for future investors, Section 1202 qualification may also be an important factor that can make your company more attractive.
- Managing New Legal Mandates for Multi-State EmployersManaging New Legal Mandates for Multi-State Employers
Join Sara Zorich, Karen Tobin and Alice Lin as they discuss certain employment, corporate and tax considerations employers need to know about in order to effectively manage workers in multiple locations without exposing themselves to liability.
Services
Education
Northwestern University, J.D., cum laude, LLM - Taxation, with honors, 2014
University of Pennsylvania, M.S.Ed., 2011
Yale University, B.A., with distinction, 2009
Admissions
- Illinois