Yomarie “Jo” Habenicht is a senior counsel in the Firm’s Tax Department, specializing in U.S. federal, corporate, partnership and international tax matters.
Jo focuses her practice on tax structuring and planning for a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, cross-border transactions, restructurings, bankruptcy related transactions and joint ventures.
Her practice also includes providing day-to-day tax advice to domestic and foreign companies on a broad range of tax issues. Jo represents companies before the Internal Revenue Service and local tax authorities on tax examinations.
A co-chair of the Proskauer Women’s Alliance Steering Committee, Jo was selected to be a Protégée for Proskauer’s Women's Sponsorship Program, an initiative that champions high-performing mid-level and senior lawyers as emerging leaders.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Jo worked in the tax services department of a Big 4 accounting firm. She is fluent in Spanish.
Education
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New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation
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Boston University School of Law, J.D.
cum laude
Review of Banking and Financial Law — Executive Editor for Student Publications
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University of Massachusetts, B.A.
summa cum laude
Commonwealth College Honors — Departmental Honors
Admissions & Qualifications
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
- New York
Awards & Recognition
The Legal 500 United States: International Tax 2024
Languages
- English
- Spanish