Cecelia focuses on the income tax aspects of domestic and international secured financing, investment funds, derivatives, restructurings and workouts, and related financial products and transactions.

Cecilia Hassan is a member of the Firm’s Tax Practice Group. She practices mainly in the area of global wealth management and international tax with an emphasis on trust and estate planning.

Celeste Lawton, senior counsel in the Houston office, joined in 2012. Celestes practice is focused on wealth transfer planning.

Chad S. McCormick is a tax partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Chad advises clients on tax-efficient structures for domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and separations.

Eric Song regularly advises financial institutions, private equity funds and a variety of public and private companies on both domestic and international transactional tax matters.

Charles A. Simmons has more than 50 years of legal experience in a broad range of litigation, tax planning, and the resolution of federal, state and local tax controversies, including five years of tax litigation as a Trial Attorney in the Tax Divisi