Asel M. Lindsey

Member


Asel M. Lindsey advises on a broad range of corporate and tax matters with a focus on transactional tax practice including mergers, acquisitions, business tax planning and business reorganizations. As the assistant practice group leader of the firm’s Tax practice group, Asel has extensive experience in the areas of federal tax, transactions with flow-through entities, estate planning, international tax, state and local tax, and tax controversy matters. She works with high-net-worth individuals, business owners and families with multigenerational wealth and family offices, assisting with estate planning, asset protection, lifetime transfer planning, and helping clients set up private foundations and endowments.

Asel regularly advises on tax issues related to formations of dental service organizations and other similar managed services structures, acquisitions, and restructurings. She also represents private equity clients and regularly advises private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, established businesses, and family offices on issues related to middle-market transactions. Additionally, Asel plans and structures complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructurings.

Furthermore, she regularly advises companies on complex partnership tax and U.S. international tax questions. Asel assists nonprofit organizations with obtaining and retaining exemption from federal, state, and local taxes, and provides counsel on tax issues for tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. She also advises on compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and serves on the Firm’s CTA committee.

    • New York University School of Law, L.L.M., 2013
    • Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 2012
    • Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, B.S.
  • Bar Admissions

    • Missouri
    • Kansas
    • Texas
  • Court Admissions

    • U.S. Tax Court
    • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
    • Named to Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" list for Tax Law, 2023 and 2024

    • Recognized as "Outstanding Newcomer to the Tax Section," by the State Bar of Texas, 2023

    • Recognized by San Antonio Magazine in "San Antonio's Top Attorneys" for Tax Law, 2020-2022

    • Recognized by Scene in SA in "Rising Star Lawyers" for Tax Law, 2021 and 2023

    • Super Lawyers® Rising Star 2018 in Kansas and Missouri, Super Lawyers Magazine
    • Pro Bono Wall of Fame 2016 and 2018, Missouri Bar Association
    • Woman of the Year in Entrepreneur/Executive category, Topeka YWCA, 2006
    • CREW San Antonio, Member

    • State Bar of Texas, Vice Chair of Partnership Committee of the Tax Section

    • Association for Corporate Growth (Austin/San Antonio), Treasurer

    • State Bar of Texas, LeadershipSBOT, Class of 2022-23

    • American Bar Association, member of Tax Section and formerly Co-Chair of YLD Tax Law Committee

    • Real Estate Council of San Antonio, Graduate of the 2020 Leadership Development Program and membership committee member

    • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), Graduate of the 2018 Pathfinder Program

    • State Bar of Texas, Member of the International Tax Committee

    • Heart of America Tax Institute, Board Member, 2015-2018

    • Kansas City Tax Club, Founder and President, 2014-2018

    • International School of San Antonio, Board Member

    • YWCA USA, Treasurer & Member of National Board of Directors, 2008-2010

    • Russian

Latest News and Insights

Press Releases6.18.24

Dykema Aids Motor Coach Business in Partnership

Dykema congratulates Star Shuttle on its partnership with Trivest Partners, a Miami-based, founder…

Read More

Press Releases5.1.24

Dykema Closes $785M Transaction for CPS Energy

Today Dykema, a leading national law firm, acted as legal advisor to CPS Energy in its acquisition…

Read More

Legal Alerts4.17.24

One Minute Matters [Video]: How Business Owners Can Minimize Tax Liability When They Exit (with Asel Lindsey)

It’s never too early for business owners to start preparing an exit strategy. In fact, it’s one of…

Read More