Areas of Practice
- Disaster Recovery Client Team
- ERISA & Executive Compensation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Public Finance
- State & Local Tax
- Tax & Estates
- Transactional Tax (Federal & International)
Education
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1992
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1991; Order of the Coif; Tulane Law Review
- University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1988, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1992
A partner in the firm’s Tax, Trusts & Estates Practice Group, Sonny Nunes has experience in the federal and state tax aspects of corporate and joint venture transactions. He works closely with attorneys in the firm's corporate and general business practices in structuring acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures. Mr. Nunes also works closely with attorneys in the firm's general business section in structuring transactions driven by federal and state income tax credits, including federal and state new market credits, federal and state rehabilitation tax credits, and state motion picture investor tax credits. He works with attorneys in the firm's public finance practice in structuring tax-exempt municipal financings. Mr. Nunes has experience representing taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service, the Louisiana Department of Revenue, and local tax authorities.
News
- Seven Jones Walker Attorneys to Speak at "Economic Development Financing" Seminar
- Backstrom and Nunes to Present Continuing Education Seminar on “Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana”
- Nunes to Present Continuing Education Seminar on “Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana”
- Nunes Speaks to New Orleans Chapter of Financial Executives International
- Nunes Presents Post Katrina Tax Issues at Lockheed Martin
- Jones Walker Client Lone Star Fasteners Acquired by Dallas Private Equity Firm, Corporate & Securities Partner Buchanan Represents Lone Star In the Deal
Presentations
- "Buying & Selling a Business in Uncertain Times", February 4, 2009
- "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", December 12, 2008
- "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", October 30, 2008
- "Economic Development Financing", October 15, 2008
- "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", September 18, 2008
- "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", October 30, 2007
Publications
- "Tax Treatment of Proceeds from Business Interruption Insurance"
Jones Walker E*Bulletin, October 27, 2005 - "Buyer Beware: Louisiana's Use Taxes"
Around the Bar, April 1, 2003
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation; Member, S Corporations Committee)
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation)
