James Cole

Practice Areas

Jim Cole, a partner in the Houston office, practices transactional tax involving mergers, acquisitions, financings, restructurings, and capital markets transactions. Mr. Cole regularly advises publicly traded partnerships, master limited partnerships (MLPs), corporations, developers, private equity firms, lenders, and investment banks on transactions across the energy industry, including the upstream, midstream, downstream, oil field services, and alternative energy sectors. His practice includes a focus on energy tax incentives for wind projects, solar projects, and the section 45Q federal income tax credit for carbon capture projects. Mr. Cole was named to Turnarounds & Workouts’ 2020, 2021, and 2023 lists of Bankruptcy Tax Specialists in the Nation’s Major Law Firms.

Mr. Cole currently sits on the board of the Renewable Energy Alliance of Houston.

Prior to law school, Mr. Cole practiced as a Certified Public Accountant in the tax practice of an international accounting firm.