Jorge Medina
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Tax
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About
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Practice Areas
Jorge Medina focuses on federal tax policy and controversy issues involving renewable energy and energy transition assets, and he has extensive experience structuring tax-driven transactions. Jorge manages the execution of tax equity, M&A and debt transactions and represents both sponsors and investors in the energy sector in connection with energy storage, wind, solar, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, carbon capture, geothermal, biofuels and electric vehicle infrastructure projects. He is deeply familiar with all forms of tax equity structures, having closed dozens of partnership flip, lease pass-through and sale-leaseback transactions.
Prior to joining Vinson & Elkins, he led the renewables and infrastructure practices at two other firms. He also previously served as Associate General Counsel-Tax at automotive and energy company Tesla Inc., where he was primarily responsible for all tax issues across Tesla related to the energy and storage business and served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at SolarCity, which Tesla purchased in 2016.
Personal
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 2003
San Francisco State University, B.S. magna cum laude, Honors Convocation, 1999
Chambers Review
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Jorge Medina of Shearman & Sterling LLP maintains an active tax practice that exhibits strength in controversy issues, tax policy and M&A. He is prominent in the renewable energy and energy transition spaces.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jorge is really smart and commercial."
"Jorge is really smart and commercial."
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