Overview
Mary Hennessey is a tax attorney who advises clients on corporate and partnership taxation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, federal taxation of real estate transactions, entity structuring, income tax planning, and tax-exempt entities.
Mary is also a member of Honigman’s Emerging Companies Group.
Services
Practice Areas
Industries
Experience
Representative Matters
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Drafted organizational documents such as operating agreements containing intricate partnership tax-distribution and -allocation provisions
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Counseled clients in transactions involving tax incentives including New Market Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, and Opportunity Zones
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Represented tax-exempt entities in formation, governance and real estate joint ventures with for-profit entities
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Litigated state and local tax controversies resulting in settlement agreements with values to clients in excess of $100 million
- Served as an intern in the Civil Rights Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Prior Experience
- Dykema Gossett PLLC, Associate, 2013-2017
Credentials
Education
- Order of the Coif; State Bar of Michigan's "Excellence in the Study of Taxation" award
- The Wayne Law Review, Senior Articles Editor
- Program in the Environment
- with honors; Bentley Scholarship
- Study abroad session at University of Cape Town, South Africa
Admissions
- Michigan
Recognition
Awards
The Best Lawyers in America
- Recognized in the practice area of Corporate Law, 2023
Professional & Community Involvement
Michigan Women's Tax Association, Program Committee
State Bar of Michigan, Tax Section
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Professional Advisors Philanthropic Institute