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Jessica A. Hough

Attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Washington, District Of Columbia
Jessica Hough, Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, represents clients on a wide range of tax matters, with particular emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and divestiture transactions, including spin-offs, debt and equity offerings, corporate and partnership restructurings, and joint ventures.

Ms. Hough practices primarily in the area of U.S. federal income taxation, advising clients across various industries in a wide range of transactions and controversies. She has a broad-based M&A tax practice across various industries, she also advises clients in the financial services sector on insurance-related corporate transactions, including capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, restructurings and related matters. She has extensive experience in the U.S. and international insurance and reinsurance industries, having represented numerous industry participants in all lines of business, including life, health, property and casualty, and specialty lines. In recent years, Ms. Hough has worked on insurance-related tax matters for Aflac Incorporated; Cigna Corporation; FBL Financial; Jackson National Life; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; MetLife, Inc.; Pacificare Health Systems; ProMutual Group; Safeco Corporation; SCOR SE; Selective Insurance Group; Travelers Property Casualty Corp.; UnitedHealth Group Inc.; and Validus Holdings, Ltd.
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Jessica Hough, Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, represents clients on a wide range of tax matters, with particular emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and divestiture transactions, including spin-offs, debt and equity offerings, corporate and partnership restructurings, and joint ventures.

Ms. Hough practices primarily in the area of U.S. federal income taxation, advising clients across various industries in a wide range of transactions and controversies. She has a broad-based M&A tax practice across various industries, she also advises clients in the financial services sector on insurance-related corporate transactions, including capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, restructurings and related matters. She has extensive experience in the U.S. and international insurance and reinsurance industries, having represented numerous industry participants in all lines of business, including life, health, property and casualty, and specialty lines. In recent years, Ms. Hough has worked on insurance-related tax matters for Aflac Incorporated; Cigna Corporation; FBL Financial; Jackson National Life; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; MetLife, Inc.; Pacificare Health Systems; ProMutual Group; Safeco Corporation; SCOR SE; Selective Insurance Group; Travelers Property Casualty Corp.; UnitedHealth Group Inc.; and Validus Holdings, Ltd.

Ms. Hough also is consulted regularly on tax matters related to corporate restructurings. She has represented a number of clients in connection with restructurings involving tax-free spin-offs, including Duke Energy Corporation in its spin-off of Spectra Energy Corp., Temple-Inland Inc. in its spin-offs of Guaranty Financial Group and Forestar Real Estate Group, and Applied Biosystems Inc. in its split-off of Celera Corporation.

About Me

What professional recognitions do you have?
Nolan Fellowship, which is awarded to young lawyers who are actively involved in the Section and have shown leadership qualities as well as selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2016.
What topics have you lectured or presented on?
Currently an active speaker and writer on the subject of corporate income taxes.

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Associations

Association Position
ABA Tax Section Diversity Committee Co-Chair

Education

School Degree Graduation Year
The University of Chicago Law School J.D. 1997
The University of Texas at Austin M.P.A 1993
The University of Texas at Austin B.B.A 1993

Contact Information

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

1440 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC 20005