Emily M. Cummins
Senior Associate
Specialty: Federal Tax and Fund Formation
Phone: (303) 551-3315
Email: emily@mbakertaxlaw.com
Emily joins us from Proskauer where she was an associate in the firm’s tax department and a member of its private funds group. Her work centers on private investment funds and the tax concerns faced by both sponsors and investors in private equity funds.
Working with a range of clients, Emily has helped to negotiate buy-side and sell-side secondaries transactions; planned and structured continuation funds and other sponsor-led liquidity events; and assisted sponsors with fund structuring concerns involving domestic and international investments.
Emily was selected to be a Protégée for Proskauer’s Women Sponsorship Program, an initiative for high performing midlevel lawyers that champions emerging leaders. She previously served as co-chair of the Firm’s LGBTQ Affinity Group, and received Proskauer’s Golden Gavel Award for excellence in pro bono work in 2021.
Outside of Proskauer, Emily was selected as a Business Law Fellow with the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. She served as a member of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee’s Board as well as Co-Editor of the Committee’s publication, Preferred Returns.
Education
NYU School of Law, Tax LLM
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D. ('16)
Columbia College Chicago, B.A., Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
Prior Professional Experience
- Proskauer Rose, 2018-2024
- Weil, Gotshal, and Manges, Summer 2015 and 2016-2018
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
Community Involvement
- Massachusetts LGBTQ+ Bar – Law Student Attorney Mentor
- Board Member – Beacon Hill Friends House
- Boston Lawyers Group – Mentoring Program Member