Shawn J.

Daray

Position: Associate
Office: New Orleans

Shawn Daray is an associate in the Tax Practice Group, where he represents clients on a broad range of federal tax matters and tax credit opportunities.

Shawn counsels businesses, project developers, community development entities (CDEs), and other nonprofit organizations on the full range of federal tax issues. He has particular experience advising clients on current, industry-specific economic development tax credit opportunities, including new market tax credits; historic rehabilitation tax credits; offshore wind, solar, and other renewable energy tax credits; and carbon sequestration tax credits; among other federal incentives.

Shawn’s clients include upstream, midstream, and downstream oil, gas, and energy companies; manufacturers, retailers, and other energy end users across numerous industries; and participants in public-private partnerships and infrastructure projects. Well versed in the technologies — such as blue and green hydrogen — that are currently the focus of federal incentives, Shawn also recognizes that many of these targeted programs are time-limited. With this in mind, he helps clients develop effective strategies to maximize these opportunities before they expire.

He also advises clients on niche federal tax issues, including programs associated with fuel plants regulated by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), helping companies and organizations navigate the complex processes required to identify, apply for, and comply with the requirements of these unique federal tax regulations.

In addition to his federal tax and tax credit counsel, Shawn advises nonprofit entities on formation issues, including qualifying for 501(c)(3) status, tax reporting, and other day-to-day and strategic issues.

Shawn also provides estate planning services to high-net-worth individuals and families and closely held companies. He drafts and establishes multigenerational trusts, grantor trusts and grantor-retained annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), and other trust structures, and he documents a wide range of other complex estate planning transactions.

Shawn is a regular contributor to the firm’s blogs and client alerts and speaks frequently to industry and legal groups and at client seminars on emerging federal tax issues. Prior to joining Jones Walker, Shawn served as an extern for the Litigation Division of the Louisiana Department of Revenue, where he published articles on the effects of the Amazon Tax for online retailers and state retroactive tax laws.