Experience

Greg Jenner is a partner in the Tax practice group. Before returning to Stoel Rives in 2008, Greg served both as Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Tax Policy (2004) and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy (2002-2004), As Acting Assistant Secretary, Greg directed the Treasury's Office of Tax Policy, which is responsible for providing the Administration with policy analysis, advice and recommendations relating to all aspects of domestic and international issues of Federal taxation, including all legislative proposals, regulatory guidance, and tax treaties. The Office of Tax Policy is also responsible for providing the official estimates of all Federal Government receipts for the President's budget, fiscal policy decisions, and Treasury cash management decisions.

Greg has broad experience in virtually all Federal tax matters, with particular focus on planning and implementing complex tax-related transactions, partnerships and joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. He has worked extensively on energy-and insurance-related tax issues, and has successfully represented taxpayers in Federal and state tax controversies, in both audit and litigation. At Stoel Rives, Greg has increasingly focused on planning for renewable energy projects, particularly the incentives enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Greg is a frequent speaker on renewable energy tax planning, agriculture tax issues, and tax and budget policy.

In addition to his most recent service at Treasury, Greg has been active for many years in the Federal tax policy process. Prior to his ten years in private practice from 1992-2002, Greg served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy) (1989-1992). He served as Tax Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (1985-1989), where he was proud to help write the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
• Martindale Hubbell AV – rated
• Member, American Bar Association (Taxation Section: former Vice Chair for Communications; Council Director; and former Chair of the Corporate Tax Shelter Task Force and Government Relations Committee)
• Adjunct Professor, Taxation, University of Minnesota Law School

Presentations

Greg has been a frequent speaker on current and continuing legal education topics, including numerous appearances on CNN, C-Span, NBC Nightly News, CNBC and Fox News. Recent examples include:

• Presenter, "'Beginning Construction' and 'Placed in Service' Under the ITC Grant," WINDPOWER® 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, May 24, 2010
• Speaker, "State and Federal Incentives and Investments," Innotech's 3rd Annual Energy Technology Track, Portland, OR, May 6, 2010
• Speaker, "Possible Changes for 1603 Grants and Taxes in 2010: The Effects on the Renewable Energy Industry and Otherwise," RETECH 2010 Side Event, Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2010
• Panelist, "What's the most efficient and effective strategy for financing renewable energy projects?" E3 2009 (the Midwest's Premier Energy, Economic and Environmental Conference), St. Paul, MN, Nov. 17, 2009
• Speaker, "Energy Tax Issues and Planning," Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants Tax Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 16, 2009
• Speaker, "Tax Policy and Budget Update," Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants Tax Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 16, 2009
• Speaker, "The Stimulus Bill: Structured Tax Incentives," Stoel Rives Stimulus Bill Webinar, Nov. 4, 2009
• Moderator, "Lenders' Response to the Stimulus Bill," Infocast Post-Stimulus Renewable Finance Summit, May 28, 2009
• Speaker, "Overview of Stimulus Bill Renewable Finance Provisions," Infocast Post-Stimulus Renewable Finance Summit Workshop, May 27, 2009
• Speaker, "Structuring Wind Energy Projects in the (Brave) New World," ABA/ACORE Renewable Energy Teleconference Series, May 20, 2009
• Speaker, "Renewable Energy Project Initiatives Under the Stimulus Bill," Lorman Education Resources Webinar, May 19, 2009
• Panelist, "Tax and Project Finance Structuring Issues for Renewable Energy Projects," EUCI Law of Renewable Energy Web Conferences, Apr. 27, 2009
• Speaker, "Four Primary Ways the Stimulus Bill will Impact the U.S. Wind & Biofuels Industries," Biofuels Journal/Wind Today Webinar Series, Apr. 14, 2009
• Panelist, "Wind Power: Today's Big Energy Alternative," 3rd Annual ThinkGreen Conference: A Clean Technology & Alternative Energy Forum, Mar. 26, 2009

Languages

• Basic French

Education

• New York University School of Law
  J.D., 1979, cum laude
  Law Review Note and Comment Editor; Order of the Coif
• Portland State University
  B.S., 1975, with highest honors

Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Minnesota
• U.S. Tax Court

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