Husch Blackwell welcomes Associate Asel Mukeyeva to its Kansas City, Mo., office. Bringing several years of experience working in the real estate and financial services industries prior to her legal career, Mukeyeva focuses her practice primarily on corporate tax and tax controversy matters.
Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Mukeyeva served as an associate in the Kansas City office of an AmLaw 200 firm, where she worked on tax, trusts and estates, corporate finance and private wealth matters. Before law school, Mukeyeva served as the vice president of International Centers Worldwide, a real estate finance and development company in Topeka, Kan. In that role, Mukeyeva oversaw all of the company’s accounting and financial reporting, and negotiated with city planning and zoning officials to implement real estate projects. Mukeyeva also previously owned and operated Midwest Escrow & Financial Services in Topeka, where she provided escrow, financial and intermediary services to buyers and sellers in real estate transactions. Initially after receiving her bachelor’s degree, Mukeyeva was a junior professional associate for the World Bank Institute in Washington D.C., where she worked in finance and private sector development.
Mukeyeva received her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law (2013), and her J.D., cum laude, from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kan. (2012), where she received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in International Taxation and Law & Economics. Mukeyeva received her B.B.A., magna cum laude, in Accounting from Washburn University (2008), and her B.S. in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. (2002).
Husch Blackwell’s Tax attorneys are able to work with clients on a wide range of matters – from corporate tax planning and estate-tax avoidance to tax disputes and tax-exempt financing – to handle clients’ immediate needs and help them plan for what is to come.