Allison Bray is a tax associate in the San Francisco office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
While at Kirkland, Allison has been involved in the following matters:
Francisco Partners and its portfolio company eSolutions in its pending sale of eSolutions to Waystar.
QGenda in its strategic growth investment from ICONIQ Capital.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Allison was involved in the following matters:
Altera Corporation & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of the IRS — Assisted in drafting the Amici brief in support of the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
Nauflett v. Commissioner of the IRS — Presented oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on whether the 90-day filing deadline in Internal Revenue Code section 6015(e)(1)(A) is jurisdictional or whether the filing deadline can be subject to equitable tolling.
Clerk & Government Experience
Legal InternUnited States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation2019
Judicial ExternUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California2017
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Paul Hastings LLP, 2018
Student Attorney, Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, Federal Tax Unit, 2018
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2019California
Education
Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude2019
Harvard Law and Policy Review Journal
Women’s Law Association
University of WashingtonB.A., International Studies2013
