Counsel to Developer/Owner in the exit and refinancing of a New Markets Tax Credit transaction. Counsel to Developer/Owner Counsel in connection with

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1 ASHLEY N. WICKS Jackson Office (601) Ashley focuses her practice on Public Finance, State and Local Taxation, Tax Credits and Tax. She is frequently a speaker for various legal conferences, seminars and CLEs on those topics. PRACTICE AREAS AND INDUSTRY TEAMS Public Finance Public Finance Tax State and Local Tax Tax Credits Tax Taxation of Businesses Tax Exempt Organizations Tax Controversy EXPERIENCE Tax Credits Counsel to Community Development Entity in connection with a New Markets Tax Credit financing of acquisition and maintenance of timberlands. Counsel to Developer/Owner Counsel in connection with a New Markets Tax Credit financing of a biomass research and development facility. Counsel to Developer/Owner Counsel in connection with a New Markets Tax Credit financing of an aluminum processing facility. Counsel to community hospitals in New Markets Tax Credit Transactions. Counsel to Developer in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction financing of an airbus facility. Counsel to Lenders providing leverage debt and direct debt in connection with New Markets Tax Credit Transactions. Counsel to State Funds, state investors and Developer/Owners in Mississippi Qualified Equity Tax Credit Transactions.

2 Counsel to Developer/Owner in the exit and refinancing of a New Markets Tax Credit transaction. Counsel to Developer/Owner Counsel in connection with a Rehabilitation Tax Credit financing of offices building. State and Local Tax Represented clients with respect to Mississippi tax incentives. Represented clients before the Mississippi Board of Tax Appeal. Represented clients in audit before state tax agencies. Represented clients in tax litigation. Tax Represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service. Represented clients in connection with applications for tax exemptions. Public Finance / Public Finance Tax Counsel to mass transit agencies in exercise of early buy-out options or voluntary early terminations of tax-advantaged leases. Counsel to payment undertaker in exercise of voluntary early terminations of a taxadvantaged lease. Counsel to hospital for a tax-exempt bond financing. Represented mass transit agencies in the exercise of early buy-out option and voluntary termination of tax-advantaged leases. Represented the payment undertaker in the voluntary termination of tax-advantaged lease. Prepared arbitrage yield and rebate calculations for tax-exempt bond financings. BAR ADMISSIONS Mississippi, 2005 Texas, 2006 District of Columbia, 2018 U.S. District Courts: Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts

3 DISTINCTIONS Certified Public Accountant, 2007 Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Star, Tax: Business, Named to Lawyers of Color First Annual Hot List, 2013 Leadership Mississippi Class, Leadership Greater Jackson Class, Portico Magazine inaugural PORTICO 10, one of the top 10 Up-and-Coming lawyers, January 2011 Jackson Young Lawyers Pro Bono Service Award, 2010 American Bar Association, Business Law Fellow, Magnolia Bar Association, Al Rhodes Service Award, 2008 Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants Scholar Fellow, American Bar Foundation Mississippi Business Journal, Top 50 Under 40, 2016 ASSOCIATIONS American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Section of Tax Business Law Committee on LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Committee on Taxation Co-Chairman, Business Law Committee, Liaison to the Section of Business Law, National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Treasurer, Tax Section, Treasurer, Audit Committee, 2015 Present Capital Area Bar Association Co-Chair, Diversity Through Building Better, Stronger & Lifetime Relationships CLE, 2014 Magnolia Bar Association Immediate Past President, President, President-Elect, Parliamentarian, Chairman, Young Lawyers Committee, Jackson Young Lawyers Co-Chairman, Membership Committee, Mississippi Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Seminar Committee, Board of Bar Commissioners, Texas Bar Association

4 National Association of Bond Lawyers EDUCATION & HONORS University of Alabama, LL.M., Taxation, 2010 Tulane University, J.D., 2005 Tulane Law Scholarship Nelson Mandela Scholarship Jackson State University, M.P.A., 2002 Jackson State University, B.A., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2001 PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Presenter, Meet The Prime Contractors Winning Teams, Winning Strategies, Winning Contract, Drafting the Right Player: Joint Ventures, August 16, Panelist, "Effective Budgeting at State and Municipal Levels: Municipal Bonds," Mississippi Black Leadership Conferences, October 2, Presenter, Emerging Thinkers on Community Development, Town Hall Meeting, Mississippi Black Leadership Summit, October 30, Presenter, After the Bond Closing: Keeping the SEC and IRS Away, Mississippi Municipal League, June 24, Presenter, Dissolution of an LLC Now it is Over, American Bar Association webinar, March 5, Panelist, 'Taking Charge: Pathways to Success for Young Lawyers, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, August Speaker, Magnolia Bar Association s 2012 Annual Meeting and Convention, President s Luncheon, Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, May Panelist, So It s Over? What to Do to Dissolve Your LLC, American Bar Association s Institute for the Young Business Lawyer, Las Vegas, Nevada, March Presenter, What It Really Means to Own a Business,? Mississippi Gulf Coast/Delta Alliance for Economic Inclusion, May Moderator and Program Material Coordinator, The 2012 Annual Review of LLC Case Law and Recent Developments, American Bar Association, March Moderator, Where Do I Go From Here? Professional Development Strategies for Young Lawyers Trying to Get to the Next Level of Their Careers, Young Lawyer Institute, March 2012.

5 Speaker, So It s Over? What to Do Dissolve Your LLC, Young Lawyers Institute, American Bar Association, March Presenter, Tax Incentives/Professional Services For Small Businesses, Mississippi Gulf Coast/Delta Alliance for Economic Inclusion, June Presenter, Minding Your Own Business, BusinessPlus Program. Moderator and Program Material Coordinator, 2011 LLC Case Law Update, American Bar Association, April Presenter, Minding Your Own Business: Choices of Entity, Jackson Business Accelerator Collaboration, August Presenter, Bridge the Gap: A Course in Practical Legal Skills - Choice of Entity, Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division, July Presenter, What to Do When the IRS Shows Up, Magnolia Bar Association, April Moderator and Program Material Coordinator, 2010 LLC Case Law Update, Business Law Section Spring Meeting American Bar Association, April Moderator, Anatomy of Business Law: Non-Profit Organizations, Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast American Bar Association, March Moderator and Program Material Coordinator, 2009 LLC Case Law Update, Annual Convention American Bar Association, July Presenter, Stimulating Your Practice: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Magnolia Bar Association, May CIVIC INVOLVEMENT Community Foundation of Greater Jackson Treasurer, Present Board of Directors, Present Junior League of Jackson, 2012 Present Make a Wish Foundation of Mississippi Board of Directors, Community Advisory Board for Jackson Heart Study Kids Study, Jackson State University National Alumni Association, 2011 Present Beta Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Treasurer, Parliamentarian, Mental Health of America of Central Mississippi Board of Directors, Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project Advisory Board,

6 Coleman Alexander Prosser Foundation, Inc. Treasurer, Member-At-Large,