Jerica Banks

Jerica regularly provides tax and structuring advice to institutional and global investors, fund sponsors and multinational businesses, which includes the preparation and negotiation of fund disclosure, organizational documents, and side letter agreements. She also helps clients navigate rapidly changing international tax rules and regulations that apply to multinational businesses, such as the dual consolidated loss rules and the stock repurchase excise tax rules. Additionally, Jerica counsels clients in the energy sector on matters related to clean energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Jerica supports many of the firm’s pro bono projects, including representing clients of the North Georgia Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) as they settle their tax debts with the IRS. 

As a law school student, Jerica participated in Eversheds Sutherland’s summer associate program in 2020 and 2021. Jerica also worked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a legal intern to Commissioner Hester M. Peirce and in the Division of Enforcement.

Prior to law school, Jerica worked as a paralegal for a global law firm in its intellectual property litigation practice group. She also worked at the University of Chicago as a development officer, primarily securing funding for the Biological Sciences Division, Physical Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. 

Jerica is admitted to the State Bar of Texas. She has submitted her application to the State Bar of Georgia. Her work is supervised by Georgia Bar members.