Stephanie Loughlin has left Dow Lohnes, where she was head of the tax planning practice, to join Venable as a partner in Washington, DC.

She advises businesses on structuring joint ventures, acquisitions and other transactions, and closely-held businesses and their owners in handling succession issues, estate planning, and charitable objectives. Her work also includes handling audits and other tax controversies with the Internal Revenue Service and in federal courts. Her clients include companies and individuals in the cable, broadband, broadcast, media, entertainment, education and hotel sectors. She also often represents private equity investors in fund formation, as well as in portfolio investments and add-on transactions.