About Lauren Shores Pelikan

Professor Pelikan joined Mizzou Law with nearly 10 years of experience as a tax attorney specializing in transactional tax matters. Her tax practice included advising public and private companies with respect to structure and tax issues in mergers, acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, divestitures, joint venture formations, and restructurings.

Pelikan most recently worked at Emerson in a global tax planning role. Prior to Emerson, she worked as an associate at Bryan Cave LLP and as a senior manager in EY’s International Tax and Transaction Services group.

Pelikan is a Mizzou alumna, earning her JD from Mizzou Law and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Emory University. She also is a licensed certified public accountant (CPA).

Areas of Expertise

• Corporate Tax
• International Tax
• Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions
• US Federal Income Tax

Educational Background

• BA, Emory University
• JD, University of Missouri School of Law

Recent Publications

• State Constitutional Limitations to Cities Taxing the Digital Economy
  43 VIRGINIA TAX REVIEW 469 (2024).
• Defending the Historic Preservation Tax Credit
  77 MISSOURI LAW REVIEW 199 (2012).