Contact Amalia M. Castro
3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Fax: 561.686.5442
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Admissions
- Florida
Education
- Florida International University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations
- St. Thomas University College of Law, Juris Doctor
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Master of Laws in Taxation
Affiliations
- Cuban American Bar Association
Amalia M. Castro is a corporate associate at Nason Yeager who assists clients with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, divestitures, tax-sensitive transactions, and general corporate matters. She brings a practical, business-minded perspective to complex transactions and corporate advisory work.
Prior to joining Nason Yeager, Ms. Castro was a Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Senior Associate at KPMG, where she supported M&A tax matters for clients in industries including infrastructure, energy, technology, hospitality, manufacturing, and insurance. Her work included buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence, tax modeling for complex corporate and partnership structures, review of transactional agreements with a focus on U.S. federal income tax matters, and advice on the tax treatment of transaction costs and related issues throughout the transaction lifecycle.
Ms. Castro also gained experience as a judicial intern to the Honorable Patricia A. Seitz of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, where she conducted legal research and data analysis for the CARE Court and Compassionate Release programs. In addition, she worked as a corporate legal intern, drafting domestic and international agreements.
Ms. Castro earned her Master of Laws in Taxation, with honors, from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where she served as a Staff Editor of The Tax Lawyer. She also was recognized in the American Bar Association Law Student Tax Challenge, placing second in the oral round and receiving the award for Best Written Submission in the LL.M. category.
Ms. Castro earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from St. Thomas University College of Law, graduating in the top five percent of her class. During law school, she served as Managing Editor of the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review and held leadership roles with the St. Thomas Business Law Society and the St. Thomas Cuban American Bar Association. She also received CALI Book Awards in Administrative Law, Contracting in a Crisis, Real Estate Development & Finance, and Sales Law.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations, cum laude, from Florida International University. Ms. Castro is admitted to practice in Florida and is fluent in Spanish.
