Tax Legal Intern

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The Koch, Inc. Tax Department's Corporate Transaction Capability is hiring a legal intern for Summer 2026

The Koch internship program is an in-depth experience that puts interns at the center of a challenging work environment that includes meaningful project involvement, professional mentoring, and capability-based training.

*Please note that interviews for this position will not begin until January.

What You Will Do

Koch Corporate Transaction Capability is hiring one 1L Summer intern

• This position will be based out of the Koch HQ in Wichita, KS

This capability is imbedded within the Tax Department and provides legal services related to corporate governance, transactions, and tax law to all of Koch's businesses around the world.

Assigned work and observation opportunities will vary based on emerging events during the time of internship, but will ultimately relate to corporate or tax law. All projects will be under the supervision of an attorney and may offer exposure to the following types of work and projects:

• Assist the supervising attorney with executing legal aspects of internal restructuring transactions, including drafting, review and execution of documents

• Legal research and writing memos - delving into a particular legal issue or topic (e.g., applicability of a law or regulation to a particular business, review of local requirements to form new companies, and other emerging issues)

• Assist with formation and liquidation of legal entities

• Review various types of contracts and agreements from a legal perspective, assist with updates to template library

• Engage with external US and international counsel at the direction of internal counsel

• Provide support with corporate governance compliance. Examples include understanding annual filing requirements, assisting with foreign qualifications and analyzing local disclosure requirements

• Meet with tax planners, accounting and treasury to plan and implement corporate restructuring transactions

• Attend business meetings. Assist with meeting preparation and collaborate with supervising attorney on ideas, concepts and issues

• Attend optional tax-intern training as deemed beneficial, for example Excel, financial statement and compliance process

• The opportunity to learn and become involved in Koch's pro-bono initiatives

Interns also enjoy a variety of social events and volunteer opportunities scheduled throughout the summer to facilitate networking and lasting career connections. Many events will be in conjunction with law firms in the area. Both inside and outside Koch, you will be introduced to a group of people interested in furthering your career.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Applicants must be current 1L year students; rising 2L by Summer 2026

• This role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Professional demeanor, humility, and a high level of maturity

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; competent research and memo writing skills

• Inquisitive & self-assured

• Ability to apply economic thinking to legal concepts and analysis

• Prior corporate or finance experience (either in a business or legal role)

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting or business related major

• 3.3 GPA or above or considered top 30% of the class

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs about 120,000 employees across the globe.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).

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