Background

• Kevin has nearly 20 years of experience providing US federal tax advice to a wide range of US and foreign clients.
• Kevin is currently a Director on the US Tax Desk in Hong Kong, where he has worked for past 3 years.
• Prior to joining EY in Hong Kong, Kevin spent 7 years in the M&A Tax groups of two other Big Four accounting firms in New York, providing domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition tax services to private equity and corporate clients.
• Kevin also worked for several years in the US Federal Tax groups of two other accounting firms in New York and Kansas City.
• Kevin has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business finance (B.S.) from Baker University, a masters degree in accounting (M.S.A.) from the University of Missouri Kansas City, a law degree (J.D.) from New York Law School, and a master of laws in taxation (LL.M.) from Georgetown University Law Center.
• Kevin’s professional licenses and professional association memberships include:
• Attorney, admitted to the New York bar;
• Certified Public Accountant, licensed in both New York and Kansas; and
• Member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Professional experience

• Kevin has advised clients, ranging from Fortune 50 companies to smaller privately-held companies, on a variety US federal income tax matters throughout his career. However, he specializes in providing domestic and cross-border (i.e., US inbound, US outbound, and foreign-to-foreign) acquisition, disposition and tax restructuring advice to both US and foreign private equity and corporate clients.
• Kevin regularly assists clients with acquisition structuring, tax-efficient financing, US tax due diligence, IPO restructuring and other internal restructuring transactions (e.g., post-deal integration, out-from-under transactions).
• Kevin’s experience also includes advising clients on other US international tax matters, such as: (i) US inbound investment planning; (ii) US inbound and US outbound cash repatriation planning; (iii) US withholding tax issues; and (iv) US tax issues applicable to controlled foreign corporations and passive foreign investment companies.
• During his career, Kevin has advised clients in many different industries (e.g., financial services, pharmaceutical and healthcare, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, media and entertainment).