Versatile and skilled in all aspects of transactional tax matters affecting U.S. and global clients, Kuang-Chu (K.C.) Chiang advises clients on capital markets transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, and other corporate or partnerships and reorganizations, as well as structures onshore and offshore private equity, real estate, and hedge funds.
Business entities and fund sponsors and business entities in wide-ranging industries throughout the U.S. and around the world rely on K.C. for astute counsel on U.S. and cross-border tax issues in connection with their business transactions. He deals extensively with partnerships, LLCs and other joint ventures, corporate mergers, spinoffs, fund formations, restructurings and reorganizations. He also provides tax guidance on controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) and passive foreign investment companies (PFICs), financial instruments, leveraged buyouts and other acquisition financings, tax treaties, hybrid entities, and conduit financings, and financial products and securitizations.
With deep technical knowledge and skill, K.C. regularly saves clients time and money, identifying the key tax issues critical to the success of their business transactions and finding pragmatic structural solutions to accomplish his clients’ goals with minimal tax exposure. He sets the bar high when it comes to client service with a true commitment to excellence in all he does.
K.C. keeps clients informed about tax law developments, including new laws, amendments and proposed changes, and has published a number of articles in tax industry journals. He is fluent in Mandarin.
Education
J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 2000
LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, 1998
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
LL.M., National Taiwan University, 1995
LL.B, National Taiwan University, 1991
Admissions
- New York
Languages
- Mandarin
