4 new tax partners at Withers: Tim Burns, Charlie Tee, Andrew Haave and Bill Kambas
Withers has promoted 4 of its tax lawyers to the partnership.
Tim Burns – Hong Kong
Timothy’s focus is on US and international tax planning for trusts, individuals, partnerships, and corporations. In addition, Timothy advises on US pre-immigration and expatriation planning.
Timothy was an Associate Editor of the Connecticut Law Review.
Timothy has spoken at various wealth planning events in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, and has been quoted in various periodicals including the Financial Times and the South China Morning Post.
Charlie Tee, London
Charlie focuses on UK and international tax and trust issues for both individuals and landed estates, as well as advising on wills and succession planning.
Charlie advises a number of family offices and international families as to their ongoing affairs and international trust structures, including private trust company structures.
He also works closely with a number of business families advising on existing structures set up for the management and governance of the family business, its interaction with family trusts and associated estate planning measures.
Charlie advises charities and private clients on tax issues in probate and trust disputes and assists with trust issues involved in international trust litigation.
Andrew Haave – New Haven
Andrew is a member of the Wealth Planning practice group and advises on international and domestic tax, trust and estate planning matters. This includes advice concerning inbound and outbound US investment, international and domestic trust planning issues and international and domestic estate planning for high net worth families. Andrew also has experience advising fund principals on carried interest planning and advising US citizens and long-term green card holders of the tax consequences of expatriation.
Bill Kambas – Greenwich CT
Bill’s practice is focused on tax planning for multi-national and multi-state personal, active business, and investment activities, with a particular emphasis on tax structuring and choice of business entity for US and non-US business owners and investors. This includes planning for inbound and outbound business transactions, cross-border investments (whether made directly or through investment funds or joint ventures), qualification for US tax treaty benefits, and the US income and estate tax consequences associated with the ownership of US real estate by non-US persons. It also includes assisting clients with responding to inquiries from US federal and state tax authorities. Bill is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court.
An integral part of Bill’s practice involves working with families, their family offices, and/or family enterprises to assist with the formation, management, and/or periodic evaluation of multi-national and/or multi-generational centralized control and management structures.
Bill is involved with Withers Bergman’s Family Office special interest group and was formerly active with the International Corporate Tax Group. He is also a member of the firm’s Pro-Bono Committee.