(No Ratings Yet)
Loading...3 views
Updated: September 28th, 2020 | New Haven | Lawyer List W | Withers Bergman LLP |
The current rating on William J. Kambas is
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...And receives 3 page views
Address: 157 Church Street, new-haven, CT, 06502
Law Firm: Withers Bergman LLP
Phone: 203-361-9194
Fax: 203 785 8127
Email:
Website: http://www.withersworldwide.com/
| Title | Partner |
| First Year of Call | |
| Areas of Practice | |
| Description | Bill is a partner in, and the Regional Division Leader of, the US Private Client and Tax team.He focuses 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.Bill has represented a variety of private and public interests, including family-owned, start-up, and multi-million dollar enterprises on purely domestic as well as inbound and outbound business transactions and cross-border investments (whether made directly or through investment funds or joint ventures). In particular, he has considerable experience advising on tax planning for US real estate investments (whether residential or commercial, development, operational, or for personal use). An integral part of Bill’s practice involves assisting families and/or their family offices with the formation, management, and/or periodic evaluation of multinational and/or multi-generational centralized control and management structures, such as family offices and private trust companies.Bill has participated in numerous speaking engagements, industry memberships, and publications. For example, Bill has been a guest lecturer at the Heckerling Institute, the Hellenic Studies Program at Yale University, the Columbia Business School’s Family Business Program at Columbia University, the University of Connecticut School of Law, and the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, as well as with the International Fiscal Association, American Bar Association, and the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners.Bill has been recognized by a number of industry groups, including as one of the Top 100 Family Influences by Family Capital Media; as a fellow of the American Bar Foundation; as a key lawyer by The Legal 500 US in the area of international tax; as one of the Best Lawyers in the US for the years of 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018; and as one of the Connecticut Law Tribune’s New England Trailblazers for 2019.DatesJoined2006Partner2014Publications˜The Corporate Transparency Act in 2020: A new US federal reporting requirement for beneficial owners of US entities, ‘ Withers Insight – January 4, 2021, co-author˜State Tax Incentives Face Increased Scrutiny Amid COVID -19, ‘ Law360 Tax Authority – October 30, 2020, quoted ˜There’s a Lot of Money To Be Made; IRS Targets Foreign Real Estate Investors,’ The Real Deal – October 16, 2020, quoted˜Generational resilience through the integration of governance into structure, ‘ The International Family Offices Journal, 17th ed. Published by Globe Law and Business Ltd. – October 1, 2020, co-author˜The window for easy partnership amended returns for CARES Act benefits is closing, ‘ Withers Insight – September 24, 2020, co-author˜ IRS targets tax compliance by non-U.S. owners of U.S. real estate, ‘ Withers Insight – September 24, 2020, co-author˜_ It takes a village, again: Applying a modern legal perspective with a view to enhancing resilience in family enterprises, ‘ STEP Journal Volume 28 Issue 4 – August 28, 2020, co-author˜State CARES Act Decoupling Limits Benefits, Adds Complexity, ‘ Law360 – July 31, 2020, quoted˜STEP NY IRS Comment Letter,’ STEP NY – July 13, 2020, co-author˜An opportunity for U.S. real estate investors: Lower fair market values in 2020 might offer new opportunities for reorganization of holding structures, ‘ Withers Insight – June 4, 2020, co-author˜No, You Can’t Deduct A Home Office, ‘ Barron’s – May 9, 2020, quoted˜Private client considerations: CARES Act expands taxpayers’ ability to utilize net operating losses and excess business losses, ‘ Withers Insight – April 16, 2020, co-author ˜Private client considerations: Expanded tax deductions for your interest expense payments with the CARES Act,’ Insight – April 8, 2020, co-author˜Private client considerations: Benefits to small businesses from the CARES Act, ‘ Withers Insight – April 6, 2020, co-author˜Alternative investments should be reviewed to address coronavirus related issues, ‘ Withers Insight – March 31, 2020, co-author˜US federal and state income tax compliance adjustments in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, ‘ Withers Insight – March 30, 2020, co-author˜Tiered Structures for Family Office Operations: Integrating a Private Trust Company with a Family Office,’ Probate & Property: An ABA Publication – September/October 2019, co-author˜Income Taxation of Trusts in the US: Stay Tuned for Controversy,’ Trust Quarterly Review (a STEP publication) – September 2019, co-author ˜How Wealth Accumulators Can Use Trusts To Avoid State Income Tax,’ __ Forbes – July 22, 2019, quoted ˜Global Law Firm Withers’ Family Office Group Advises Ultra-Rich,’ __ Bloomberg Law – June 25, 2019, featured˜Supreme Court finds North Carolina can’t tax trust income,’ Tax Notes – June 24, 2019, quoted˜Estate Planning for Owners of Closely Held Business Interests,’ Tax Management Portfolio No. 809-4th – May 2019, cited ˜NC Trust Tax Row Could Fundamentally Alter Due Process Law,’ Law360 Tax Authority – April 18, 2019, quoted ˜North Carolina’s position on trust questioned,’ Tax Notes – April 17, 2019, quoted ˜Supreme Court hears arguments on major state trust tax case,’ Accounting Today – April 17, 2019, quoted˜Essentials of Family Offices for the Estate Planner – A Primer on Functions, Structures, and Related Issues,’ University of Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning – January 2019, co-author ˜Post-Wayfair State Developments to Watch in 2019,’ Law360 – January 1, 2019, quoted ˜Can You Get an Income Tax Break if You Own Multiple Homes in the US?’ Mansion Global – September 20, 2018, quoted ˜Family Offices: Business, Not Personal,’ Wealthmanagement.com – June 11, 2018, quoted ˜S Corporations vs. C Corporations In 2018,’ TaxConnections – May 24, 2018, quoted ˜How 40 ambiguities (and outright errors) in the new tax law could cost you big money,’ Inc.com – March 13, 2018, quoted ˜The new alternative minimum tax,’ Withers article – February 13, 2018, co-author ˜Single family office operations 2018: Recent case law and coordination with legislative developments,’ __ Withers article – February 12, 2018, co-author ˜An obscure court case that will have a big affect on family offices,’ Family Capital – February 8, 2018, quoted ˜How the new federal and New York estate tax exemption could affect your estate plan,’ Withers article – January 2018, co-author ˜How the new federal and Connecticut estate and gift tax exemption could affect your estate plan,’ Withers article – January 2018, co-author ˜Why the US tax reforms are a headache for family offices,’ Family Capital – January 30, 2018, quoted ˜US tax reform – Single family offices and considerations for 2018,’ – January 17, 2018, co-author ˜How the tax code rewrite favors real estate over art,’ The New York Times – January 12, 2018, quoted ˜Tax changes affecting major real estate markets in the USA, ‘ Withersworldwide.com – January, 2018, co-author˜15 tips for year-end planning in light of the GOP tax bill,’ Withersworldwide.com – December 21, 2017, co-author ˜Top federal tax regulations of 2017: Year-in-review,’ Law 360 – December 18, 2017, quoted˜Effect of proposed US tax bill on family offices and investment vehicles,’ Global Tax Weekly – November 30, 2017, co-author ˜Update: Effect of proposed US House and Senate tax bills on family offices and investment vehicles,’ – November 22, 2017, co-author ˜New Year’s resolutions – Revising partnership agreements as new audit rules take effect January 1, 2018,’ Withersworldwide.com – November 22, 2017, co-author ˜US Inbound Taxation: Senate Finance Committee tax reform plan would overturn recent Tax Court decision,’ Withersworldwide.com – November 10, 2017, co-author˜Effect of proposed US tax bill on family offices and investment vehicles,’ Withersworldwide.com – November 7, 2017, co-author˜Art market may lose ˜driving force’ as tax plan targets loophole,’ Bloomberg Quint – November 3, 2017, quoted˜GOP Aims to Kill the Estate Tax: What it Means for You,’ Fox Business Network – November 3, 2017, quoted ˜Connecticut Legislature passes Budget Bill (Senate Bill 1502)’, Withersworldwide.com – October 30, 2017, co-author ˜Richest Americans doubt they’ll really win in Trump’s tax plan,’ Bloomberg Politics – September 29, 2017, quoted ˜Tax Court holds that non-US persons are not subject to tax on gain from the sale of a US partnership interest which is engaged in a US business under certain circumstances’, Withers article, August 2017, co-author˜How U.S. Persons Can Be Made Public by the UK Register,’ Estate Planning – August 2017, co-author˜New York Banking Royalty’s Heirs Are Unloading Art to Save the Family Estate,’ Bloomberg, April 2017, quote ˜A Mediterranean comparison: Responding to the next steps in the implementation ofFATCA and global data exchange,’ Investment – October 2015, author**Talks˜Operating the Family Limited Partnership, ‘ ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law webinar, October 27, 2020, co-presenter˜Trust & Estate Law webinar: Operating the Family Limited Partnership, ‘ webinar to ABA Section of Real Property – October 27, 2020, co-presenter˜Checklist 2020: Income tax planning for any outcome, ‘ Withersworldwide webinar – October 21, 2020, co-presenter˜Family Office Summit: Structuring a New Family Office in the US and Challenges in Advising Existing Multinational Families, ‘ webinar to STEP NY – October 20, 2020, co-presenter˜Withers talks: families and family office Ep 1 – Structuring family offices for tax and investment benefits, ‘ Withersworldwide podcast – August 27, 2020, speaker˜Family Governance: Generational Continuity through Risk Mitigation, ABA Section of Real Property,’ Trust & Estate Law’s 32nd Annual CLE Conference – May 14, 2020, co-presenter˜Lecture at Columbia Business School,’ Columbia Business School Webinar – April 20, 2020, co-presenter˜Planning for Investment into the United States,’ __ ALI CLE International Trust and Estate Planning 2019, Washington, D.C. – November 15, 2019, panelist˜Planning for the Business Owner: U.S. Clients Who Own Non-U.S. Business Interests,’ ALI CLE International Trust and Estate Planning 2019, Washington, D.C. – November 15, 2019, panelist˜Cross-Border Case Study,’ STEP Wyoming International Estate Planning Conference – September 21, 2019, co-presenter˜Avoiding Fiduciary Litigation in the Age of Technological and Digital Transformation,’ Robins Kaplan LLP Wealth Planning, Administration, and Disputes Group, The Future of the Fiduciary – September 12, 2019, panelist˜Family Forum – Stories from the Front Lines: Dynamic Estates,’ New York State Bar Association, Family Governance Symposium – July 15, 2019, co-presenter˜Essentials of Family Offices for the Estate Planner – A Primer on Functions, Structures, and Related Issues’ at the 53rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning by the University of Miami School of Law – January 17, 2019, co-presenter˜Planning the Estate: Multijurisdictional Estate Planning with a Family Business,’ Columbia University Business School Family Business Management – November 13, 2018, co-presenter˜Family Office Operations 2018: New Ideas and the Evolving Landscape of Taxation,’ Citi Private Bank – May 3, 2018, co-presenter˜Tax reform and the family office’, Withers New York and Greenwich event – June 2018, speaker˜5th Annual Family Business School Conference-Family Office Panel,’ Columbia Business School – February 9, 2018, moderator˜US Tax Reform,’ STEP Canada/STEP USA Webcast – January 19, 2018, panelist˜Interactive round table discussion’, STEP International Estate Planning Conference Wyoming – September 15-16, 2017, moderator˜Greek Family Firms: Exploring the Logic and Dynamics of the International Shipping Enterprise’ Yale University, The MacMillan Center, Hellenic Studies Program, with Elian Kulukundis, May 2017˜Encouraging Engaged Ownership through Legal Architecture,’ International Association of Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises ( AFHE ), Miami, FL, April 27. 2017 |
The original base of our US practice, New Haven remains the home office for many of our US attorneys. For over 40 years, our New Haven-based attorneys have been providing sophisticated tax, estate planning and other legal advice to successful families and business, not only in Connecticut but across the globe.
David P. Cherundolo
Strout & Payson P.A.
Eric M. Martin Attorney
Patrick H. Tate P.A.
The Ted Kanner Law Office
Conliffe Sandmann & Sullivan
John R. Hakanson
Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP
Darrell R. Avery Attorney at Law
The Siemon Law Firm
Brogan & Brogan
Humbarger Zebell & Bieberich P.C.
Teller Hassell & Hopson LLP
Petersen & Lefkofsky P.C.
Mostoller Stulberg Whitfield & Allen
Alfred F. Zachry P.C.
