Kenneth K. Yoon
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Overview
Kenneth K. Yoon is a partner in Nutter’s Tax Department. He has extensive experience advising corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, individuals, and trusts on the tax aspects of a broad range of complex domestic and international matters, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and divestitures, securities offerings, bank lending and borrowing, investment funds, real estate, executive compensation, and private wealth planning.
He has served as the tax partner in charge in a variety of multi-billion dollar domestic and international matters, including mergers, bankruptcies, IPO’s and financing transactions, and has advised clients on inbound and outbound international investment, including Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Ken has also represented technology and emerging companies in such matters as strategic planning, employment and software development agreements, financing, and mergers and acquisitions. Before becoming a lawyer, he had years of experience as a software designer and programmer, systems analyst, and technology consultant. He has co-chaired the Venture Council and served on the Privacy Rights Committee and the CEO and CTO Councils of the New York Software Industry Association.
Ken has lectured on taxation and e-commerce at New York University, the International Tax Institute, the Tax Executives Institute, the China Institute, the New York Software Industry Association, and other conferences. He has served on the Tax Committee of the Partnership for New York, and on the Business Tax Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
He has written and co-written published articles on international taxation, e-commerce, and mergers and acquisitions, including as a contributing author for the Practising Law Institute. He has served for many years on the board of directors of the International Tax Institute, the Asian American Bar Association of New York, the Asian American Law Fund of New York, and the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York.
Ken is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and the Center for International Legal Studies. He is a member of Mensa, Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Fiscal Association, and the Harvard Club of New York City.
Prior to joining Nutter, Ken served as a tax partner and member of the management committee at an international law firm in New York.
He is a New York Mets fan who cheered for the Sox in 2004.
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New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation
New York University Stern School of Business, M.B.A., with distinction (Management, Finance, and Marketing)
Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
Harvard University, B.A., with honors in Economics
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Ken is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and the Center for International Legal Studies. He is a member of Mensa, Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Fiscal Association, and the Harvard Club of New York City.
