Kevin Rowe

Kevin M. Rowe advises domestic and foreign clients on the tax aspects of a wide range of transactions involving international, corporate and partnership tax issues. Kevin’s clients include U.S. and foreign-based multinational corporations, hedge and private equity funds, and high-net-worth individuals.

Kevin’s work has covered:

• Representation of buyers and sellers in a wide range of mergers and acquisitions
• Formation and restructuring of investment funds and fund management groups
• International tax planning for U.S. and foreign companies and individuals including extensive work with tax treaties
• Negotiating with federal and state tax authorities over tax controversies
• Advising on tax issues in bankruptcy cases involving U.S. and foreign-based multinational groups.

Experience:

• Represents clients in connection with all types of tax and tax litigation matters.

Representative Work:

• Structured tax efficient transformation of investment fund structured as a partnership into an exchange-traded fund.
• Advise U.S. tax exempt organization on various U.S., foreign and international investments.
• Advised a U.K.-based private equity fund on a variety of U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions of existing private equity funds.
• Advised fund sponsors on structured for a tax-efficient aviation fund, and worked with fund through closing of the fund.
• Restructured upper tier arrangements for U.S. – U.K. fund management group.

Affiliations:

• Member, Committees on U.S. Activities of Foreign Taxpayers and Foreign Activities, Tax Section, New York State Bar Association.

Education:

• LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1986
• J.D., Cornell Law School, 1984
• B.A., St. Lawrence University, 1981

Bar Admissions:

• New York