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Chris B Yoon

Senior Manager

KPMG LLP
LOS ANGELES, California, USA

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

Professional Summary

I am a versatile tax professional with nearly seven years of mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) tax experience in a big four environment with diverse work experience. Have served as the key point person for tax matters on transactions across a broad range of industries, including technology, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, and financial services. Responsibilities have included development and implementation of tax-efficient domestic and cross-border acquisition structures; advising on tax components of clients’ financial models; performing tax due diligence; and ancillary transaction services such as step-up analysis, stock basis analyses (including in the consolidated return context), E&P calculations (both domestic and foreign), and Section 382 studies. Well-versed in other restructuring types of work, including legal entity rationalizations, bankruptcy, and debt restructurings.

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Languages

  • English
  • Korean

Industry Experience

    • Public Accounting
    • Public Accounting Firm

Website

kpmg.com/us

Interests/Hobbies

  • Golf
  • Basketball
  • Musical Instruments

Birthday

July 21

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Experience

KPMG LLP
LOS ANGELES, California, USA 90015
Senior Manager
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
2015 - Present
• Tax Structuring: Manage domestic and cross-border structuring projects within the M&A context. Also specialized in tax-free reorganizations, tax-free spin-offs, and taxable acquisitions.
• Private Equity: Act as lead contact for mid-market private equity firms to provide tax consulting services including technical questions for portfolio companies, fund level structuring, leveraged recapitalization, post-acquisition integration and restructuring
• Restructuring: Consult clients in various types of restructuring engagements such as bankruptcy, internal reorganizations, legal entity rationalizations, debt exchange and forgiveness, and intercompany debt workouts.
• Modeling: Assist private equity clients with the tax aspects of the financial models; Prepare dynamic models and calculations for acquisitions and dispositions.
• Post-Deal Integration: Act as the regional lead for post-deal integration opportunities by connecting various service teams (e.g., tax return preparers, accounting methods, transfer pricing, valuations, international tax, and state and local tax) to the appropriate individuals to maximize value to the client and to provide a smooth transition for post-closing implementation.
PwC, LLP
Los Angeles, California, USA 90017
Senior Associate
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
2013 - 2015
• Tax Research and Writing: Research and draft numerous complex tax opinions and memoranda in relation to various tax issues including Canadian butterfly spin-off transactions, debt versus equity analysis, worthless stock deduction, consolidated return regulations, reorganizations, outbound and inbound asset reorganizations, Section 304 transactions, and etc.
• Assist in broad range of M&A tax engagements including tax due diligence, Section 382 studies, E&P studies, and tax structuring.

Education

LLM, Taxation 2013
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington , District of Columbia, United States
International Taxation Certificate


Bar Admissions

New York
Active
2012

Associations and Societies

  • American Bar Association

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