Withers Worldwide

• Education: University of Mississippi, Bachelor of Accountancy, magna cum laude • University of Mississippi, Master of Taxation • University of Notre Dame Law School, Juris Doctor, cum laude • New York University, Master of Laws in Taxation
• Year joined: 2004

Overview

Kurt advises on US and international tax and succession planning for individuals, trusts, estates, corporations and partnerships. 

Publications and speaking engagements

• President Signs Exit Tax for US Expatriates, BNA International Special Report Series on Private Banking, HNWI's and Domicile, July 2008.
• Fleece the Fleeing (co-authored), Trusts & Estates, July 2008. 
• Asia Pacific Families in Business Conference, Singapore, April 2008.
• Strategic Planning for the Non-grantor Phase of a Grantor Trust, STEP Hong Kong/Hong Kong Trustees' Association, Hong Kong, April 2008.
• Art that Saves you Money (co-authored), Finance Asia Private Capital, Spring 2008.
• International Succession  - The Global Challenge, Milan and Lugano, April 2007.
• European Association of Planned Giving Cross-Border Philanthropy Seminars, London, November 2006.
• Over Here and Over Taxed - Post BN25 Tax Planning for US Citizens and Residents, London, September 2006.
• FOCUS International - US Gift and Estate Taxes, London, July 2006.
• Will Drafting and Overseas Assets Conference, London, June 2006.
• Tax Considerations in Choice of Business Entity - It's Not Just a Federal Question, The Mississippi Lawyer, Fall 2004.

Recent quotations

• Congress increases the ransom expats must pay to escape the taxman, The Economist, 14 June 2008. 
• Sea Change - Succession Planning, South China Morning Post Net Worth Magazine, June 2008.
• Cutting Ties with US Could be Expensive, South China Morning Post, 31 May 2008.

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar Association
• American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong

On a personal note

Kurt enjoys scuba diving, snow skiing and saltwater fishing.