26 November 2013 - Article
Timothy S. Burns
Registered foreign lawyer | Hong Kong
Tim is a partner in the private client and tax team.
He has been a leading US tax and private client lawyer for over 10 years. He acts as a trusted advisor to a number of high net worth individuals, family offices and fund principals with a primary focus on US tax and cross-border issues that may arise. Timothy also assists clients on a broad range of issues including relinquishing US citizenship, pre-US immigration tax planning, family wealth structuring, structuring for inbound US investments, and addressing historic non-US tax compliance issues.
Timothy has been quoted in the media numerous times (including South China Morning Post, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal) in relation to various US federal tax issues. In addition, Timothy is a regular speaker at many wealth planning conferences in Asia. He is named as a leading individual for private client/wealth management in the Chambers Asia Pacific Directory 2020 and has won a number of industry awards (ie. Citywealth and WealthBriefingAsia).
Admissions
Publications
State of Connecticut, 2007
State of New York, 2008
‘Becoming a US Person amid Coronavirus’ - 24 Mar 2020, co-author
Education
Languages
- English