28 January 2021 - Events
Vivienne King
Attorney | San Francisco, San Diego
Vivienne is an attorney in both the private client and tax and real estate teams.
As a part of the private client and tax practice group, she focuses on international tax, trust, and estate planning for families with US persons or ties with the United States. She advises clients in the creation and administration of wealth planning structures that are tax efficient while reflecting long term goals in the protection and succession of wealth in multi-generational families. She also advises individuals on bringing their US tax and reporting obligations into compliance as well as US pre-immigration and expatriation planning.
Vivienne’s historical background is rooted in real estate acquisition and development projects, spanning Asia and the US, including, but not limited to, resort and hospitality, residential, commercial, mixed-use, agricultural, PGA designated golf course, F&B projects, entertainment parks, planned communities, and medical/biotech facilities. She brings her personal first-hand experiences to the Withers real estate practice group and regularly assists private individuals with establishing custom US real property investment structures in line with achieving overall tax and succession planning objectives while ensuring that the underlying real estate transactions are conducted with the utmost due diligence and care — backed by generations of practical knowledge, insights and experiences.
Vivienne is admitted to practice in the State of California and the State of New York. She is a member of the Real Property Law, Taxation, as well as Trusts and Estates Sections of the State Bar of California and New York State Bar Association. Vivienne was founder and president of the Santa Clara Real Estate Law Society (2008-2011) and has been an active member of the Urban Land Institute. She is a licensed real estate agent in the State of California.
Track record
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Represented Asia based private individuals on the negotiation, acquisition, and development (alongside renowned architects) of US trophy properties
Advised multiple PRC family conglomerates on tax preferential structuring for investment in US real properties
Advised founders of a publicly listed pharmaceutical company on cross-border trust restructuring and US pre-immigration planning
State of California, 2012
State of New York, 2015
California Real Estate License, 2017
‘The California Exodus: How to stay golden in the Golden State,’ Daily Journal’s ‘Wealth with Withers’ column - October 9, 2019, co-author
‘In the Shadow of Korematsu: Democratic Liberties and National Security,’ Oxford University Press - March 2018, contributing author and editor
State Bar of California
New York State Bar Association
Bureau of Real Estate
Urban Land Institute
American Bar Association
Law Society of Hong Kong
‘Longevity and Lineage: Protecting Your Family Wealth and Legacy’, Morgan Stanley Headquarters, New York City - August 2017
‘A Top-Down View of US Real Estate Acquisition by Offshore Investors’, CalCPA International Tax Committee (ITAX), San Francisco, CA - August 2017
‘Tax, Real Estate, Investment Management & Estate Planning for Your Worldwide Wealth’ (来美投资之税务,房地产,资产管理与信托计划指南), ZGC Innovation Center - August 2017
Me in a minute
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Languages
- English