Press Release
K&L Gates Adds Tax and Private Clients Partner in Portland, Orange County Offices
9 April 2018
Portland and Orange County - The Portland and Orange County offices of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcome Jeffrey C. Joy as a partner in the private clients, trusts and estates practice. He joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
With more than 25 years of experience in income tax and estate planning matters, Joy works with high net worth individuals and business owners on the transfer of assets and wealth, succession planning, and other estate planning strategies including buy-sell agreements, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, irrevocable trusts, and life insurance liquidity plans. He also has experience with international tax planning, including the facilitation of foreign direct real estate investment, the acquisition of and investment in United States businesses by foreign investors, and the tax structuring and operations of U.S. investment portfolios held by foreign-based clients.
“We’re excited to have Jeff join us,” said Brendan G. McDonnell, administrative partner of K&L Gates’ Portland office. “He adds a wealth of experience in estate planning and international tax planning, and his client base is a perfect fit for our global platform.”
With a national first-tier ranking in the Trusts and Estates Law category of the U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” annual survey, lawyers in K&L Gates’ private clients, trusts and estates practice counsel individuals and families as they acquire and accumulate assets, experience life changes, seek to preserve their wealth, and transfer that wealth to future generations.
With more than 25 years of experience in income tax and estate planning matters, Joy works with high net worth individuals and business owners on the transfer of assets and wealth, succession planning, and other estate planning strategies including buy-sell agreements, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, irrevocable trusts, and life insurance liquidity plans. He also has experience with international tax planning, including the facilitation of foreign direct real estate investment, the acquisition of and investment in United States businesses by foreign investors, and the tax structuring and operations of U.S. investment portfolios held by foreign-based clients.
“We’re excited to have Jeff join us,” said Brendan G. McDonnell, administrative partner of K&L Gates’ Portland office. “He adds a wealth of experience in estate planning and international tax planning, and his client base is a perfect fit for our global platform.”
With a national first-tier ranking in the Trusts and Estates Law category of the U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” annual survey, lawyers in K&L Gates’ private clients, trusts and estates practice counsel individuals and families as they acquire and accumulate assets, experience life changes, seek to preserve their wealth, and transfer that wealth to future generations.
K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.
