Biography

Ms. Blanchard has lectured and published extensively on topics ranging from international tax planning for U.S. businesses to the special tax issues facing foreign persons, pension plans and other exempt investors who invest in U.S. private equity partnerships and in U.S. real estate.
Ms. Blanchard is consistently recognized as a leading Tax lawyer by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Legal 500 US, Best Lawyers in America and The Best of the Best USA. Ms. Blanchard is ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA where clients note that she is “very smart, very knowledgeable…an expert on the cutting edge of international tax thinking.” She was awarded the Leonard Silverstein Lifetime Achievement Award by Bloomberg Tax and Accounting in 2020. Ms. Blanchard is recognized by Expert Guides’ 2020 “Women in Business Law” as an expert in Tax, was recognized as the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America for the area of Tax Law in New York City and named among the 2019 Top 30 “Best of the Best” attorneys for Tax by Legal Media Group. She is also listed in the International Tax “Hall of Fame” by Legal 500 US, where clients note she “is brilliant and consistently provides quite reasonable and outstanding advice.” Ms. Blanchard has been recognized for Tax by Super Lawyers 2006 – 2019 and was named among 2015 “Top Women” for Tax in New York by Super Lawyers. In addition, Ms. Blanchard was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Tax at Who’s Who Legal Awards 2020, a “Global Elite Thought Leader” for North America in Who’s Who Legal’s Corporate Tax 2020 – Advisory, a “Most Highly Regarded” lawyer by Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax 2012 and was named “Best in Tax” at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Women in Business Law Awards in 2020 and 2013.
Ms. Blanchard is a former Chair of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section. She is active with the American Bar Association's international tax committees and is a member of both the Tax Forum and the Tax Review paper and discussion groups. Ms. Blanchard is a past President of the International Tax Institute. She is a member of the Bloomberg BNA Tax Management International Tax Advisory Board and the author of the Tax Management Portfolio on PFICs, a “Leading Practitioner Contributor” to the Tax Management International Journal and a member of Practical Law Company’s U.S. advisory board. Ms. Blanchard has served on several non-profit boards, including the American Indian College Fund and the Girl Scouts of Greater New York. In April 2019, Ms. Blanchard was honored at the American Indian College Fund’s 30th Anniversary Gala for impacting the lives of nearly 1,000 Native Americans in education by funding 500 student scholarships and contributing to the professional development of 400 tribal college and university faculty members.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Kimberly Blanchard Ranked Band 1 for Tax in New York Award Brief — Chambers USA
- Kimberly Blanchard Named to the International Tax “Hall of Fame” Award Brief — Legal 500 US
- Kimberly Blanchard Awarded the Leonard Silverstein Lifetime Achievement Award Brief — Bloomberg Tax and Accounting 2020
- Kimberly Blanchard Named “Lawyer of the Year” Award Brief — Who’s Who Legal Awards 2020
- Kimberly Blanchard Named a “Leading” Lawyer for Tax: International: U.S. Award Brief — Chambers Global
- Kimberly Blanchard Recognized as a Tax “Expert” Award Brief — Expert Guides’ 2020 “Women in Business Law”
- Kimberly Blanchard Named Among Top 30 “Best of the Best” Attorneys for Tax Award Brief — Legal Media Group 2019
- Kimberly Blanchard Named “Best in Tax” Award Brief — Women in Business Law 2020, 2013
Speaking Engagements
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PLI’s International Tax Issues 2021
Speaker(s):
Kimberly S. Blanchard
February 02, 2021 — Weil Tax partner Kimberly S. Blanchard spoke on a panel titled “Cross-Border Partnership Planning and Developments” as a part of PLI’s International Tax Issues 2021. The panel discussed inbound investment through partnerships – including U.S. trade or business issues; territorial planning for pass-through structures (i.e., use of blockers); revised Section 163(j) and the new BEAT provisions as applied to partnerships; Subpart F and GILTI issues; and joint venture arrangements through partnerships.
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New York State Bar Association’s Tax Section: 2021 Annual Meeting
Speaker(s):
Kimberly S. Blanchard
January 26, 2021 — Weil Tax partner Kimberly S. Blanchard chaired a panel titled “International Tax? Moving from a U.S.-Centric to a Truly International System of Tax Rules” as a part of New York State Bar Association’s Tax Section: 2021 Annual Meeting.
Latest Thinking
- Worldwide Interest Allocation: §864(f) Is Near at Hand Publication — Bloomberg Tax — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — December 04, 2020
- The Treatment of Branches in the §267A Regulations Publication — Bloomberg BNA — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — October 09, 2020
- The Dual Inclusion Exception of the §267A Regulations Publication — Bloomberg BNA — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — August 07, 2020
- The Faulty Assumptions Underlying Pillar One Publication — Tax Management International Journal — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — April 10, 2020
- Out on a Limb: The New Significance of the Foreign Branch Publication — Tax Notes International — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — January 06, 2020
Firm News & Announcements
- Kim Blanchard Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Bloomberg Tax Firm Announcement — December 03, 2020
- Four Weil Partners Named Top Practitioners and Weil Wins Work-Life Balance Award at 2020 Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards Firm Announcement — September 22, 2020
- Twenty-Two Partners Named 2020 Top Women in Business Law by Expert Guides Firm Announcement — September 11, 2020
- 22 Weil Partners Shortlisted for Euromoney's 2020 Americas Women in Business Law Awards Firm Announcement — July 23, 2020
- Weil Advised GLOBALFOUNDRIES in its up to $740M Sale of Avera Semiconductor LLC Deal Brief — November 05, 2019