Kimberly S. Blanchard

Partner New York

Biography

Kimberly Blanchard
Kim Blanchard is a partner in Weil’s Tax Department and is based in New York. Ms. Blanchard’s practice encompasses a variety of largely international transactions involving corporate acquisitions and mergers, internal restructurings, business formations and joint ventures. Ms. Blanchard also advises domestic, foreign and multinational clients in connection with venture capital investment and fund formation, partnerships, real estate, executive compensation and exempt organization issues.

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.” She 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. 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 recognized by Expert Guides’ 2014 “Women in Business Law” publication for Tax, named 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 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 the immediate 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. In addition, Ms. Blanchard is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Indian College Fund and of the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Greater New York.

Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements

Awards and Recognition

  • Kimberly Blanchard Ranked Band 1 for Tax in New York Award Brief
  • Kimberly Blanchard Named “Lawyer of the Year” for Tax Law in New York City Award Brief — Best Lawyers in America 2019
  • Kimberly Blanchard Named to the International Tax “Hall of Fame” Award Brief — Legal 500 US
  • Kimberly Blanchard Named a “Leading” Lawyer for Tax: International: U.S. Award Brief — Chambers Global
  • 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 — Euromoney Legal Media - Women in Business Law
  • Kimberly Blanchard Named a “Leading Lawyer” for International Tax Award Brief — Legal 500 US
  • Kimberly S. Blanchard Recognized as a Tax “Expert” Award Brief — Expert Guides’ 2014 “Women in Business Law”

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Speaking Engagements

  • University of Chicago 2019 Federal Tax Conference Speaker(s): Kimberly S. Blanchard

    November 08, 2019 — Chicago, IL — Weil Tax partner Kimberly S. Blanchard will speak on a panel titled  “Substance vs. Form in Subchapter K” as part of the 72nd Annual Federal Tax Conference sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School. 

  • The NYU School of Professional Studies Tax Conference Speaker(s): Kimberly S. Blanchard

    July 18, 2019 — New York, NY — Weil Tax partner Kimberly S. Blanchard spoke on the “Use of Partnerships in International Tax Planning” as a part of The NYU School of Professional Studies Tax Conferences. The session focused on the application of the Tax Code’s international tax rules where activities are conducted, or assets are held, through partnerships, with a particular focus on the changes made by the 2017 tax reform legislation. The discussion also addressed the definition of CFC and the application of the new GILTI, FDII and BEAT rules, and the tax and withholding rules applicable to dispositions of interests in partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States.

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Latest Thinking

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