Denny F. Wong
Practice Emphasis
BAR ADMISSIONS
Washington, 1991; California, 1990; New York, 1983
______________________________________________________________________Denny has extensive experience handling matters relating to corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, with a particular emphasis on tax planning. He advises clients on the formation, operation, structuring and restructuring of business entities, non-profit corporations, executive compensation, retirement plans and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he has represented real estate developers and foreign investors in U.S. real estate in a variety of projects and transactions and assisted high-net worth individuals with their business and financial planning.
Denny began his practice with the international tax-consulting group of an international accounting firm in New York, planning both U.S. inbound and outbound investments. He subsequently opened the firm’s Beijing office, lived four years in the People’s Republic of China assisting foreign companies in setting up joint ventures and negotiating various business contracts and arrangements.
Denny chairs the firm’s tax practice.
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Author, “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation: It’s Time to Get Serious about IRS Rules” (June, 2006).
Author, “Executive Deferred Compensation Arrangements: Immediate Attention Required to Address Changes in Tax Laws” (October, 2004).
Co-Author, “If it Walks Like a Tax, and Quacks Like a Tax, It’s a Tax: New Washington Supreme Court Decision on City Taxing Authority” (May 7, 2004).
Author, “IRS Regulations Clarify Open Issues on Golden Parachutes” (September, 2003).
Author, “Goodbye Stock Options, Hello Restricted Stock - Microsoft Leads the Way” (August, 2003).
Author, “2003 Tax Act: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly for Corporations” (June, 2003).
Author, “New Notice Requirements Imposed on Retirement Plans by DOL Blackout Rules” (March, 2003).
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Member, American Bar Association, Tax, Business, and Property, Probate & Trust Sections
Member, Washington State Bar Association
Member, King County Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Chinese
EDUCATION
LL.M., Taxation, New York University, 1987
J.D., Cornell University, 1982
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1978
B.A., cum laude, University of Washington, 1973
