Overview
Kendall is head of Dorsey’s Seattle Office.
Kendall’s practice focuses on U.S. federal tax issues related to domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and debt and equity financings, as well as inbound and outbound tax planning related to multinational structures, tax treaties, controlled foreign corporation issues, passive foreign investment company issues, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). His practice also includes domestic business formations, joint ventures, acquisitions, combinations, sales, and general tax planning.
He has assisted clients with incorporations, tax-free corporate mergers, asset purchases and sales, cross-border transactions, inversion transactions, Up-C transactions, and organizing and structuring joint ventures as well as REITS, general and limited partnerships, and limited liability companies.
He frequently advises on the development, tax equity financing, and purchase and sale of renewable energy projects including onshore and offshore wind, solar, and other renewable energy development projects, as well as carbon sequestration projects.
Kendall also regularly advises on tax issues related to cooperative associations, including formations, restructurings and financings. In addition, as an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, he also counsels Indian tribes and tribal entities on a wide array of corporate and tax matters.
News & Resources
Articles
News & Press Mentions
Events & Speaking Engagements
Select Presentations
- Update: Code Section 2704 Proposed Treasury Regulations, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, August 2016
- Certain Issues in S Corporation M&A Transactions, Seattle Tax Group, March 2016
- Accidental Inversions, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, October 2014
Industries & Practices
- Banking & Financial Institutions
- Canada Cross-Border Transactions
- Capital Markets
- Cooperative Law
- Emerging Companies
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Family Offices
- Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Indian & Alaska Native
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mining
- Nonprofit & Tax Exempt Organizations
- Private Equity
- Tax
- Technology
- Transactional Risk Insurance
- Trusts & Estates
Professional & Civic
Professional Achievements
- Seattle Tax Group, Chair, 2016; Member, 2014-Present
- King County Bar Association, Member, 2014-Present
- Washington State Bar Association, Member, 2014-Present
- National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives, Member, 2015-Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 2016
