Yoram Keinan Joins Carter Ledyard

NEW YORK, NY (March 3, 2014) – Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP is pleased to announce that Yoram Keinan has joined the firm as a partner in its Tax Department effective March 3, 2014. 

“We are pleased to welcome Yoram to our firm.  He has a broad knowledge of tax law, combined with depth of expertise in critical areas.  He will help us continue our tradition of excellent service to our clients,” said Howard J. Barnet, Jr., chair of the Tax Department. 

Yoram Keinan has significant experience in both domestic and international tax law.  His practice has focused on the taxation of financial products and institutions.  He regularly advises a number of multinational companies, global banks and investment firms.  Mr. Keinan joins Carter Ledyard from the New York office of Greenberg Traurig, where he was a shareholder in its Tax and Financial Regulatory and Compliance Groups.

Mr. Keinan has several academic degrees in the United States and Israel.  He received his I.T.P., in International Taxation from Harvard Law School in 2000, LL.M. from University of Michigan Law School in 2001, M.P.A. in International Taxation, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2001 and his J.S.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 2002. In Israel, he received his B.A. and LL. B. degrees from Tel Aviv University in 1995, LL.M. from Hebrew University School of Law and M.B.A. from Bar-Ilan University in 1998. 

Mr. Keinan is a member of the American Bar Association Tax Section and former chair of its Banking Committee.  He is also a member of the New York Tax Club. Mr. Keinan has been listed in Super Lawyers magazine, New York Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” for the years 2012-14.  He is admitted to practice in New York, District of Columbia and Israel and is fluent in Hebrew.

“Joining Carter Ledyard, particularly with its significant financial firm practices, was a natural choice for me and my clients,” said Mr. Keinan.  “I look forward to building on the firm’s strong reputation and significant legal talent.”

Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, established in 1854, has approximately 100 attorneys and has been headquartered on Wall Street since its founding. Carter Ledyard's general practice includes corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, broker-dealer, on-shore and off-shore hedge and other alternative investment funds, private equity, litigation, environmental, employment, media and technology, immigration, investment regulation, antitrust, art law, trusts and estates, maritime, ERISA, tax-exempt organizations, real estate, tax and bankruptcy. A significant part of the firm's practice involves representing overseas-based clients and their U.S. affiliates, financial institutions and other financial services providers, governmental entities and media and technology clients.