Christine Tsai focuses her practice on advising high-net-worth individuals and entities in all aspects of tax planning and controversies.

Christine provides clients with tailored strategies on a diverse breadth of private wealth and tax matters, including resolving issues exclusive to tax-exempt organizations, federal and state tax audits and estate planning. Christine regularly assists family offices with navigating the tax complexities involved with corporate aircraft. She advises wealthy individuals through the tax challenges associated with establishing and maintaining nonprofits. Christine also has experience helping businesses and individuals resolve IRS tax controversies.

Christine’s past experiences include working as a tax attorney for one of the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas companies and as an enforcement attorney by appointment of the governor.

Professional Highlights

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (published by BL Rankings LLC) for Tax Law (2024)
  • Contributing author for “The S Corporation: Planning and Operation” and “The S Corporation Answer Book,” both Wolters Kluwer publications.
  • Publications
    • “Going Public: Turning Your Private Foundation into a Public Charity,” Thomson Reuters: Journal of Taxation, July 2022 (republished in Thomson Reuters: Estate Planning, May 2023).
  • Honors & Awards
    • Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Ones to Watch, Tax Law (2024).

Education

  • LL.M., Taxation, New York University School of Law, 2020

    J.D., Benjamin Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, 2015

    B.S., New York University, 2012
    cum laude

Admissions

  • Florida

    New Jersey

    New York

Courts

  • U.S. Tax Court

Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin)