Mike Harper

Mike Harper is a Director at KBF Advisory with more than 30 years of experience advising clients on international tax planning and cross-border transactions. He specializes in helping multinational businesses, investment funds, and real estate investors navigate complex global tax issues while developing tax-efficient transaction structures.

Mike's practice focuses on inbound and outbound investment planning, international mergers and acquisitions, treaty planning, cross-border real estate transactions, foreign currency matters, Subpart F, GILTI, PFIC, and other U.S. international tax rules. He works with a diverse client base that includes technology companies, hedge funds, REITs, strategic investors, and high-net-worth individuals.

Before joining KBF, Mike spent more than a decade with Ernst & Young, where he served as the firm's Southern California resource for cross-border M&A transactions and West Coast resource for international real estate investments. Earlier in his career, he worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers' National Tax Office in Washington, D.C., following several years in the firm's San Francisco practice. Mike has also taught international taxation at Loyola Law School and contributed to numerous nationally recognized tax publications.

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Arts, Law & Society

University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Juris Doctor

New York University School of Law
Master of Laws (LL.M.), Taxation