Jerrold Kippen

Jerrold is licensed to practice law by and a member of the California State Bar and he is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). He was awarded a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from the California State University, USA (1990). Over the next four years Jerrold was a professional teacher and a co-founder and co-director of two non-profit organizations in Oakland, California. He received a MA from the Institute Protestant de Theologie, France (1996). He then earned his JD (Hons) from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2001). After which Jerrold was selected by the Chief Judge of the United States Federal District Court of Guam to serve a two year term as his judicial “at-elbow” law clerk. In 2003 Jerrold moved to Thailand and he has been working in Thailand as a legal consultant ever since. After working in Bangkok, Jerrold built and managed McEvily & Collins’ Law Offices’ Samui practice and he was named a "Partner" of McEvily & Collins in 2007. In 2010, Jerrold co-founded the tax, legal and arbitration advisory and services firm, DUENSING KIPPEN, LTD.

Nationality: American

Professional Qualifications/Memberships:

• Member of the California State Bar Association
• Member of American Bar Association
• Admitted to practice law: California, U.S.A.
• Admitted to practice law: United States Federal Court
• American Chamber of Commerce of Thailand Legal Committee
• American Chamber of Commerce of Thailand Tax Committee

Practice Areas:

• Arbitration / Dispute Resolution
  
• Tax
• Real Estate
• Corporate / Commercial
• Administrative Law
• Mergers and Acquisition
• Bankruptcy / Insolvency

Sample Publications:

• "Can you change an office or apartment building into a hotel or condominium?"/The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "The official appraised value of structures: Part I (your villa)"/The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail, Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine
• "The official appraised value of structures: Part I (your condominium)"/The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail, Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine
• "The new Thai corporate income tax rates"/The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Misplaced hopes for longer term land leases"/The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Can your heir inherit your freehold condominium? Are you sure?"/The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Arbitration: issues with the arbitrators"
• "Arbitration: the agreement to arbitrate"
• "Your off-shore entity's rental income tax liabilities" / The Phuket News
• "Ill-advised to use a Thai company to own your holiday home in Thailand - Part 2" / The Phuket News,  Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Ill-advised to use a Thai company to own your holiday home in Thailand - Part 1" / The Phuket News, Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "When will we see the end of the house and land tax?" / The Phuket News
• "The Thai Hotel 'Tax': how it works" / The Phuket News, The Phuket Insider (website), Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Arbitration: the advantages" / The Phuket News, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "A Thai company without Thais" / Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Income tax on personal rental income" / Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Exotiq Magazine, Think Design Magazine
• "Bad Debts - Part 2" / Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Bad Debts - Part 1" / Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "The difference between common knowledge and the law" / Samui Express, Exotiq Magazine
• "Government fees and taxes payable upon transfer of immovable property" / Phuket Post, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "A foreigner can own some ThaiLAND" / Phuket News, Think Design Magazine, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Capital gain and more tax than your company bargained for" / Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Pattaya Trader Magazine
• "Legal Lines: People Power vs. The Building Permit" / Tropical Living Magazine
• "What to do about your company's bad debts" / Director Magazine
• "The difference between official opinion and the law" / Exotiq Magazine, Samui Express
• "Capital gain and no tax"  / Samui – Phangan Real Estate Magazine, Phuket Post, Pattaya Trader, Samui Express, Phuket Post, Exotiq Magazine
• "Legal Signs Part II (Are you required to put Thai on your business sign?)" / Samui Express, The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Legal Signs Part I (Are you required to put "company, limited" on your business sign?)" / Samui Express, The Phuket News, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "A shareholders meeting of one?" / Phuket Post,  Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Arbitration, enforcing contracts outside of Thai courts" / The Phuket News, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• "Can you name your company after yourself? Certainly, however..." / Phuket Post, Samui Express
• "Assignment' and 'Novation' what do they really mean?" / Phuket Post, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail
• “What does a building permit have to with legal ownership of a building?” / Phuket Post, Samui Express, Pattaya Mail, Chiang Mai Mail, Pattaya Trader Magazine
• “The Escrow Act, good for purchasers and developer” / Bangkok Post
• “Ownership through superficies”  / Property Report (Thailand)
• “Property lease in Thailand, avoiding the bumps and potholes” / Property Report (Thailand)
• “Improvements coming for purchasers under the new Condominium Act amendments” / The Nation
• “Explicit Speech" / Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
  

Sample Speaking Engagements:

• "Lawyers Council of Thailand, American Bar Association, Rule of Law Initiative: Lawyer Ethics –  A Comparative Perspective from Thailand and the U.S.", Suratthani, Thailand, March 2007
• “Property investment and tax planning and in Thailand”, Phuket, Samui & Thailand Property Exhibition, Hong Kong, November 2006
• “Land ownership for foreigners / foreign companies, Thai nominees for foreign shareholders. Are we heading for a crackdown?”, SMART International Property Expo, Singapore, August 2006
• “Thailand, issues in ownership of real estate”, SMART International Property Expo,  Hong Kong, June 2006
• “Q & A, property investment and legal issues in Thailand”, Phuket International Property Show, Phuket, Thailand, April 2006

Languages:

• Speaks and reads conversational Thai and French
• Has learned to read Greek, Hebrew and Latin

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