Kristopher Ker

About Kristopher Ker

I focus in assisting private equity groups and strategic buyers and sellers to identify tax risks and opportunities throughout an investment lifecycle across industries. Due to a dynamic and ever-changing US federal, US state, and global tax landscape, I have concentrated in tax policy through the lens of proactive tax planning for fund managers, their deal pipelines, and portfolio investments.My professional experience consists of various M&A tax consulting services, including but not limited to-buy and sell-side tax DD -tax structuring and various integration consulting (i.e, domestic and cross-border)-tax modeling and sale projections -transaction cost analysis -qualified small business stock studies and documentation under Sec. 1202 -transaction tax consulting and compliance (e.g, various consulting of US tax regimes under Subchapters A, B, C, E, K, N, S, and the regulations thereunder)-tax attribute studies under Subchapter C measuring earnings and profits, stock and asset basis, and Sec. 382 (shifts and limitation analyses under Sec. 382(h))-parachute payment studies under Sec. 280GSpecialties: experienced in US M&A related tax policy and authority, management, leadership, business law, Microsoft excel - advanced modeling, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft access, experience in teamwork, communication and presentation skills

Experience

1. Director

   Houlihan Lokey

   May 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  Master of Science, Accounting

  2011 — 2012

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  Bachelor of Science, Business; Accounting and Finance

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Accounting
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Internal Controls
• Corporate Finance
• Access
• Auditing
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Us Gaap
• Teamwork
• Financial Reporting
• Peachtree
• Financial Analysis
• Tax
• Management
• Gaap
• Financial Accounting
• General Ledger
• Fixed Assets
• Cpa
• Financial Modeling