Based in NYC, Kim Welch is an M&A transaction services tax partner with more than 25 years of experience serving a broad range of global clients. She has an extensive background in leading global multi-function transaction teams serving private-equity clients and their respective portfolio companies.
Kim joined Deloitte’s M&A practice in 2003 and has served Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (KKR) and its portfolio companies for 18 years. She specializes in developing transaction structures, analyzing financial information for incorporation into financial models, and assisting clients in negotiating the financial and tax aspects of purchase and financing agreements. She also advises private-equity owners and portfolio company executives on post-acquisition tax planning and structuring, including add-on investments, internal restructurings, debt-financed distributions, and exits from investments.
In addition to working on complex transactions for KKR, she also served as the lead M&A tax partner for New Mountain Capital, LLC.; completed a two-year rotation in Deloitte’s Washington National Tax office in the Subchapter C group working with clients across the organization; and has held a number of client service and leadership roles within Deloitte.
Kim holds a B.B.A. in accounting from Southern Methodist University and a Masters in Taxation from the University of Denver. She is a certified public accountant licensed to practice in Colorado and New York and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Kim is active in several community and civic organizations, was raised in Colorado but after living in NYC for almost 20 years, feels like a New Yorker. Her interests include traveling, cooking and art. She completed a 10-year term as board member at Doing Art Together, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides arts-based curricula to children in the New York City public schools; and is on the alumni advisory council for the Graduate Tax Program at the University of Denver. Kim joined the OppNet Board of Directors in 2021.
