Matt E. Kirk

Matt E. Kirk advises high-net-worth entrepreneurs, entertainers, executives, other wealth creators and family offices on sophisticated wealth planning, tax minimization and succession strategies. He helps clients align personal, business and multigenerational objectives through integrated planning designed to preserve wealth, manage tax exposure and support long-term legacy goals. Drawing on close collaboration with clients and their existing investment and tax advisers, Matt develops structures and strategies tailored to each client's unique circumstances, priorities and evolving needs. Matt remains engaged, collaborative and proactive in his work with client teams, family offices and industry leaders.

Wealth Planning and Tax Strategy. Matt counsels clients across the U.S. on the tax implications of their personal and business holdings and designs tax-advantaged structures that address income tax, capital gains tax, state and local tax, gift and estate tax, generation-skipping transfer tax and international tax considerations. His work frequently involves pre-liquidity event planning, mergers and acquisitions planning, family investment structures, asset restructurings, tax-deferred transactions, private placement life insurance structures, charitable planning and wealth transfer strategies. He aims to help clients maximize planning opportunities while maintaining appropriate flexibility, access and control over family and business assets. Matt also works with clients and their advisers after implementation to help maintain and adapt planning structures as laws, circumstances and objectives evolve.

Wealth Preservation and Succession Planning. For business owners and wealthy families, Matt integrates asset protection, complex trust planning and charitable structures into broader wealth preservation strategies. He develops plans designed to address a range of creditor-related concerns while helping clients establish and protect a lasting family legacy for future generations.

Digital Assets. As digital assets become an increasingly important component of wealth portfolios, Matt advises clients on the tax, regulatory and operational considerations associated with cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based assets. He helps clients incorporate digital assets and related wallet structures into broader tax, estate and succession planning frameworks.

Private Company and Business Succession Planning. Matt advises entrepreneurs and owners of private companies, particularly partnerships and other flow-through entities, on business succession, corporate structuring and liquidity event preparation. He develops organizational and operational frameworks addressing profit allocation, equity ownership, governance, employment arrangements and related tax considerations, helping clients align business planning with family, ownership and legacy objectives.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Matt worked with boutique private client and estate planning firms in Atlanta.