Nyk McKissic

Nyk McKissic provides strategic counsel to philanthropic and tax-exempt clients on charitable giving, philanthropy and domestic and international tax-exempt issues, helping them pursue their charitable goals on a sound legal, tax and governance footing. Based in Dallas, he brings private wealth services experience, a practical perspective and a background in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and complex tax matters to this work.

Nyk helps clients qualify for tax-exempt status and regularly advises clients on nonprofit transactions, endowments and restricted gifts, donor-advised funds, public charities, private foundations, corporate governance practices and policies, as well as financial and legal compliance. His transactional tax background allows him to address the structural and tax questions that often accompany philanthropic and nonprofit planning.

Before joining Holland & Knight, he was an associate in the nonprofit practice of a national Am Law 100 firm in Dallas. He previously practiced in M&A with a Big Four accounting firm in Chicago, advising clients on federal income tax issues related to domestic and multinational strategic mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and separations, with an emphasis on corporate taxation.

Nyk also assists equine-focused nonprofits and professional associations with a broad array of legal matters. He owns and breeds performance horses, giving him firsthand familiarity with the equine-related issues tax-exempt organizations encounter.