Kyle H. Wingfield
Partner
Overview
Kyle Wingfield is a tax attorney in Holland & Knight's Richmond office. Mr. Wingfield focuses on a variety of state and local tax matters.
Mr. Wingfield helps multistate businesses resolve complex state and local tax controversies and navigate tax issues arising in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). His practice includes all phases of state and local tax controversy matters, including audits, administrative appeals and court proceedings, as well as advising on voluntary disclosures.
Mr. Wingfield also regularly advises publicly traded companies and privately held businesses on corporate income tax, sales and use tax, personal property tax and business license tax matters. His clients include manufacturers, retailers, contractors, technology companies, service providers and other multistate businesses.
Mr. Wingfield works closely with clients to understand their business objectives and develop practical solutions to tax challenges. Clients value his responsiveness, attention to detail and ability to explain complicated tax matters. He helps clients address tax issues so they can focus on operating and growing their businesses.
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Wingfield is an active leader in the state and local tax community. He serves as chair of the Virginia Bar Association's Tax Section and is a member of the executive committee of the American Bar Association (ABA)'s State and Local Tax Section. He is also managing editor of Connexus, the ABA's state and local tax publication. Mr. Wingfield is a frequent speaker and author on state and local tax issues affecting multistate businesses.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Wingfield was an attorney at a full-service law firm, where he served as chair of the tax controversy and state and local tax sections. Previously, he was an attorney with one of the Big Four accounting firms, where he assisted in the preparation of state and federal tax returns and provisions for Fortune 500 companies.
Representative Experience
- Represented a home improvement business in its sale to a leading provider of windows, roofing, siding, gutters and bath products and a portfolio company of funds
- Represented a family-owned operating group based in Charleston, South Carolina, in its acquisition of a family-owned leader in the wood pallet industry that provides a variety of quality wood products throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Represented a motorcycle dealership in Fairfax, Virginia, in its sale to a large motorcycle dealership group on the U.S. East Coast
- Represented a fleet fueling solutions company in its sale to a leading North American distributor of propane, compressed natural gas, renewable energy and related products and service
- Represented a fast-growing manufacturer of green technology for the life sciences industry in a recapitalization by a Connecticut-based private equity firm that seeks to invest growth capital in innovative healthcare companies
- Represented an award-winning microlearning platform in its sale to a leading software platform provider
- Represented a Richmond-based spice, extract and mayonnaise manufacturer that had been family-owned for 132 years in its sale to a private equity firm
Credentials
- Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M.
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- University of Virginia, B.A.
- District of Columbia
- North Carolina
- Virginia
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Independent SALT Alliance, 2026-Present
- Virginia Bar Association, Tax Section, Chair, 2020-Present
- National Association of State Bar Tax Sections, Member, 2020-Present; Council Member, October 2025
- American Bar Association, State and Local Tax (SALT) Section Executive Committee, 2015-Present
- ConnexUs, Managing Editor
- Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Leaders in the Law, 2025
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Tax Law, 2024-Present; Litigation and Controversy – Tax, 2025
- Virginia Business, Legal Elite, 2020, 2022-Present
- Rising Star, Virginia Super Lawyers magazine, Tax, 2017, 2018