Michelle Choy

CPA

Director, Tax

Industries: Blockchain & Digital Assets, Financial Services, Real Estate

Michelle has over 15 years of tax experience, split between public accounting and in-house work in the financial services industry.

She specializes in supporting clients with ASC 740, GAAP, tax planning and review of corporate and partnership return services. With extensive experience working in a full-service investment banking and alternative asset management firm, she managed corporate investments through corporations, foreign special purpose vehicles, hedge funds, real estate investment trusts and a multitude of pass-through investment vehicles.

Michelle has experience advising on tax restructures and specializes in tax planning and compliance for blockchain and digital asset companies and related funds.

Michelle Choy holds an active CPA license in California.

Interesting tidbit

Michelle summited Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Shasta. She is an avid open ocean rower and swimmer, using the San Francisco bay as her training grounds.

Certifications

Certified Public Accountant
Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario, Canada)

Community

Champion – Right to Play

Education

BBA/Accounting – Wilfrid Laurier University

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