Keith G. Swirsky

Keith Swirsky is President of GKG Law, P.C.   Keith is also Chair of the law firm’s Business Aircraft Group and Tax Group.  With over 27 years of private law practice experience, Keith has now planned and structured over 4,000 aircraft transactions.

GKG Law's Business Aircraft Group is one of the leading practices of its type in the world, primarily devoted to aircraft acquisitions and sales, federal and state taxation, financing, and tax-free exchanges.

Keith counsels clients on a wide variety of aviation matters, including:

• tax efficient structures;
• business terms and documentation pertinent to aircraft purchases and sales (both new and used);
• external aircraft management arrangements;
• aircraft financing;
• tax-free exchanges of aircraft; and
• fractional aircraft ownership and operations.

Keith also provides general corporate counsel advice, and has structured and documented numerous corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations.

Civic & Professional Activities

• Founding Member, Chairman of the Transactions Working Group, Past Chairman of the Federal Tax Working Group, Tax Committee, National Business Aviation Association
• Past Chairman, Associate Member Committee, National Aircraft Resale Association
• Member, National Aircraft Finance Association
• Member, Helicopter Association International
• Past Co-chairman, North American Section of Taxation, Interlaw
• Past Chairman, Section of Taxation, Fairfax County, Virginia Bar Association

• Related Practice Areas
  • Business Aviation
    • State Sales and Use Tax Planning
    • Regulatory Compliance Including FAA, DOT and SEC Planning
    • IRS and State Tax Audits
    • Federal Income Tax and Excise Tax Planning
    • Aircraft Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Corporate, Tax & Commercial
    • Taxation

• Aircraft Financing - Current Issues and Hot Topics/Unique Issues in Aircraft Purchase & Sale Transactions Involving Importation, May 9, 2013
• Key Issues To Consider Concerning Selection and Use of an Aircraft Management Company/Federal Excise Tax Update, November 27, 2012

• New IRS Guidance: Aircraft Management Fees Subject to Transportation Excise Taxes, June 1, 2012
• Year-End Tax Planning For Aircraft Owners, December 1, 2011

• Keith Swirsky Quoted in AINonline, June 8, 2012
• Keith Swirsky Quoted in New York Times Article Regarding Imposition of Federal Excise Tax on Business Aircraft March 27, 2012 | The New York Times , March 29, 2012

• Upcoming NBAA Business Aviation Regional Forum: Keith Swirsky to give presentation entitled "Key Considerations When Hiring or Switching Aircraft Management Companies", June 6, 2013
• UPCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT: Ascent Private Capital Management and Jet Linx Aviation, Panel discussion on Private Aviation, June 3, 2013

• CLIENT ALERT: Entertainment Use of Aircraft - Final Regulations on Aircraft Disallowance Provisions, August 28, 2012
• New IRS Guidance - Aircraft Management Fees Subject to Transportation Excise Taxes, March 16, 2012