Kien C. Tiet

Senior Counsel

Kien C. Tiet is a member of the Business Practice Group at Gresham Savage, specializing in corporate and other entity formation, joint venture and strategic partnership transaction, stock incentive plans, executive and other employment agreements, and commercial and business agreements. Kien has experience in a broad range of services relating to corporate and business matters, employment law, real estate, tax law and planning, trust and estate planning, and visas and immigration.


Kien has held positions of CFO, COO, General Counsel and Executive Director for businesses in manufacturing, oil and gas, higher education, and rail car repair service. Some of his accomplishments include:  Representing a Vietnam based manufacturer in acquiring real estate and financing to start a new manufacturing facility in Oxnard, California; Overseeing and managing a SEC audit and establishing internal controls to allow an oil and gas company to become a publicly traded entity; Forming a non-profit institution of higher education and providing legal guidance through the licensing and accreditation processes; and Providing management and legal guidance to a rail car repair company in the restructuring of its HR department and establishing employment guidelines to meeting the legal requirements of the 14 states in which it operates in.  Additionally, Kien has served as legal counsel on several labor and employment class action lawsuits, resulting in favorable outcomes to the employers.