Mr Olivier De Moor > Akin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
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Mr Olivier De Moor
Work Department
Partner, Tax
Position
Olivier De Moor advises private fund sponsors and their investors on the U.S. federal tax and tax treaty aspects of the structuring and restructuring of their investments, specifically focusing on cross-border transactions. He regularly counsels U.S. clients on U.S. and international tax issues associated with outbound investments, including controlled foreign corporation issues, and advises on a range of withholding issues. Olivier is a co-leader of the sovereign investment tax practice, focusing on investments by non-U.S. sovereigns, pension plans and their affiliates, representing these investors across a variety of strategies and asset classes.
Olivier actively engages in pro bono work, representing exempt organizations in tax issues and assisting refugees and other clients on immigration matters.
He is fluent in Dutch, French, English and Portuguese, with a good understanding of German and Spanish.
To learn more about Olivier, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/olivier-de-moor
Career
Earlier in his career, Olivier practiced as a tax attorney in Belgium before coming to the United States.
Languages
Dutch/Flemish, Portuguese, French
Memberships
Member, New York State Bar Association Tax Section Committee on Investment Funds; Board Member, Ghent University Alumni USA; Member, Akin New York Office Pro Bono Committee
Education
LL.M., University of Michigan Law School, 2008; P.G.D.L., Solvay Business School at University of Brussels, magna cum laude, 2007, LL.B., Ghent University, cum laude, 2004
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Akin’s transactional tax practice has a strong reputation for its financial products and fund formation expertise, particularly in the private equity and hedge fund spaces. The team also regularly handles high-value M&A, restructurings, and financings, among other matters, recently advising major players in several key sectors, such as OpenAI, Apollo Global Management, and an ownership consortium. Patrick Fenn, focusing on the tax aspects of alternative investment vehicles, M&A, and financial restructurings, leads the group alongside investment funds specialist Stuart Leblang. Joshua Williams also focuses on the private investment funds sector, while Olivier De Moor regularly represents investment funds and their investors in connection with federal tax and tax treaty aspects of cross-border transactions. Alexander Specht concentrates on the federal tax issues arising in domestic and cross-border financial transactions, M&A deals, joint ventures, and partnerships. The tax team in Texas plays a key role in the firm’s energy offering, with Alison Chen in Houston advising major clients, including MLPs, operating in that sector. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism