Mr Olivier De Moor > Akin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Olivier De Moor
Work Department
Partner, Tax
Position
Olivier De Moor advises hedge and private equity funds on the U.S. federal tax and tax treaty aspects of the structuring and restructuring of their investments in the United States, and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions. His clients also include sovereign wealth funds and high-net-worth individuals. Olivier regularly provides counsel on the U.S. and international tax aspects of foreign investments by U.S. investors. He advises on a broad range of U.S. withholding issues and has extensive experience handling FATCA and Foreign Bank Account Reporting issues.
To learn more about Olivier, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/olivier-de-moor
Languages
Dutch/Flemish, Portuguese, French
Memberships
Member, New York State Bar Association Tax Section Committee on Investment Funds; Member, Akin Gump New York Office Pro Bono Committee; Board member, Ghent University Alumni USA
Education
LL.M., University of Michigan Law School, 2008; LL.B., Ghent University, cum laude, 2004; P.G.D.L., University of Brussels, magna cum laude, 2005
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
With New York-based partners Patrick Fenn and Stuart Leblang at the helm, Akin has an established reputation in financial products matters, especially in the hedge and private equity fund space. The group in New York, which also includes Joshua Williams and Olivier De Moor, provides further advice on M&A and capital markets deals, international restructurings, and financings. Elsewhere, Houston-based Alison Chen anchors the firm’s MLP offering, with a particular focus on the energy sector – where seasoned corporate tax lawyer Julia Pashin is a key name, working from Dallas.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- 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
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization