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 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
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > 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
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > 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
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)