Howard Liebman

Partner

Howard Liebman focuses on international tax and corporate structuring, coordinating both the corporate and tax sides of transnational M&A, joint ventures, and restructurings. He heads the Firm's Tax Practice in Brussels.

Howard recently represented Platinum Equity in its pan-European acquisition of the Geesink Norba Group from Oshkosh Corporation as well as the purchase of the 3B-Fibreglass manufacturing business from Owens Corning. He has handled many pan-European tax and corporate structuring and M&A projects for IT companies such as IBM, Fujitsu Consulting, and NextiraOne Europe; U.S. tax reorganizations for UCB and Solvay (two major, Belgium-based chemical/pharma groups) and AP Moller-Maersk; and pan-Latin American structuring and restructuring for various other multinationals.

Howard chairs the Legal & Taxation Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, which takes the lead in lobbying for U.S. industry in Belgium and the EU. He is coauthor of the BNA Portfolio (No. 999 - 2nd) on "Doing Business in the European Union" and has chaired and spoken at Congresses of the International Fiscal Association in Stockholm, Eilat, and Amsterdam. He is also the Belgian correspondent of Tax Management International Forum and frequently publishes articles on international taxation in both U.S. and European journals.