Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, co-headed by Marco Blanco and Klas Holm, represents US and international clients on a broad range of matters including M&A transactions, joint ventures, restructurings, fund formation and investments, sovereign wealth fund representation, and financing transactions across several industry sectors including energy, pharmaceuticals, mining, and financial services. The team utilizes the skills of its multilingual group when handling cross-border matters. Blanco, who splits his time between Paris, Geneva, and New York, has significant experience advising including fund investment managers, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices in a vast range of US and international tax matters, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures, and capital market offerings. Holm represents corporations, partnerships, trusts, sovereign wealth funds and other pooled investment funds, and individuals in complex tax matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, financial instruments and global tax planning and has experience defending clients in tax controversies with the IRS.  Olga Beloded  routinely advises governments and state-owned entities on international tax issues in investor-state arbitration proceedings and other international disputes, particularly in the area of oil and gas. Lea Verdy, who is US and French dual qualified, has played an active role in the drafting and analysis of OECD and UN tax documentation. Lawyers are in New York unless otherwise stated.

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Key clients

  • Brevet Capital Management
  • Burgan Bank
  • Evonik
  • E.ON SE
  • CrowdStreet Advisors, LLC
  • Unipharm
  • Turken House
  • Libyan Investment Authority (L.I.A.)

Work highlights

  • Advising Brevet on a broad range of transactions and other matters relating to investments, fund and corporate structure, and management of their tax position in general.
  • Advised Burgan Bank in connection with the acquisition of multiple portfolios of U.S. private, venture capital and hedge funds.
  • Advising Evonik Industries AG on a broad range of tax matters, including the implementation and impact of the new Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marco Blanco, Klas Holm

Other key lawyers

Olga Beloded, Lea Verdy