Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Howard Liebman's practice focuses on international tax and corporate structuring, and he is particularly known for coordinating both the corporate and tax sides of transnational mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and public offerings, primarily in Western and Eastern Europe, but also in Asia and Latin America. In this capacity, he has worked for clients as diverse as Cardinal Health, Chesapeake Corp., Expedia, Fujitsu Consulting Group, Hotels.com, IBM, McDonalds, NextiraOne Europe, Pfizer, Platinum Equity, Solvay, Textron, UCB, and Virgin Express.

Howard is a prolific author and speaker. He is coauthor of the BNA Portfolio "Doing Business in the European Union," published in April 2005, and updated regularly. In addition, he serves as the EC tax correspondent for European Taxation (IBFD), the Belgian correspondent for the Tax Management International Forum, and an editorial board member of several other international tax journals. He is also a frequent lecturer as well as an adjunct professor at the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales in Brussels, Belgium.

Among his other positions, Howard chairs the Legal & Tax Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, which takes the lead for U.S. industry on various tax issues. In this role, he has been especially active on e-commerce taxation as well as VAT issues.

Areas of Practice

• Tax
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• State and Local Tax Counseling
• Transfer Pricing
• Intellectual Property
• Construction
• Outsourcing

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Avis Europe Fleet Leasing Operation
• Acquisition of Omrix Biopharmaceuticals.
• Acquisition of the Halliburton Geophysical Business
• Acquisition of two composite manufacturing plants
• Commercial Agreements
• Confidential Spin-Off and Consolidation Counseling
• Establishment of a New Pan-European Business
• European Court of Justice Litigation and Lobbying
• European Reorganization
• International Tax Advice
• International Tax Advice
• International Tax Structuring and Advice
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture between Litton Inc.'s Western Geophysical Business and Dresser's Atlas Wireline Division
• Joint Venture for Developing, Marketing, and Providing Offshore Outsourcing Services for the Banking Industry
• Joint Venture in the Soviet Union
• Joint Venture in the Ukraine
• Joint Venture with Peugeot
• M&A
• M&A
• M&A
• M&A
• M&A
• M&A
• Merger of Operations
• Pan-European Reorganizations and Spin-Off
• Public Offering
• Public Offering
• Public Offering
• Sale of NextiraOne Europe
• Sale of NextiraOne Europe
• SN Brussels merger
• Structuring a Joint Venture with Accor/Wagons-Lits
• Tax-Free Spin-Off
• Transfer Pricing
• Worldwide Reorganization

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Corporate Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Income Taxation, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Transactions, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Sales & Use Taxes, State, Local & Municipal Law, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Belgium
• District of Columbia

Education

• Harvard University

Published Works

• Jones Day's Howard Liebman on Brussels' Growing Importance in Pan-European Deals, 2008
• Basic Tax Planning for Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds, Tax Management International Forum, BNA International, 2007
• International Mergers and Acquisitions: A Forum for Discussion, coauthor, Tax Analysts: Tax Notes International, Volume 47, Number 11, 2007
• Belgian Chapter of the Special Report Private Equity: A Technical Review, BNA International, 2007
• Additional Adjustments to be Made in the Wake of a Transfer Pricing Adjustment, Tax Management International Forum, 2006
• Corporate Governance, Les 25 marchés émergents du droit, 2006
• VAT Treatment of Composite Supplies, International VAT Monitor, 2006
• Business Operations in the European Union, 999-2nd T.M., BNA Foreign Income Portfolio, 2005
• Belgium Introduces Deduction for Risk Capital, Eurowatch, 2005
• Tax Reporting Units and Permitted Consolidation Under Belgian Income Tax Law, Tax Management International Forum, 2005
• Belgium: A Gateway For Investment In Europe, 2005
• International Tax Planning: Belgium Is Taking Steps to Enhance Its Attractiveness, 2005
• Discriminatory Treatment of Dividends in the European Union: Is the End Near? Tax Notes International, 2005
• Cross-Border Merger and Societas Europeae: Light at the End of the Tunnel?, Intertax, 2005
• Taxation of Global Operations Conducted Through a Tax Haven Subsidiary, Tax Management International Forum, 2004
• Providing Access to Intangible Property: Alternatives and the Taxation Thereof, Tax Management International Forum, 2004
• Recent Developments Regarding E.C. Tax Directives: An Alternative to Treaties in Europe, BNA International, 2004
• Recent Developments Regarding EC Tax Directives (An Alternative to Treaties in Europe), Jones Day State Tax Return, 2004
• The EU Arbitration Convention - An overview of the Current Situation, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2004
• VAT On E-Commerce, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2004
• An Introduction to our Special Edition, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2004
• Tax Planning for Debt Restructuring in Belgium, Tax Management International Forum, 2003
• Tax Planning for Cyclical or Other Temporary Losses: Belgium, Tax Management International Forum, 2003
• An Introduction to Our Special Edition, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2003
• Inbound Investments in Securities Backed by Debt Obligations and Receivables: Belgium, Tax Management International Forum, 2002
• Tax Consequences of Engaging in a Sale-Repurchase Transaction Using Host Country Securities: Belgium, Tax Management International Forum, 2002
• Group Taxation in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, 2002
• The EU Code of Conduct vs. The Prohibition against "State Aid", Proceedings of the Universidade Nova International Tax Conference, 2002

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