Stuart E. Leblang
Partner
Areas of Focus
- International Tax
- Investment Management & Transactional Tax
- Tax
- Emerging Markets Funds Transactions
- Energy & Natural Resources Funds
- Seeding Transactions
- Hedge Funds
- Real Estate & Infrastructure Funds
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Investment Management
- Real Estate
- Infrastructure & Transportation
- Credit Funds
- Royalty Monetization
- Renewable Energy
- Structured Credit
- Energy Transition
- Fund Formation
- Fund Manager Transactions
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Institutional Investors
- Global Investment Adviser Regulatory
- Private Equity Transactions
- Restructuring & Special Situations Tax
- Private Equity
- Private Capital
- Leading U.S. tax lawyer for domestic and international transaction matters.
- Serves as co-head of Akin’s tax practice and serves on the firmwide management committee.
- Handles a range of regulatory tax issues.
Stuart Leblang’s practice includes planning and negotiating domestic and international business transactions, corporate and financial tax counseling and representing clients on tax legislative and policy issues before the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Department of Treasury and other federal agencies. He also focuses on various investment fund matters.
Stuart served as Associate International Tax Counsel at the U.S. Department of Treasury. While there, he was involved in legislative and regulatory developments in the international arena. He initiated and developed a number of international provisions contained in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and President Clinton’s 1998 Budget Proposals, including those relating to foreign tax credits, passive foreign investment companies, hybrid entities and the taxation of foreign investors. Stuart also participated in a number of negotiations with current and prospective U.S. Treasury partners. He has written and spoken extensively on issues relating to domestic and international tax policy.
EducationJ.D., Columbia Law School, Kent Scholar, 1990
B.A., Cornell University, 1987
J.D., Columbia Law School, Kent Scholar, 1990
B.A., Cornell University, 1987
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- Who’s Who Legal, Corporate Tax.
- Chambers USA, Tax, 2010-2024.
- The Legal 500 US, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds; US Taxes: Non-Contentious.