Marco A. Blanco

mblanco@curtis.com
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Paris Office

Practice

Mr. Blanco, a partner in the Tax Department and member of the International Funds Group, has over twenty years of experience on a broad range of international and domestic tax matters including corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, structured finance and capital market offerings. He has also assisted the Firm’s financial institutions in developing cross-border structures for their international clients. In addition, Mr. Blanco has assisted the Firm’s high net worth individual clients with respect to their international family tax planning.

Mr. Blanco is the author and co-author of several articles on international and domestic taxation.

Associations

• New York State Bar Association
  • International Law and Practice Section Executive Committee, Chair
  • Program Chair of Fall Meeting of the International Law and Practice Section held on October 23-26, 2003 in Amsterdam
  • The Committee on International Tax Aspects of Trade and Investment International Law and Practice Section, Chair (1995), Co-Chair (1996-present)
  • International Law and Practice Section, Fall Meeting, Program on Taxation of Cross Border Investments, Co-Chair (2002)
  • Tax Section, Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreigners
• Union Internationale Des Avocats (International Association Of Lawyers)
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• International Bar Association
• The International Fiscal Association
• American Bar Association, Tax Section
  • Committee on Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers
  • Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreigners and Tax Treaties

• Speaker, “Current International Tax Opportunities,” The Chartered Institute of Taxation Isle of Man Chapter, March 2009
• Speaker, “Optimizing Your Fund’s Tax Efficiency: Tax Fundamentals and Managing General Partners,” Financial Research Associates’ 7^th Annual Tax Practices for Private Equity Funds Conference, October 2007
• Speaker, “International Fiscal/Tax Planning for Investment in the Mining Industry in Peru,” New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section Seasonal Meeting, September 2007
• Speaker, “Strategies For Establishing A Business in China,” New York State Bar Association China Meeting, October 2006
• “Recent Legislative and Tax Developments in Cyprus,” Harvard Club of New York City, September 27, 2006
• Program Chair, New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting of the International Law and Corporate Counsel Sections, January 25, 2006
• Chair and Speaker, “Navigating US-UK Tax Issues Under the New US-UK Income Tax Treaty,” New York State Bar Association 2005 Fall Meeting, October 20, 2005
• “The Revised Expatriation Rules: New Section 877,” International Tax & Estate Planning 2005, June 8, 2005
• “Tax and Legal Roundtable,” Eurofinance Treasury Management in Latin America, April 27-29, 2004
• Program Chair, “Fall Meeting in Amsterdam,” New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section, October 22-26, 2003
• Co-Chair, “Taxation of Cross Border Investments,” New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section, November 1, 2002

• “The American Jobs Creation Act: The New Expatriation Provisions,” Tax Notes International (January 24, 2005): 315
• Co-Authored, “The New Section 877: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Expatriation Of Long-term Permanent Residents Under The New Act But Were Afraid To Ask The Government,” first published by Tax Analysts in Tax Notes, 106, no. 1 (January 3, 2005)
  Please click here to view the article - PDF, 173KB
• Co-Authored, “US Regulatory and Tax Considerations for Offshore Funds,” in The Capital Guide To Hedge Funds 2003, eds. Sarah Barham and Ian Hallsworth, 117-162. ISI Publications, sponsored by Citco, 2003.
  Please click here to view the article - PDF, 520KB
• Co-Authored, “US Regulatory and Tax Considerations for Offshore Funds,” in The Capital Guide To Hedge Funds 2002, eds. Sarah Barham and Ian Hallsworth, 117-162. ISI Publications, sponsored by Citco, 2002.
  Please click here to view the article - PDF, 520KB
• Co-Authored, “US Regulatory and Tax Considerations for Offshore Funds,” in The Capital Guide to Offshore Funds 2001, eds. Sarah Barham and Ian Hallsworth, 15-61. ISI Publications, sponsored by Citco, 2001.
  Please click here to view the article - PDF, 349KB

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