Nikolas De Bremaeker

Nikolasdb@gmail.com

LEGAL EDUCATION
University of Florida Levin College of Law
J.D., Cum Laude
Honors:
Deans List: Fall 09, Fall 10, Spring 11, Fall 11
Book Awards: International Business Transactions, Legal Clinic, Criminal Law

Anticipated May 2012

Maastricht University (The Netherlands)

June 2009
LL.M., International & European Tax Law
Master Thesis: Harmonizing Treatment of Financial Instruments: Comparative Study and Tax Planning
Perspective on the International Classification of Hybrid Mezzanine Instruments under Belgian Tax Law and
under International Treaties

University of California at Berkeley

LL.B. University Summer Exchange (Business Law), Ranked 1st in Class
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Brussels (Belgium)
LL.B., Bachelor of Laws, Graduated Top 10%
University Student Government: Vice
President, 2007; President, 2008

Summer 2007
July 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Zazou International
Brussels, Belgium/Boulder, CO/Miami, FL
Founded human rights and environmental law group in honor of the 1940s

June 2016 Present

French resistance movement
Group has assisted and succeeded in resettling Ugandan refugees fleeing the countrys
anti-LGBT laws
Environmental focus on obstruction of fracking and clean water preservation
Coolidge & Graves PLLC, Attorney
Miami, FL
Structuring complex international transactions, mainly international
September 2012 June 2016
acquisitions and joint ventures
International tax structuring, mainly international corporate structuring, as well as preand post- acquisition planning for private equity investments
Cottyn Brussels (Coolidge & Graves European Affiliate), Attorney
Assisting with international commercial and taxation matters
involving the United States

DLA Piper, Summer Associate

Worked in International Transactions Department
Involved in large mergers and financing agreements performed legal research,
drafted memoranda and contracts
MEMBERSHIPS
Florida Bar
Attorney member since 2012

russels, Belgium
B
February 2013 June 2016
Brussels, Belgium
Summer 2011

Brussels Bar, Belgium (Barreau de Bruxelles Ordre Franais)

Attorney member since 2014
American Bar Association
Chair Business Law Section International Tax Subcommittee. (2014)
Vice-Chair Section of International Law Tax Committee (201314)
International Fiscal Association (IFA)
President Young IFA Network Florida (201214)
SPEAKING & WRITING EXPERIENCE

Tax Planning in Emerging Markets. ABA Section of International Law 14 Fall Meeting, Buenos Aires,
Argentina: Program Chair & Speaker: Tax Planning in African Markets
[http://shop.americanbar.org/PersonifyImages/ProductFiles/180106/2014FallMeetingBrochure_Website.pdf , p. 29]

Global Politics and Cross-Border Tax Planning. ABA Business Law Section 14 Annual Meeting, Chicago,
IL: Program Chair & Speaker: BEPS and the Digital Economy
[http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/business_law/2014/09/annual/global-politics-201409.authchec
kdam.mp3]

Hong Kong: Gateway to Mainland China and Beyond. American Bar Association 13 Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, CA: Speaker: A Tax Guide for Doing Business in Hong Kong
[http://www.americanbar.org/tools/digitalassetabstract.html/content/dam/aba/events/business_law/2013/08/annual/h
ong-kong-gateway-china-201308.mp3]

Hong Kong: Gateway to Mainland China and Beyond. American Bar Association Business Law Section
Library, Co-Author
[http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/business_law/2013/08/annual/hong-kong-gateway-china-201
308.authcheckdam.pdf]

Tax Planning with Notional Interest Deduction: Now and in the Future. International Fiscal Association Estonian Taxpayers Association, Tallinn, Estonia: Speaker
[http://www.ifa.ee/index.php?page=171]

Pathways to Employment in International Law. ABA Section of International Law Pathways Event,
Miami, FL: Speaker
[http://www.americanbar.org/groups/international_law/diversity/pathways_florida_international_university.html]
LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent: Dutch (native), English, French, German