About Daniel Altman

Daniel Altman is a tax attorney. He currently serves as a partner of the tax group at Sidley Austin, based in New York.

Sidley Austin is a Chicago-based legal advisory with offices in China, Singapore, Australia, Japan and across the U.S. With a team of more than 2,000 lawyers, Sidley handles legal matters in almost every aspect of law, including general corporate and financial services; global trading and international arbitration; intellectual property protection; global restructuring; taxation; litigation; dispute resolution; and investigations. Its broad spectrum of clients comes from agriculture, food, energy, financial services, hospitality, life sciences, real estate, media, technology and other industries.

Altman has extensive experience in a wide range of domestic and international tax issues regarding corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions. His expertise ranges from taxable transactions, stock sales, asset sales, spin-offs and recapitalization to joint ventures, investment and intellectual property utilization. His clients include international insurance groups, investment companies and asset management consultancies, as well as organizations from the manufacturing and service industries.

Prior to joining Sidley Austin, Altman served as a special counsel at the tax group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, a New York-based law firm. He also worked for Dr. Avi Alter & Co. as a tax attorney in Israel.

Altman has been listed in The Legal 500 U.S. 2017. In 2019, he was recognized by Opportunity Zone Magazine as one of the Top 25 Opportunity Zone Influencers.

Altman holds a juris doctor from Harvard Law School. He also holds a master’s of law in taxation and two bachelor’s degrees from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He also completed an international tax program provided by Harvard Law School. He is a published author on dispute resolution under tax treaties.