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Loyens & Loeff's tax group is a multidisciplinary practice offering clients advice on compliance, litigation and indirect taxes. The team is led by Xavier Clarebout who is one of the firm's eight tax partners and 32 lawyers. All tax fields are covered ... [more]

Loyens & Loeff's tax group is a multidisciplinary practice offering clients advice on compliance, litigation and indirect taxes. The team is led by Xavier Clarebout who is one of the firm's eight tax partners and 32 lawyers. All tax fields are covered by dedicated specialists, who are organised into practice groups. They have an international and diverse client list consisting of LVMH Moët Hennessy, Eurotunnel, JP Morgan and Kraft Foods. Deals the group has been involved in this year include advising a listed German-based group on a cross-border debt push-down restructuring, which included the tax ruling on a merger transaction in Belgium, and advising a US-based group on its European restructuring, providing assistance with the implementation.

Jean-Pierre Winandy is the head of tax at Loyens & Loeff. He specialises in M&A, cross-border transactions and tax controversy. The firm also advise on structured finance, tax related fund practice and VAT. The department consists of 30 lawyers ... [more]

Jean-Pierre Winandy is the head of tax at Loyens & Loeff. He specialises in M&A, cross-border transactions and tax controversy. The firm also advise on structured finance, tax related fund practice and VAT. The department consists of 30 lawyers including six partners. Simon Paul is recognised for his work on capital markets. The firm has expanded their tax practice in the last 12 months by hiring five new associates. Well known VAT specialist Michel Lambion is soon to join the tax department from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Loyens & Loeff remains a dominant force in the Dutch tax market. The team offers a broad range of tax services, including European law, structured finance, transfer pricing, compliance, indirect taxes, tax controversy, international tax planning, wage ... [more]

Loyens & Loeff remains a dominant force in the Dutch tax market. The team offers a broad range of tax services, including European law, structured finance, transfer pricing, compliance, indirect taxes, tax controversy, international tax planning, wage tax and cross-border tax advice. The firm has the biggest tax practice of any law firm in the Netherlands with almost 400 tax specialists. This year the group advised the Schiphol Group, the Netherlands based airport operator, regarding its acquisition of a stake in Aeroports de Paris, the France-based manager of airports. They also advised Capgemini regarding its acquisition of Getronics PinkRoccade Business Application Service for a total of €255 million ($363 million). Peers praise Marco de Lignie for his investment funds work and Guido Derckx for M&A. One competitor said the firm is "good in technical terms and in how they approach the market". René van der Paardt is described as "Mr VAT of the Netherlands". One client praised the firm for giving "professional advice".