Luxembourg

Firm overview

With over 475 lawyers, tax advisers, civil-law notaries and business support staff in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, AKD is a leading Benelux law firm. 

From our Luxembourg office, AKD’s tax lawyers are faced with the job of ensuring that tax regulation changes have the least possible adverse impact on the commercial activities and asset management of their clients, businesses and high net worth individuals alike. We accomplish this by developing in-depth knowledge of all tax matters, be it corporate tax, dividends tax, income and PAYE taxes or transfer tax.

Firm overview

Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and related services. Our network of member firms in more than 150 countries and territories serves four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies. Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges.

In Luxembourg, Deloitte consists of 111 partners, 9 managing directors and around 2,300 employees and is amongst the leading professional service providers on the market. For over 65 years, Deloitte has delivered high added-value services to national and international clients. Our multidisciplinary teams consist of specialists from different sectors and guarantee harmonized quality services to our clients in their respective fields.

Firm overview

KPMG Luxembourg’s Tax Team includes a financial services team, an alternative investments team, an international tax team, an indirect and a transfer pricing team as well as a people services division. Team Head Sébastien Labbé has extensive expertise in international corporate tax advisory projects in the banking and finance sector.

Clients have described KPMG Luxembourg as pleasant to deal with and very responsive. One client said: “I recommend this firm for its knowledge and for its important network to cover tax matters over the world.”

The team comprises 260 tax professionals, including 33 partners and 13 directors. The financial services team is led by Frank Stoltz with support from Olivier Schneider, Gerard Laures, Daniel Rech and Jean Kizito. The international tax team is led by Sophie Smons, supported by Henri Prijot, Emilien Lebas and Michael Ayachi, who is currently seconded to the US. Benjamin Toussaint leads the alternative investments team working closely with his partners Pierre Kreemer, Christophe Diricks, Julien Bieber, Konstanze Ziegler, Benedicte Moens-Colleaux, Frederic Selleslagh, Benjamin Brugerolle, Bertrand Levy and Thomas Adamkiewicz. The transfer pricing team is headed by Sophie Boulanger, assisted by Laureen Tardy and Filip Vukovic. Quentin Warscotte leads the VAT Team with Maria Anna Nonweiler and Samuel Cazes. Last but not least, our people services division is led by Xavier Martinez with Sacha Thill.

For more information, visit our tax pages on www.kpmg.lu.

Firm overview

Located in the heart of one of the world’s main financial centers, DSM provides its national and international clientele multidisciplinary, multilingual services suited to Luxembourg’s current environment. DSM’s lawyers are recognized experts in numerous legal practice areas such as corporate, finance and tax law, as well as in dispute resolution.

Firm overview

ATOZ is a high-end independent advisory firm based in Luxembourg offering a comprehensive and integrated range of direct and indirect tax solutions as well as transfer pricing, aviation finance and tax litigation services. We advise on and deliver solutions for sophisticated local and global professional clients. 

With over 120 highly skilled professionals, our team has in depth experience of serving very demanding businesses and institutional clients in need of tailor-made advice. ATOZ is the Luxembourg member of Taxand.

Taxand professionals – more than 550 tax partners and over 2,500 tax advisers in 50 countries – grasp both the fine points of tax and the broader strategic implications, helping you mitigate risk, manage your tax burden and drive the performance of your business.

Our transfer pricing expertise includes the determination of arm's length prices/remuneration in regard to:

• Financing activities;
• Intermediaries in financing transactions;
• Interest rates on a wide range of debt instruments;
• Fund management services;
• Intra-group services;
• Debt/borrowing capacity;
• Valuation of tangible and intangible assets;
• Attribution of profits to a permanent establishment and its head office.

We also assist with the preparation of Master Files.

Firm overview

Baker McKenzie is a top global law firm that offers a full range of services to deliver solutions for a connected world. Located in 45 countries and covering over 250 jurisdictions, we represent a vast and diverse range of clients, from domestic companies to multinationals as well as financial institutions.

We have been present in Luxembourg since 2010 and our office count today 11 partners and principals, 8 counsel, and more than 50 lawyers and tax practitioners. Our key purpose is to bring the right talent to every client's legal and tax issues, regardless of which industry the client is from. As a leading transactional market player, our Luxembourg office has the ability to combine our local and international expertise to create tailored solutions for our clients. No matter the issue, we work closely with our colleagues around the world to help multinationals, financial institutions, investors and high-net-worth individuals achieve their business objectives.

Transfer pricing methods come under more intense scrutiny in light of regulatory reforms worldwide. Our team of seasoned advisers, economists and litigators helps you navigate disparate rules so you can confidently implement and manage multijurisdictional transfer pricing structures.

Baker McKenzie's tax team is the most highly rated and recommended tax adviser among law firms, recognized worldwide as thought leaders in direct and indirect taxation, transfer pricing, tax policy, dispute resolution, wealth management and employee benefits. This means that our lawyers have insights into regulators' approaches that help clients make better decisions. Baker McKenzie Luxembourg is one of the largest international tax groups in Luxembourg, with 4 Principals, 4 Counsels, 2 Senior Associates, 4 Associates, 2 Senior Economists Transfer Pricing and 1 Junior Associate.