Netherlands

Firm overview

DLA Piper provides the full range of tax services that address the challenges of international commerce and business operations. With more than 370 tax advisors in offices throughout the world, including 18 in the Netherlands, we help multinational companies address the complex challenges of international commerce and business operations as well as manage and resolve tax disputes.

We advise on a wide range of tax issues, ranging from inward and outward investment, private equity deals, structuring for corporate and real estate acquisitions and disposals, and transfer pricing planning and documentation through to executive and employee compensation packages.

Firm overview

With more than 40 partners and around 460 professionals, Meijburg & Co has one of the biggest tax practices in the Netherlands. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, various funds and financial institutions. The firm's key fields include the financial services, energy, pharmaceuticals, electronics and chemical industries.

Firm overview

With offices in Amsterdam, New York, London and Dubai, our tax team provides clients premium tax assistance in all Benelux countries in cooperation with our Brussels and Luxembourg offices. Across the Benelux, our full-service tax groups provide pragmatic and effective advice on some of the most challenging, high-profile cases. An essential part of our approach is to collaborate with colleagues from other practice areas to provide coordinated tax advice.

When combined with the wealth of international experience present in every office, we provide a truly integrated global tax capability. We further have a strong litigation team, handling all types of cases from administrative appeals to contentious tax procedures before the lower and appellate courts.

Firm overview

Firm overview

Taxand Netherlands, based in Amsterdam, is an independent tax advisory firm offering a full range of tax services. Its focus areas are (international) tax, Indirect tax, Compensation tax, disputes and transactions. The tax department is very experienced in advising on international taxation, including transfer pricing, OECD BEPS developments and EU state aid. The tax department also has a strong indirect tax (VAT), compensation tax and private client practice. This to be able to advise clients on every Dutch tax issue they may encounter. Transaction advisory is a core activity within the firm. The team has the expertise and capacity to support its clients at every stage of the M&A process, including tax due diligence and tax-compliant deal structuring in all its aspects. The firm has a dedicated team admitted to the Dutch Bar which is focused on tax litigation in the broadest sense. The team has experience in litigating high-profile tax cases and can assist clients before the Dutch courts as well as the European court of justice. In addition, it provides tax audit assistance and is involved in arbitration and mutual agreement procedures. The firm’s independence means it can act quickly to deliver the answers clients need, avoiding audit-based restrictions. Taxand’s global capability allows it to assist clients on international transactions and tax advisory services involving multiple jurisdictions. Its team of recognized tax professionals is focused on providing practical solutions based on a strong technical foundation. The firm is partner-led, working in dedicated teams, to actively lead each engagement from start to finish. Taxand provides high-quality, integrated tax advice worldwide. Working together with the Taxand tax professionals in nearly 50 countries, the firm proves it understands both the fine points of tax as the broader strategic implications it has on the performance of its clients’ business.

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. For its clients, the firm is the gateway from, to and in the Benelux.

Practising Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg law, we have the size, the expertise and the experience to assist in tax matters, national and international Mergers & Acquisitions, conduct minor and major litigation, and advise on substantial projects such as the energy transition and issues concerning privacy and data security.

In 2019, AKD won the 'Law Firm of the Year: Benelux' award, conferred by leading UK publication The Lawyer. AKD also received the award in 2016 and 2018.