Our Tax team, which has more than 20 years of experience in the tax field advising national and international clients, covers most areas of tax law, with a specific focus on tax rulings, M&A and corporate restructuring, international tax planning, real estate transactions and tax litigation. Our small yet efficient Tax team also provides support in our clients’ corporate and M&A transactions.

M&A AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING
Together with our Corporate team, we handle all types of restructuring – from mergers and demergers to financing structures.

RULING PRACTICE
Over the years, we have developed a trusting relationship with the ruling committee. This allows us to schedule meetings with them and obtain decisions from them with minimal delays, which is praised by our clients.

DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL TAX PLANNING
Belgium’s location allows it to benefit from a range of favourable tax benefits as well as an extensive tax treaty network, making it an attractive jurisdiction for tax planning. Thanks to our tax lawyers’ international tax knowledge and their contact with foreign tax professionals, they can help our clients to determine the tax opportunities available in Belgium and abroad.

REAL ESTATE TAX
Our team has excellent knowledge of real estate, which enables us to assist clients in structuring their real estate transactions and to ensure that tax treatment is optimised from an inter-disciplinary perspective (i.e. registration duties, VAT and direct taxation).

TAX LITIGATION
Our Tax team’s focus here is to secure negotiated arrangements with the tax administration, including the Belgian Special Tax Force (Inspection Spéciale des Impôts/Bijzondere Belastingsinspectie), that meet the needs of our clients. Nevertheless, it also represents our clients in their tax disputes throughout all stages of tax litigation (in both administrative and judicial proceedings), assisting them in close cooperation with our Litigation team.