Integrated full-service Benelux firm Stibbe values close collaboration with its teams in Amsterdam and Luxembourg in bolstering its Belgian tax practice, which is particularly strong in tax litigation, transfer pricing, and transactions, as well as tax legislative work. Indirect taxation expert Wim Panis heads the practice, with transactions and litigation specialist Henk Verstraete, corporate restructuring and financing-focused Giovanni Smet and procedural and litigation-experienced Lizelotte De Maeyer rounding out the team.

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Work highlights

Acted as lead tax advisor on the integration of the stock listed Picanol Group into the stock listed Tessenderlo Group.
Assisted Touring with the transfer of all operational and commercial activities with respect to its road assistance business and its insurance business to AG Insurance and BNP Paribas Fortis, including the pre-transaction restructuring of the business.
Obtained a landmark decision on the limits of the powers of the tax authorities in case of dawn raids, and a landmark decision on carried interest structures.