With a strong standing in industries including funds, shipping, and banking, DLA Piper provides advice on cross-border transactions, financing, and corporate restructurings. Practice head Nicolas Engelmann offers the broad range of support through the tax life cycle, from planning to controversy, taking over from Philippe Hinnekens, who left the bar in September 2023.

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Key clients

  • School Invest
  • Kuwait Petroleum
  • Tioga Capital Partners
  • Euclid
  • Conti-Lines

Work highlights

  • Assisted School Invest with regard to tax aspects of the execution of the “PPP school construction program” of the Flemish Government, through which the Flemish Government aims to invest about €550m in the construction of new schools.
  • Represented Kuwait Petroleum before the Constitutional Court to seek the annulment of the Belgian (alternative) implementation of the solidarity contribution introduced by the EU Council Regulation 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022, applicable to certain registered oil companies.
  • Advised and assisted Tioga Capital Partners with the set-up of a second Luxembourg investment fund.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Nicolas Engelmann

Other key lawyers

Christopher Thompson