Tax
The ‘very professional and knowledgeable’ team at Loyens & Loeff provides ’high-quality’ advice to clients on a standalone basis, as well as in the context of tax structuring pursuant to transactions handled by the firm. As well as handling fee-earning work, many practitioners within the team are members of tax committees and industry groups, ensuring they have excellent market intelligence and therefore the ability to provide ‘practical insights’ in light of legislative/regulatory changes. The investment management sector remains a fertile source of work, in relation to both tax structuring of fund vehicles and subsequent downstream transactions. Willem Bon has a strong grounding in fund-related work, which forms part of his overarching cross-border tax expertise that also relates to private client and corporate work. The ’very knowledgeable and articulate’ Peter Adriaansen also excels at private client work, as well as regularly providing tax advice to large multinational corporates based in Luxembourg. Peter Moons, who co-heads the team alongside Adriaansen, has a versatile practice that encompasses transfer pricing advice, transactional structuring (including within the private equity and real estate sectors) and litigation. Frank van Kuijk is on secondment to the firm's New York office, while Jochem van der Wal relocated to the Amsterdam office in 2022.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'They always have practical insights and send us personalised newsletters with the upcoming changes in the local and international tax legislation which would have a direct impact on our activity, underlying how it might affect us.'
‘The excellent team is very well prepared, responsive, practical and even anticipates and informs us about legislative changes that might have direct impact on our activity.'
'The team is very professional and knowledgeable of the topics they assist us with. They are very flexible in analysing topics from different angles trying to put themselves in our shoes and they understand very well our business, our risk profile and our strategies.'
'Peter Adriaansen is very knowledgeable and articulate.'
Key clients
- Euroclear Investments S.A
- Blackrock
- Rosy Blue
- Amazon
- The Rohatyn Group
- Paypal
- MML Capital
- Amgen Inc
Work highlights
- Advised Euroclear Investments on all Luxembourg and Belgium tax aspects of the transfer of its place of effective management and registered office from Luxembourg to Belgium.
- Advised BlackRock on all tax aspects related to the issuance of sukuk certificates and the establishment of a global medium-term note programme.
- Advised Rosy Blue (one of the world’s leading diamond companies) on all tax aspects related to the refinancing of its inventory and trade receivables securitisation programme.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Peter Adriaansen, Peter Moons