Tax
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek ‘delivers top quality advice’ concerning transactional taxes, with the firm assisting both public and private companies on the tax structuring of M&As and advising on the restructuring and redomiciliation of corporate entities for tax optimisation purposes. The ’very focused’ Wiebe Dijkstra leads the practice, handling transactional tax matters, those tied to investment funds and tax controversies. Henk van Ravenhorst brings an ‘excellent analytical ability’ to tax restructuring matters, in addition to public and private transactions, with Frank Pötgens representing clients in tax litigation. Maarten van der Weijden was appointed a judge at the court of appeals in September 2023.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'De Brauw's tax group is a very dedicated team that delivers top quality advice.'
'Henk van Ravenhorst and Frank Pötgens deliver top quality advice, have excellent communication, negotiation and matter management skills and are always available and responsive.'
'Team is always responsive and well versed in its specialist area.'
'Wiebe Dijkstra is very focused, and eager to support and provide advice.'
'Very knowledgeable team with the ability to simplify complex tax matters.'
'Henk van Ravenhorst is a very skilled tax and transactions lawyer. He possesses an excellent analytical ability in relation to the most complex legal issues and, at the same time, is very easy and pleasant to work with and very attentive to the client's needs.'
Key clients
- ABN AMRO
- Advent
- Aegon N.V.
- Ahold Delhaize
- Altice
- APG
- Banco Santander
- Ferrovial
- Flow Traders
- Ikea
- Just Eat Takeaway N.V.
- NN Group N.V.
- Parcom
- Pon
- Robeco
- Shell Plc.
- Sodexo
- Triton
Work highlights
- Advised AEGON on the sale of their Dutch insurance business to a.s.r. and the announced corporate redomiciliation of their listed top holding entity to Bermuda.
- Advised Flow Traders on the corporate redomiciliation of their listed top holding entity to Bermuda.
- Advised Ferrovial S.A. on all tax aspects of its cross-border merger and redomiciliation to the Netherlands and simultaneous listing of its shares on Euronext Amsterdam.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Wiebe Dijkstra