Simmons & Simmons is recommended for tax advice on financial transactions including facility agreements, debt issuance programmes, and securitisations and has proven experience in the energy and real estate segments. Since the retirement of former practice head René van Eldonk in July 2024, the practice is co-headed by transfer pricing expert Monique van Herksen and Robert Jean Kloprogge, who focuses on tax aspects of financial and corporate transactions including M&A, asset backed finance, and corporate real estate matters.

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Key clients

  • 90 North
  • Aegon
  • Airbus
  • Barclays
  • Citibank
  • Delen Private Bank
  • Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG
  • DRC Capital
  • DZ Bank
  • Elfi Real Estate
  • Encavis
  • Heineken
  • Hiltermann Lease Group
  • Hines Real Estate
  • Hunt Oil Company
  • HSBC
  • JP Morgan
  • Lightrock
  • Lightsource bp
  • Medicxi
  • Plukon Food Group
  • RedBird Capital Partners
  • RBC BlueBay Asset Management
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
  • Triginta
  • Veon
  • Green Fund

Work highlights

  • Advised Delen Private Bank NV, a Belgium based an asset manager specialised in discretionary wealth management and estate planning, on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Box Consultants BV.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Robert Jean Kloprogge, Monique van Herksen