Netherlands

Firm overview

Aegis Tax Lawyers specialises in Dutch and international tax law and the tax aspects of M&A and real estate. We offer high-quality advice and compliance services in the areas of corporate income tax, dividend withholding tax, VAT, payroll and income tax and real estate transfer tax.

Our client portfolio includes multinationals, large and medium-sized companies, start-ups and scale-ups, investment funds, private equity, family offices and real estate investors and developers. We pride ourselves on the strong and long-term relationships we build with them.

Aegis Tax Lawyers combines the professionalism and expertise of a large tax advisory firm with the advantages of a tax boutique. All Aegis tax lawyers and compliance managers are seasoned professionals. We have a personal and proactive approach.

Aegis Tax Lawyers works completely independently of any law or accounting firm. Instead, we have access to an extensive informal network of leading tax law firms abroad.

Firm overview

Grant Thornton Netherlands is a member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL), one of the world's largest networks (#6) of independent accounting and consulting firms, with 56,000 professionals in over 140 countries. From nine Dutch offices, 550 professionals support our customers with advice and assistance in audit, tax and (financial) advisory issues.

In addition to our close cooperation with various Dutch teams, we work globally and together as an international team in order to ensure that our clients receive quality business advisory services, made to fit. This includes assisting our clients with the planning, reviewing and implementing of efficient (international) business structures so that they can form and coordinate their own activities and operations in the relevant countries according to their needs. In the last year our International practice has shown a growth in revenue of 20%, despite the world wide COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dutch Grant Thornton’s international tax practice serves non-Dutch corporate clients with operations, employees or entities in the Netherlands or Dutch corporations with subsidiaries or shareholders outside the Netherlands.

As part of our communication with the clients, we coordinate tax compliance through the use of a centralized tools and dashboard. This provides our client daily insight into their compliance position and determine whether they are “in control” of their compliance commitments.

We deliver world-class expertise in a way that is seamlessly connected with the unique situation of the client. We work from a solid foundation with a flexible and results-driven mentality.

Firm overview

With over 475 lawyers, tax advisers, civil-law notaries and business support staff in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, AKD is a leading Benelux law firm. For its clients, the firm is the gateway from, to and in the Benelux.

Practising Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg law, we have the size, the expertise and the experience to assist in tax matters, national and international Mergers & Acquisitions, conduct minor and major litigation, and advise on substantial projects such as the energy transition and issues concerning privacy and data security.

In 2019, AKD won the 'Law Firm of the Year: Benelux' award, conferred by leading UK publication The Lawyer. AKD also received the award in 2016 and 2018.

Firm overview

With more than 70 partners and around 800 professionals, Meijburg & Co has one of the biggest tax & legal practices in the Netherlands. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, various funds and financial institutions. The firm's key fields include the financial services, energy, pharmaceuticals, electronics and chemical industries.

Since 2016, Meijburg Legal has advised and supported businesses in the field of business tax law. Meijburg Legal and Meijburg & Co’s integrated working method offers legal and tax solutions under one roof combined with in-house notarial implementation. This provides our clients with added value.

The Dutch GTPS practice, led by Jeroen Dijkman, is part of Meijburg & Co, KPMG's tax member firm in the Netherlands. Five partners and approximately 60 transfer pricing professionals of different nationalities work closely with corporate income tax, customs, VAT and other tax specialists and with our KPMG GTPS colleagues worldwide.

As part of KPMG’s Global Transfer Pricing Services (GTPS), Meijburg & Co's transfer pricing experts offer a full range of services, including value chain management reviews, transfer pricing documentation and compliance services, benchmarking, operational transfer pricing and implementation, valuation analyses and other economic tax advisory services, assistance in obtaining bilateral and unilateral advance pricing agreements, competent authority matters, tax audits and tax litigation.

Meijburg&Co’s transfer pricing experts have a wide range of industry experience and are recognized for their robust technical expertise and experience.