The tax department of Stibbe Brussels is consistently rated among the best tax law practices in Belgium. We are active in all areas of tax law: national, European and international.

 

We handle all kinds of transactional tax-related work, e.g., holding and finance structures, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private equity or venture capital investments, project finance, etc.

 

We also handle all types of tax litigation work, from administrative procedures before the national Belgian tax authorities to national and European contentious tax matters before the lower and appellate courts as well as before the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and European courts.

 

Our tax lawyers frequently team up with our real estate, corporate/finance and administrative lawyers for large real estate, project finance or PPP projects.

 

Apart from very substantial direct tax work, most of these projects include extremely challenging or complex indirect tax components (VAT).

 

Apart from transactional and litigation work, the tax team is also frequently involved in compiling and filing applications for advance tax rulings, i.a., in the area of transfer pricing.

 

For completeness’ sake, the tax team is also handling tax work for individual taxpayers, including estate planning, taxation of family shareholders, cross-border employment schemes, etc.

 

 

Clients emphasise this group's “outstanding service levels and superb value for money.” As one source elaborates: “The lawyers really listen to what you are asking for and are really quick at turning things around.”
Chambers Europe – 2009