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2027 Edition
General corporate tax
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Overview

Stibbe is an integrated taxation practice with a full-service suite across the Benelux region. Practice focus is couched in transactional tax, real estate tax, financial services tax, and litigation. Head of department Wim Panis is a leading VAT specialist, supported by renowned litigator Henk Verstraete and private equity counsel Giovanni Smet.   

The team advised a manufacturing multinational on a complex reorganisation involving dividend received deductions, withholding tax exemptions, interest deductibility rules and ATAD Pillar II evaluation. It also diversified a shareholder structure to expand an investment portfolio and mitigate risk exposure. It acted as legal advisor in the acquisition of Forum Estates Holding BV by Cibus Nordic Real Estate AB, valued at EUR 219.9 million.  

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Stibbe is an integrated taxation practice with a full-service suite across the Benelux region, with a special focus on transactional tax, real estate tax, financial services tax, and litigation. Head of department Wim Panis is a leading VAT specialist, supported by renowned litigator Henk Verstraete and private equity counsel Giovanni Smet.

The team advised Picanol in the simplified integration of two Belgian listed companies. Stibbe also assisted Conny Vandendriessche in a decorated transaction on tax efficient structuring in a €3 billion deal.

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