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Svalner Atlas Advisors

Netherlands

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Key contacts
Partner: Frank Schwarte
Partner: Boudewijn Niels
Quick facts
Number of advisors

125

Number of partners

16

Languages

Dutch, English, Spanish, German

Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Indirect tax
Tax
Tax controversy
Transactional tax
Transfer pricing
Firm overview

Svalner Atlas was founded in 2024. Three leading advisory firms in Sweden, Finland, and the Netherlands united with the ambition to form a new premier independent advisory group. In 2025, we expanded into Norway and Denmark, extended the services in the Netherlands as well as in Finland, and united under one brand – Svalner Atlas Advisors.

We have about 450 professionals specialised in all tax disciplines, transaction services, ESG, valuation, accounting, fund administration, among other specialities. Our clients range from multinational companies and private equity funds to owner-led businesses and private clients.

Key practice areas

Corporate Tax Matters

  • APAs
  • Corporate taxes
  • Financial services
  • M&A
  • Restructuring
  • Transactions
  • Value chains

Indirect Tax

  • Customs
  • GST
  • Supply chains
  • VAT

Tax Advisory

  • International tax advisory
  • Tax consulting

Transfer Pricing

  • Business Model Optimisation
  • Business Restructuring
  • Controversy Management
  • Cost-Sharing Arrangements
  • Cross-Border Project Management
  • Dispute Resolution
  • International Tax Planning
  • Litigation
  • TP Risk Management

Other

  • Mergers & Acquisition
  • Personal Income Tax & Wage Tax
  • Private clients
  •  
Client feedback

“Good outfit, pragmatic people. More like our own team.”

“Enthusiastic, good attutide to resolve challenges.”

“Atlas is a good tax firm based in the Netherlands.”

Sector expertise
  • Automotive
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Pharma and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms
Address:
Stadhouderskade 1
1054 ES Amsterdam
Tel:+31 2 05 35 4567 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.svalneratlas.com/

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2027 Edition
General corporate tax
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Tier 1

AKD
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Tier 3

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Indirect tax
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Taxperience
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VanLoman
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Alvarez & Marsal
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Greenberg Traurig
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Tax controversy
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Dentons
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Halprin Law
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Hertoghs advocaten
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Grant Thornton
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HVK Stevens
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KC Legal
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Simmons & Simmons
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Transactional tax
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Freshfields
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Loyens & Loeff
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PwC
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Stibbe
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A&O Shearman
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Bird & Bird
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Clifford Chance
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DLA Piper
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Grant Thornton
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NautaDutilh
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Simmons & Simmons
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Amstone Tax Lawyers
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Greenberg Traurig
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Van Campen Liem
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VanLoman
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Transfer pricing
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Baker McKenzie
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KPMG Meijburg & Co
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Loyens & Loeff
6 practice areas
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PwC
7 practice areas
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Svalner Atlas Advisors
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Grant Thornton
6 practice areas
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Stibbe
6 practice areas
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Taxperience
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
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Alvarez & Marsal
3 practice areas
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BDO
4 practice areas
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Baker Tilly (Netherlands) B.V.
2 practice areas
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Borgen Tax (Taxand Netherlands)
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Freshfields
5 practice areas
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HVK Stevens
7 practice areas
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Halprin Law
3 practice areas
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KC Legal
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Quantera Global
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RED
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Reptune
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Simmons & Simmons
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TPA Global
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Overview

Svalnar Atlas Advisors is a Dutch tax boutique. It recently entered a strategic partnership with Tiberghien under the name T/A International. International transactions, management incentive programmes, transfer pricing, tax valuations, international tax, private wealth, estate planning, and real estate are specialisms. Partners Boudewijn Niels, Ivo Kuipers, and Johan Visser are key practitioners. 


The firm represented a chemical multinational in complex cross-border restructuring pertaining to tax neutrality income. It also provided IP valuation and exit tax valuation for a medical client. A divestment with VAT implications on a lucrative transaction was also undertaken.  


Director Gerbrand Hidding arrived from Shell in October 2024.  Fellow directors Peter Karman and Arthur Smeijer joined the practice in 2024. Senior manager Mick Willemsen departed to Friesland Campina in December 2024 and director Yvonne Bakker left for the Dutch Tax Authorities in November 2024.  


Client feedback  


‘’No-nonsense and problem-solving.’’ 


‘’Good Firm where former associates of mine are working.’’ 

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Svalner Atlas Advisors is a Dutch tax boutique. It recently entered a strategic partnership with Tiberghien under the name T/A International. International transactions, management incentive programmes, transfer pricing, tax valuations, international tax, private wealth, estate planning, and real estate. Partners Boudewijn Niels, Ivo Kuipers, and Johan Visser are key practitioners.

The firm defended a biotechnology firm in a Dutch VAT audit and assisted Stedin in negotiating the government's energy investment terms.

Practitioners Gerben Markink and Taco Wiertsema were promoted to the partnership in September 2022 and January 2023.

Client feedback

“Good outfit, pragmatic people. More like our own team.”

“Enthusiastic, good attutide to resolve challenges.”

“Atlas is a good tax firm based in the Netherlands.”
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