Véronique De Brabanter

Member of the Brussels Bar 

Véronique’s practice focuses on dispute resolution and litigation related to all types of taxes. With more than 24 years’ experience as a lawyer at the Brussels bar, Véronique advises both Belgian and international clients on procedural matters and in handling both administrative and Court proceedings (such as complex transfer pricing disputes cases). She is a guest lecturer at Ghent University.

• Assisted clients in the context of domestic as well as multilateral tax audits
• Provided assistance in aggressive tax audits (dawn raids where tax authorities proceed to data dumps and use forensic tools) and negotiated settlements with the tax authorities
• Handled administrative disputes (domestic procedures as well as MAP’s) and litigation cases (in local Courts as well as Constitutional Court and Supreme Court) related to all kinds of tax matters (direct taxes, indirect taxes, local taxes,…)
• Carried out risk analyses and helped clients with voluntary disclosures

• audit defence
• controversy management
• dispute resolution
• pre-litigation
• litigation

• automotive
• consumer goods and services
• food and beverage
• gaming
• media
• pharma and life sciences 

Member of IFA and Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers

• Master Degree in Accounting and Taxes, Vlerick Management School (Ghent), 1992-1993
• Law degree, University of Leuven, 1987-1992