Aegis Tax Lawyers is a new tax boutique founded in 2018. It has assorted practitioners in domestic and international tax law. VAT, real estate, and transfer tax are core specialisms. Multinationals, SMEs, and Start-ups are assorted clients. Managing partner is Michel Bilars working alongside indirect practitioner Pascal Schrijver and transaction specialist Jan Lamers. Transactions specialist Sander Schildt is a corporate practitioner working in unison with wage tax specialist Frank Werger.
The firm restructured a loan portfolio as part of a real estate transaction and advised a Dutch client on the innovation box entailing complex VAT dimensions.
Wage tax specialist Frank Werger joined the firm on July 1st, 2024.
Client feedback
‘’Proactive opinionated advise with deep understanding of business and tax related challenges and how to optimize for maximum impact.’’
Experienced tax practice AKD offers broad advisory services in the Benelux region. The team advises high-profile multinationals, financial institutions, and international private equity funds. It completes M&A, real estate, structured finance and restructuring transactions alongside tax litigation. Head of department is partner Ivo Vreman. Fellow partner Maarten Prevoo is an indirect specialist, alongside transactions partner Anton Akimov.
The firm assisted Samskip on its new partnership with Matrans Rotterdam Terminal in a sophisticated real estate transaction. It also acted for Nasdaq Nordic listed, Aspo Plc and its subsidiary Telko in a strategic acquisition. Debt fund restructuring was completed for an Indian multinational.
Partner Maarten Prevoo was hired from VanLoman in November 2024. Partner Milja Bormann-Bakker departed to BDO in September 2024 and associate Benyamin Karimi left for KPMG in January 2025.
Client feedback
‘’Very accurate and holistic analysis.’’
‘’Very responsive, well informed and aware of key commercial concerns leading to pragmatic robust advice.’’
Alvarez and Marsal is a new advisory entity on the Dutch market, having been established in August 2021. It is known for M&A transactions and associated restructuring mandates. Clients are primarily private equity firms and multinationals. Key practitioners are partners Marc Sanders, Roel de Vries and Frank Buitenwerf. Managing director Patrick van Min is a general tax advisory specialist.
Recent highlights include refinancing of Your.World’s existing private credit facilities worth over €1 billion, inclusive of refinancing for private credit facilities. It also performed due diligence on tax structuring, transaction documentation and post-closing measures.
Managing director Patrick van Min arrived from Deloitte in January 2025. Senior director Roos Jongeneel arrived from EY in March 2024.
Client feedback
‘’Very responsive, very well connected internally, very knowledgeable.’’
Baker McKenzie has one of the largest tax groups in the Netherlands. Its tax department runs several specialised outbound programmes, including a Latin America desk, a US Tax Focus Group, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare, and the ITC Industry. Leading practitioners are partners Nicole Looks, Juliana Dantas, Michiel Kloes, and Maarten Hoelen.
Recent highlights include advice before the customs authorities of multiple EU Member States pertaining to centralised importation tax regimes. It was also lead counsel in landmark litigation relating to customs duties and tariff classifications for a nutrition client.
Director Marina Tokunova arrived in March 2023. Outgoing counsels Redmar Wolf and Erik Scheer departed with director Roeland Bavinck.
Client feedback
“Providing insights on dos and don'ts, clearly flagging risks and exposures.”
Bird & Bird provides regulatory, corporate structuring and employment tax services. The head of the tax team is Willem Bongaerts. It is a market leader in technology, communications, life sciences, energy & utilities. The Dutch group assists in transactions and projects involving cross-border teamwork across an integrated network. Fellow partner Arnoud Knijnenburg works alongside counsel Pieter Camps and head of VAT Andy van Esdonk.
The firm advised Chinook Therapeutics on its joint venture with Chinese life science investors. It also assisted Preceyes in a strategic collaboration with Mount Sinai Health System.
Head of VAT Andy van Esdonk arrived from KPMG in December 2022.
Taxand Netherlands is an independent tax consultancy firm that specialises in indirect tax, compensation tax, disputes, and transactions. Industry focus is aligned to institutional investors, private equity, real estate, energy, life sciences, and insurance providers. Key practitioners are Jimmie van der Zwaan, Gertjan Hesselberth, Susan Raaijmakers, Martijn Jaegers, Evert-Jan Spoelder, Sander Michaël and Karel Pellemans.
The practice advised an insurer on dividend withholding tax risk in a valuable infrastructure deal. It also established a separate Dutch private equity fund house structure.
Client feedback
“Supportive and proactive and good connections with the TA.”
“Responsive and practical, full service, sense of politics that maximize tax advice efficiency.”
Dentons has a large presence in the Netherlands, with a team of 17tax lawyers in the Amsterdam office. The tax department holds a significant market share in real estate investments and mid-market private equity funds. The firm also has capabilities in tax planning, tax litigation and private clients. Corporate tax specialist Jurjen Bevers is a key practitioner. Heico Reinoud is the co-head of the Amsterdam office. Partners Marnix Veldhuijzen and indirect specialist Sebastiaan Wijsman are fellow professionals.
The firm advised Gilde Equity Management on the set-up and implementation of their first real estate fund. It also acted for Europastry in post-closing structuring.
Partner Sebastiaan Wijsman arrived from DLA Piper in September 2022. Outgoing partner Paul Halprin departed to Halprin Law in January 2023.
DLA Piper is a full-service law firm. Services encompass inbound and outbound investments, private equity deals, structuring for corporate and real estate acquisitions, disposals, customs, supply chain planning, and indirect tax advice. Key practitioners are litigator Jian-Cheng Ku, indirect specialist Daan Arends, and transactions partner Jean Paul Dresen.
Client feedback
‘’Partners put in the effort to fully understand client's challenges and work to ease them"
Ectacon is a versatile transfer pricing consultancy firm. Services encompass economic analysis, documentation, tax mediation, and compliance. The key transfer pricing practitioners are partners Gerben Weistra and Olaf Smits.
EY Netherlands tax practice is versatile with diverse expertise. Service lines are grouped as law, workforce tax accounting, tax compliance, operations, and planning. It also serves all sectors for assorted private clients and stock-listed multinationals. Market repute is in indirect tax law and M&A operations with cross-border facets are pronounced. Influential practitioners include Marieke Kopinsky, Anne Mieke Holland, Jeroen Scholten and Wiebe Brink.
The firm’s transfer pricing team assisted a client with co-developing a new policy for commercial activities related to the distribution of products and associated provisions. It also launched a feasibility assessment for a new digitisation operations model.
Partner Lyusine Satiyan arrived from EY Russia in September 2022. Senior managers Sima Kortram, Gratiela Bogaciu, and Tim Beems departed in 2022.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a standalone full-service law firm with strength in landmark M&A transactions. TMT, financial institutions, and real estate are focus areas. Department head is partner Eelco van der Stok alongside notable practitioner Bob van Kasteren and senior associate Daan van Schaik.
Recent highlights include advice to Getir on the acquisition of food delivery application Gorillas in a $1.2 billion deal. It also advised Siemens Energy on the indirect issuance of a mandatory convertible bond valued at €960 million.
Grant Thornton assists its clients with tax advice in international taxation, restructuring, cross border transactions and indirect taxation. For its Dutch clients, the firm also assists in general corporate tax as well as estate planning and private client services. The firm’s transactional tax team head is Jurgen van Hattum and the international tax specialist is Michiel Maas. Partner Monique Pisters is the head of taxation. Partner Sander Agterhof and director Jochem Calis are the global mobility specialists.
During the research cycle the practice prepared detailed VAT transaction mapping and obtained an import VAT refund from the Dutch tax authorities for Chiaro. It also developed OECD-compliant transfer pricing documentation for multiple divisions of a large multinational corporation.
Partner Stefanie Thonhauser arrived from PKF Wallast on January 1st, 2025, and director Tim Kok joined the firm from PwC in June 2024.
Client feedback
‘’They assist us professionally with second opinion on certain tax matters and also with tax controversy.’’
Huygens is a boutique tax advisory firm based in Amsterdam. It advises on Dutch and international tax issues pertaining to transactions, structuring, and transfer pricing. Private equity firms, real estate investors, start-ups, and high-net-worth individuals are clients. It is distinguished in corporate finance mandates. The firm was founded by partners Mark van Casteren, Rutger Hafkenscheid, Quirijn Knab, and Stephan Kraan on January 1, 2022.
The firm prepared transfer pricing valuation analysis in a Dutch tax administration dispute. It also advised a telecommunications client on a transfer pricing dispute pertaining to intra-group financing transactions.
HVK Stevens is a full-service participant in the Dutch tax market. It specialises in entrepreneurs, corporations, and private equity fund mandates. In addition to transactions, it represents clients across the spectrum of litigation from domestic disputes to the ECJ. Influential partners are Paulus Merks, Johan Van Vulpen and Mark Janssen.
Recent highlights include strategic advice relayed to the Maersk group on global restructuring. It also completed a re-closing restructuring for a software provider.
In January 2022, partner Paulus Merks arrived from Houthoff.
Kraaijeveld Coppus Legal is a tax boutique, with a focus on international tax planning, restructuring, and refinancing, as well as assisting in transactions and reorganisations. Founding partners Friggo Kraaijeveld and Ceriel Coppus lead the firm. International tax partner Timo Ponsioen is a tax reporting specialist. Fellow partner Onno Backx is an international tax law specialist alongside Edwin Veele.
The firm advised Kai Tak Company B.V. on compliance obligations, pertaining to corporate income tax and VAT filings in a USD 118.28m transaction. It also acted for Wintershall Dea Asset Holding on the OECD's Pillar 2 framework and managed its transfer pricing policies.
Partner Manon Wurtz arrived from RSM in March 2024 and fellow partner Onno Backx joined from Grant Thornton in February 2025.
Client feedback
‘’Pro-active with an appetite for contentious work. Clear position on fundamental rights of defendants.’’
‘’Extremely professional, proactive and excellent value.’’
KPMG Meijburg & Co is one of the largest advisory practices in the Netherlands. It advises differentiated companies in business tax services with in-house notarial provision. The Dutch GTPS practice is led by Jeroen Dijkman, who is part of Meijburg & Co, KPMG's tax member firm in the Netherlands. Five partners and assorted transfer pricing practitioners cooperate with corporate income tax, customs, VAT and other tax specialists.
Client feedback
‘’The best tax firm in the Netherlands.’’
Loyens & Loeff has a versatile tax practice headquartered in Amsterdam. The firm comprises partners Marcel Buur, Harmen van Dam, Marco de Lignie and Fred van der Leije. The Dutch practice can operate in all tax areas, including advice to various investment firms, private clients, and contentious tax matters. Transactions, indirect mandates, and employment tax are specialisms.
The firm advised DPG Media on the structuring acquisition of RTL Netherlands by DPG Media. It also completed a reverse merger on a landmark deal in the Benelux real estate sector, involving two listed companies comprising Vastned Retail and its Belgian subsidiary.
Client feedback
‘’Very responsive, technically solid and always on top of latest international tax developments.’’
‘’Vincent van der Lans at Loyens & Loeff is a brilliant mind and an outstanding tax lawyer. He is able to solve our clients' most complex problems in an efficient, responsive and practical manner.’’
‘’They are extremely knowledgeable and can clearly explain the regulations of their countries. They also are pragmatic in the sense that they really adapt their advice to the client structure and constraints.’’
Quantera Global is an independent transfer pricing boutique. The full-service suite encompasses strategy, design, APAs, financial transactions, benchmark studies and TP documentation to audit support and MAPs. Managing director Rudolf Sinx and Maikel Verhoeven are based in operational transfer pricing. Fellow director Emile Monfils specialises in valuations. Managing director Theo Elshof is based in APA work.
The practice designed a transfer pricing model with documentation for a scale-up SaaS business and obtained a bilateral APA for a family-owned logistics function to mitigate warehouse cost incursions. It also assisted a multinational on a transfer pricing model design to avoid double taxation liabilities.
Client feedback
"Clear advice and deadlines. Continuing efforts to keep the project going"
"Very flexible, creative, personal contact and down to earth."
Simmons & Simmons has a strong focus on reorganisations and corporate tax issues such as withholding tax and transactions. René van Eldonk is the country’s head of tax. He is supported by partners Monique van Herksen and Robert Jean Kloprogge. The firm acts for international banks and financial institutions in pan-European mandates. Primary focus is on asset management, life sciences and technology.
The firm provided a bank with a foreign initiated corporate tax adjustment MAP pertaining to bond issuance. It also advised a multinational on international dispute resolution for transfer pricing.
Stibbe is a leading Benelux law firm, with a distinguished Dutch tax department. Corporate taxation specialist Michael Molenaars leads the firm, with the support of partners Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, and counsel Johan Vrolijk. It operates across the tax spectrum, with a focus on M&A transactions for corporate clients. SPA litigation and intra-group transactions are complementary service lines.
The firm advised the private equity firm Ardian on a majority acquisition stake in Robot-Coupe France at a value of €780m. It acted for French banking group BPCE on its asset management joint venture with Generali, valued at approximately €9.5 billion in total. A separate SPA tax dispute was also contested.
Client feedback
‘’We prefer to choose Tier 1 and Tier 2 firms abroad, because we consider them (and they us) as peers and we believe that this way we can provide the same level of service’’.
‘’Helpful, clear, responsive and commercial.’’
STP Tax is a competitive tax boutique offering integrated tax advisory services. STP’s transfer pricing practice is led by Pieter Drubbel and complemented by senior tax manager Tomas van den Ouden and transfer pricing manager Jurie Franken. Benchmarking, dispute resolution, compliance and valuation services serve multinationals in the technology, logistics, and aerospace industries. Partner Jan Gerrand is the resident RETT in-post.
The firm imparted advice on hybrid mismatch rules under ATAD Pillar II and created a VAT framework for an ePlatform provider in the Netherlands. A cloud communications restructuring was a further operational highlight in cross-border context.
Assistant tax managers Eline Stuijt and Prachi Bhatiani arrived from EY in 2024.
Client feedback
‘’Clear answers and technical capabilities to move fast and in a structured way.’’
Atlas Tax Lawyers 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.’’
Taxperience comprises multidisciplinary practitioners integrated into the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors. Specialisms are transfer pricing, compliance, corporate tax, litigation, and VAT. Sector expertise covers healthcare, telecommunications, software, and insurance. Co-founder Ruben van Aarle is a key contact, alongside managing partners Diederik Hauser and Maurice Schouten.
Recent highlights include an appeal against a Dutch Tax Administration challenge to a 30% ruling under Dutch wage tax legislation. It also assisted a private limited company with a benchmark study on arm’s length interest applied to a loan.
Senior tax compliance manager Anke Schrijer joined from Loyens & Loeff in March 2024. Salary partners Linda Groenewoud and Hans de Vries departed to Vado and AWVN in February 2025 and November 2024 respectively.
Client feedback
‘’My main contact at Taxperience is Maarten van den Beucken. I have worked with him for many years. He is easy to work with and very knowledgeable on Dutch and US taxes. His communication skills are excellent.
‘’Maarten retained the help of a Dutch tax professor to finetune their position. The firm kept me informed every step of the way and we are looking forward to finally getting this resolved so we can close out the estate.’’
Van Campen Liem is a dynamic tax boutique firm covering the Netherlands and Luxembourg. It provides services in commercial and international taxation, encompassing differentiated industries. The firm’s specialists derive from auspicious market rivals like Baker & McKenzie, Stibbe, and KPMG. Cross-border transactions and reorganisations are specialties. Partners Piet Boonstra, Marcello Distaso, Emile Bongers, Marc van Campen, Saman Sadeghi and Paul Kraan are the key practitioners.
The firm advised Marktlink on the establishment of private equity and venture capital funds for institutional investors. It also acted for Birgi Mefar Group in its sale to the Abu Dhabi Development Holding.
Van Loman Tax Lawyers is a full-service tax practice based in Amsterdam. Services encompass international transactions, structures, employee participation, tax compliance, transfer pricing, investment funds and tax litigation. Its expansive practice is especially known for fund formation and incentive planning expertise. Transactions specialists Jochem Kin and Marc Oostenbroek work alongside fellow partners Gabriël van Gelder, Maarten Prevoo, Laurens Lor, and Anke Boerefijn.
The firm assisted the NEQSOL Holding Group with their international restructuring featuring a new Dutch headquarters. It also acted for ABKA and its shareholders on all tax facets of a SPAC transaction.
Partner Gabriël van Gelder arrived from DLA Piper in November 2022. Counsel Steven den Boer joined the firm in 2023.
