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Insight | Legal Alert

Changes to the tax qualification policy of Dutch and foreign legal forms

As of 1 January 2025, the Netherlands will introduce new rules with respect to the qualification of legal forms as either transparent (look-through/disregarded entity) or non-transparent (separate taxpayer/regarded entity) from a Dutch tax perspective.
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Overview

Our Amsterdam office advises clients on some of the most significant transactions in Europe, including advising APG Asset Management on the newly formed joint venture with Royal KPN N.V. for the rollout of fiber, the global coordinator, bookrunners and underwriters in MotorK plc's initial public offering of EUR 75 million and listing on Euronext Amsterdam and Wilbur-Ellis, one of the world's largest family-owned companies in the world, on the combination of Connell with Advent International's Caldic B.V..

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Amsterdam

Claude Debussylaan 54
1082 MD Amsterdam

P.O. Box 2720
1000 CS
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 551 7555 Fax: +31 20 626 7949

Building on our Firm's local and global expertise, our Amsterdam office offers comprehensive, integrated tax and legal services including:

 

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Key Contacts

  • Managing Partner

    Photo, Kim F. Tan

    Kim F. Tan

    Partner
    • Amsterdam
    + 31 20 551 7906

  • Director of Business Development

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    Gerard Wentink

    Director of Business Development
    +31 20 551 7972

  • Communications and Media Relations

    Photo, Claudia Wehmeijer

    Claudia Wehmeijer

    Head of Marketing & Communication
    + 31 6 18 73 88 79

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All services and other work are carried out under an Engagement Letter (“overeenkomst van opdracht”) with Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. Key provisions in the Engagement Letter include compliance with the Dutch Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (“Wwft” in Dutch), responsibility of assignment, limitation of liability, complaints procedure and applicability of Dutch law and jurisdiction.

Any assignment is also governed by our customary Standard Terms of Engagement for Legal Services. These Terms include among others provisions on the use of cloud services for the storage and processing of data and on data protection and international data transfer.

If a client is at any time dissatisfied with the service they are receiving or would like to discuss how our service could be improved, they should contact the Partner responsible for their matter or, if preferred, the Managing Partner. Please refer to our complaints procedures for lawyers, tax advisors and notaries for more information.