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Fons Ravelli

Counsel
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.

Biography

Fons Ravelli is a counsel in the Tax Practice Group of Baker McKenzie's Amsterdam office. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs) and regularly authors articles in tax journals.

Practice Focus

Fons focuses his practice on international tax advice, corporate tax, cross-border (re)structuring, transfer pricing disputes and EU tax law. He has assisted companies in a variety of industries, including consumer goods, technology, pharmaceutical, leisure, industrial and energy.   

Representative Legal Matters

  • Litigated a transfer pricing dispute regarding the conversion of a full-fledged manufacturer into a toll manufacturer.
  • (co-)Litigated a multi-billion Euro transfer pricing dispute (including penalties) of a consumer goods client involving the termination of an IP license.
  • Litigation and settlement of a transfer pricing dispute of a client in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Ongoing litigation of a major (strictly confidential) transfer pricing dispute including penalties.
  • Advised on numerous international acquisition/joint venture structures.
  • Advised on the tax aspects aspects of numerous cross border restructurings.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Dutch association of tax advisers (NOB).

Member of the EU tax law specialists committee.

Admissions

  • Amsterdam Civil Law (NOB)~Netherlands

Education

  • Utrecht University (LLM)
  • Rotterdam University (Postmaster in International and European Tax Law)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
Author, "Over waarderingsmismatches en causaliteit", NTFR 2025/557
Author, "Fiscale overkill en onduidelijkheid in de EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation", NTFR 2024/70
Author, "Verliestemporisering als (individual) excessive burden", NTFR 2023/144
Author, "Over het belang van buitenlandse compenserende heffing in de dividendbelasting en AB-sfeer", Weekblad Fiscaal Recht (WFR 2023/335)
Author, "Will Remote Working Mark the End of Substance Requirements?", European Taxation, 2023 (Volume 63), No. 6
Author, "Beleggers plegen misbruik! Of toch niet?" NTFR 2021/3944