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Vladimir Zivkovic

Counsel
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.
Not admitted to practice law in this jurisdiction

Biography

Vladimir Zivkovic is a Counsel in Baker McKenzie's European Transfer Pricing team. He has 15+ years of experience in transfer pricing, supply chain structuring and value chain analysis projects. Vladimir started his career in Canada in 2008 and relocated to the Netherlands in 2011. He is a member of Baker McKenzie's Global Reorgs and Consumer Goods & Retail groups.

Practice Focus

Vladimir's practice focuses on the transfer pricing aspects of supply chain structures, business restructurings and post-acquisition integrations.

Vladimir's experience includes transfer pricing planning, design and documentation, comparable searches, financial modelling and tax strategies, treasury and intra-group financial transactions, price setting and implementation of transfer pricing policies, transfer pricing analyses in connection with business restructuring projects, IP planning as part of post-acquisition integrations and assistance to companies in Advance Pricing Agreement procedures as well as transfer pricing audits.

Education

  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Master of Arts , Economics (2007 - 2009) - Teaching Assistant)
  • Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (Bachelor of Arts , International Economics and Finance (2003 - 2007) - Teaching Assistant)

Publications

Lecturing and speaking engagements:

Vladimir is a regular speaker at transfer pricing conferences, courses and seminars covering various transfer pricing topics. He regularly lectures at University of Amsterdam and the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) on the topics of intangibles and R&D activities, transfer pricing aspects of intra-group financial transactions, operating model value chains, transfer pricing documentation and tax policy developments impacting transfer pricing.

Publications:

  • Video Series, "Tax and Legal Implications of New Supply Chain Challenges", 2022
  • Co-author, "Digital Revolution: Transfer Pricing on the Global Tax Battlefield," Bloomberg BNA Special Report, June 2021
  • Co-author, "Transfer Pricing & Supply Chains: Global Developments due to Covid-19," Bloomberg BNA Special Report, April 2020
  • Co-author, "The OECD Draft on Low-Value Intragroup Services: A Comparison with Existing EU, US and Dutch Guidance," Bloomberg BNA Transfer Pricing Report Journal, 5 February 2015
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.