About

Provided by Eubelius

Taxes often have a considerable impact on the profitability of businesses and investments. The tax rules are complex and continuously changing not only in law (e.g. driven by budgetary constraints or political pressure) but sometimes also in their application (e.g. due to developments in case law). 

In this challenging environment, it is vital to have a clear and comprehensive overview of the tax consequences of envisaged transactions and to assess potential risks of existing structures and tax planning schemes. Taxpayers face increased fiscal uncertainty and may end up in complex discussions with tax authorities.

Our tax team offers solutions on both fronts. We guide clients through the jungle of fiscal complexity and assist them in assessing tax opportunities and risks, equipping them to make well-informed decisions. We obtain advance tax rulings, providing legal certainty related to transactions. We also have extensive experience in assisting clients during tax audits and defending their interests before national and international courts. Our offering is unique not only because of the outstanding quality of our attorneys and our tailor-made approach, but also because we are a full-service law firm. Thus, our tax attorneys can draw upon the outstanding expertise of their colleagues from other practice areas to address the most complex tax issues in both advisory and contentious work.



Chambers Review

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Tax - Belgium

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Eubelius advises companies or their management teams on the tax treatment of M&A and real estate transactions, as well as on corporate restructurings. It offers notable expertise in the specific regulatory regimes for REITs and REIFs. The team also handles tax litigation and tax investigations relating to companies' liability for direct or indirect taxes. The tax department works with the law firm's competition team on appeals against the European Commission's excess profit decision. The law firm assists with the tax aspects of capital markets transactions and the establishment of investment funds.

Work Highlights

  • Eubelius assisted the founder of Itineris with the tax consequences of the sale of the company to Cobepa, including a management incentive package.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Svjatoslav Gnedasj
2
Svjatoslav Gnedasj
Head of Tax
2
Band 2
Svjatoslav Gnedasj is recognised for his strong tax litigation expertise, which covers a range of topics including VAT and withholding tax.

Svjatoslav Gnedasj is a specialist tax litigation lawyer who knows exactly how to handle tax authorities.

What I really love about him is that he has an amazing memory and is super detail oriented.

He is very responsive and shows a lot of expertise in tax litigation.

Wouter Claes
3
Wouter Claes
Head of Tax
3
Band 3

Wouter Claes has a particularly strong practice representing governmental bodies and real estate investors and also acts for clients in the financial services sector. His practice covers the tax structuring of corporate transactions, withholding tax issues and employee incentives.

Wouter Claes is a down-to-earth dealmaker.

He provides high-level tax advice in different subject matters.

Wouter Claes has excellent subject matter knowledge.

Wouter Claes is very nice to work with. He is pragmatic, responsive and knowledgeable.

Korneel Decroix
Korneel Decroix
Spotlight

Korneel Decroix has significant expertise advising on the tax and VAT structuring of M&A, demonstrating particular skill in the real estate sector. His indirect taxation abilities are also employed to manage high-stakes VAT litigation proceedings.

He understands our business and advises accordingly. I have Korneel on speed dial for all complex VAT matters.

He has deep tax knowledge and is a pragmatic and hands-on lawyer.

He has the ability to handle complex questions and has excellent knowledge of real estate matters.

Korneel Decroix is my go-to expert for all matters relating to VAT. He provides pragmatic advice and understands how to tailor the complexity of VAT issues to the pragmatic solutions that companies need.

Ranked Lawyers at
Eubelius

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Belgium

Tax

Svjatoslav Gnedasj
2
Svjatoslav Gnedasj
Head of Tax
2
Band 2
Wouter Claes
3
Wouter Claes
Head of Tax
3
Band 3
Tax: VAT

Korneel Decroix
Korneel Decroix
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Korneel Decroix

Head of Department

Svjatoslav Gnedasj

Svjatoslav Gnedasj

Head of Department

Wouter Claes

Wouter Claes

Head of Department