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Our tax practice provides standalone tax advice and supports our world-wide transactional practices, thereby making significant contributions to transactions in which tax considerations play a crucial role.

Our team advises world leading corporations, financial institutions and private equity houses on the structuring and planning of domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, capital raisings, financing and refinancing transactions and restructurings.

While our tax team operates independently on tax matters, the team is an important part of our international tax network, with over 150 tax experts worldwide advising on all aspects of cross-border advisory and transactional tax matters.

Please visit www.linklaters.com/en/locations/netherlands for more information. 

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Tax - Netherlands

Band 4

What the Team is Known For
Linklaters is an international team with particular expertise advising international private equity houses and Dutch companies on the tax elements of M&A and financing transactions. The law firm also advises on the tax structuring of capital markets transactions, including securitisation advice and hybrid issuances. The Dutch tax team acts alongside its international network of offices to provide clients with a range of cross-border advice.
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Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters assisted Unilever with the tax elements of the carve-out of its ice cream business from the remaining Unilever business.

Strengths

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  • Linklaters knows our business very well and predicts what could be issues for us.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • Linklaters has a business-minded way of approaching problem solving.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • The team is extremely adept at handling sophisticated and complex matters for very sophisticated, global clients.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • Linklaters' knowledge, tailored advice and ability to deal with the cross-border complexities of our case are outstanding.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • The lawyers respond promptly and with clarity.

    Tax respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Dick Hofland
    Dick Hofland

    Dick Hofland

    Dick Hofland remains a popular choice with private equity clients seeking tax advice on their corporate transactions, with experience acting on cases spanning multiple tax regimes.

    • Dick Hofland is very impressive and easy to deal with.

      Tax respondentEurope

    • Dick Hofland is a highly respected and extremely knowledgeable senior tax partner who has many years of valuable experience and is a key resource.

      Tax respondentEurope

    • Dick Hofland is the best adviser ever.

      Tax respondentEurope
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  • Jurian van der Pas
    Jurian van der Pas

    Jurian van der Pas

    Jurian van der Pas specialises in the domestic and international tax aspects of private equity and M&A transactions, as well as associated financing matters.

    • Jurian van der Pas is exceptional. He is always a pleasure to work with and someone who looks outside the box for solutions.

      Tax respondentEurope

    • Jurian van der Pas is a rising star who has really been supporting us across the board.

      Tax respondentEurope

    • I know that I can always rely on him when I need to work through complex, multinational tax arrangements.

      Tax respondentEurope
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