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Loyens & Loeff

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : Netherlands

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Our Family Owned Business & Private Wealth team can offer tailored, personal advice for family offices and high-net-worth individuals, investment managers, private equity firms and multinational enterprises. We take a co-operative and forward-thinking approach, anticipating social dynamics, and help our clients to make the right choices.

What can clients expect from us?

  1. Tax and legal structuring of family-owned business​es​​
  2. Advice on the management and supervision of the family-owned business and wealth
  3. Protection of wealth and privacy
  4. Tax and legal structuring of succession planning (private equity, real estate, funds)
  5. Support for emigration and/or repatriation
  6. Tax and legal structuring of valuable assets
  7. Advice on prenuptial agreements and last wills
  8. Establishing (family) foundations and charitable organisations
  9. Pension provision

What makes us unique?
We have a fully-integrated collaboration between tax advisers, civil law notaries and lawyers. This allows us to efficiently transform complex tax and legal issues into pragmatic solutions. Questions are considered and addressed from various perspectives, and we are completely independent from accountants. Our clients can also draw on specialist tax and legal knowledge of the rules in our four home markets (the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland) and our global (business) network.

Please visit www.loyensloeff.com to learn more about our practice.

Chambers Review

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Private Wealth Law - Netherlands

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Loyens & Loeff is well regarded for its work on family-owned business and private wealth issues, and offers advice on the full suite of tax and civil law matters. The firm is able to combine its corporate law and private wealth law expertise when advising high net worth clients and privately held businesses.
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Strengths

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  • What has impressed me most is how practical they are. They are not wedded to any one solution. You always feel listened to. They have an ability to focus on what matters to clients fundamentally.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Loyens' has a high level of knowledge and a pragmatic approach, and manages projects well.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Loyens & Loeff combines tax, corporate and the other expertise required in one team, which is embedded in a firm that has a very international profile.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • The depth and breadth of the Loyens & Loeff private wealth team stands out. The Dutch team has colleagues in Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland for matters in these countries.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Loyens & Loeff provide personal, tailor-made, cross-border and multi-generational solutions.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

Notable Practitioners

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  • Guido Derckx
    Guido Derckx

    Guido Derckx

    Guido Derckx serves as a senior tax adviser and partner in Loyens & Loeff's family-owned business and private wealth practice group. He is highly regarded for his broad tax practice.

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  • Dirk-Jan Maasland
    Dirk-Jan Maasland

    Dirk-Jan Maasland

    Dirk-Jan Maasland has extensive experience advising high net worth clients on domestic and cross-border wealth structuring, estate planning and governance issues.

    • Dirk-Jan Maasland is the guy you go to for any Dutch family and corporate governance issues.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Dirk-Jan has a lot of expertise. He is the go-to notary for estate planning.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Dirk-Jan Maasland is the go-to for estate planning expertise. He is very calm and very experienced, and great to work with.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Tim van Straaten
    Tim van Straaten

    Tim van Straaten

    Tim van Straaten is a tax partner in the Loyens & Loeff team. He advises high net worth clients and their closely-held businesses on business structuring and succession matters.

    • I highly appreciate Tim's ability to summarise complex issues into easy-to-understand language.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Tim is knowledgeable, solid and reliable. He is a very nice guy to work with.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Pleuni Visser
    Pleuni Visser

    Pleuni Visser

    Pleuni Visser is well regarded for her handling of tax matters in relation to trust and estate planning. Her work often involves offshore jurisdictions, including Curacao.

    • Pleuni Visser is excellent – very collaborative and commercial.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • She is brilliant at managing restructurings. She is very calm, never fazed and always looks for practical solutions.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Pleuni has a very high technical level combined with social skills.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Pleuni has an excellent manner with clients, and she is happy to work with various parties involved in a case. She also has excellent knowledge of Dutch tax and wealth law requirements.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Pleuni is full of energy, very responsive and has a lot of expertise on the tax aspects of estate planning and associated private wealth matters.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
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