Alain Huyghe

Practice Areas

General Tax Planning

Tax Controversy & Litigation

Tax Advice for M&A and Corporate

Restructuring

Wealth management

Career

Alain Huyghe is a partner in the Tax Practice Group of the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1986 and became partner in 1994. Alain has been mentioned consistently over the past 25 years as a leading tax lawyer in Belgium in publications such as the International Tax Review, Chambers and The European Legal 500.

Alain advises clients on a broad range of domestic corporate tax and international tax issues. He also has extensive experience in tax controversy work (including transfer pricing audits and disputes, mutual agreement procedures, representation of clients before the European Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court) and has successfully handled a number of major cases. He has also a focus on advisory and tax controversy work for insurance companies on specific tax matters inherent to the insurance sector.

Professional Memberships

International Fiscal Association (IFA), Belgian branch - Past president and member of the Board

American Chamber of Commerce

Belgian Association for Tax Lawyers

Publications

Alain is a member of the editing committee of the Belgian tax magazines Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht (TFR), Tijdschrift voor Beleggingsfiscaliteit (TBF)/ Revue Fiscalité des Placements (RFP) and Tijdschrift voor Estate Planning (TEP). He is also an editor in the Belgian tax magazine Fiscoloog/Fiscologue.

Alain regularly contributes to domestic and international tax reviews on Belgian and international taxation matters. Recent publications include:

Co-Author, "Wegwijs in Estate Planning; the New Belgian Securities Account Tax", Tijdschrift voor Estate Planning (TEP), Number 4 - 2021

Author, "Luxemburgs "branche 6" contract: interessant hybride product voor Belgische vennootschappen, sinds de recente verduidelijkingen in een boekhoudkundige en een fiscale ruling”, Tijdschrift voor Beleggingsfiscaliteit (TBF), January 2022

Co-author, "The availability of the foreign tax credit for French dividends under the tax treaty between Belgium and France", Liber Amicorum Bernard Peeters, Herentals: KnopsPublishing, 2022