The board consists of the following tax attorneys :
Gerd D. Goyvaerts
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Gerd D. Goyvaerts
GERD D. GOYVAERTS
Gerd is a partner at Tiberghien. His tax practice covers professional and private estate taxation of the Belgian entrepreneur and HNWI, international corporate and private tax planning, death duties and estate planning and tax inspired migration from and into Belgium. He focuses amongst others on benefits & compensations, in particular with respect to ‘tailor made’ profit sharing schemes and stock option plans, both for Belgian and foreign corporations doing business in Belgium.
He also developed a special interest in tax issues relevant to Anglo-Saxon trusts, foundations and settlements and voluntary disclosure proceedings, anti-money laundering legislation and regulations especially in a world where banking secrecy is shrinking.
He is a regular speaker on (inter)national seminars and author of various articles on tax issues in leading journals such as “Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht”, “Fiscale Actualiteit”, “Trusts & Trustees” and “Vermogensplanning in de Praktijk”.
He is a member of the IBA anti-money Laundering Action Group.
He is former President & Vice President of the Tax Commission of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats), where he is now a honorary member.
Gerd is mentioned as ‘notable professional’ in the Chambers HNW Band 1 2019 rankings.
Gerd is mentioned one of the world’s leading professionals in the field of private client related work by the Who’s Who Legal 2019.
PRACTICE AREAS
Estate planning
Voluntary disclosure
International tax planning
Anti-money laundering
Trusts & foundations
Migration in to and out of Belgium
EDUCATION
Fiscale Hogeschool Brussels (Tax Graduate, 1991)
University of Leuven and University of Heidelberg (Lic. Iuris, 1989)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Regular speaker on national and international seminars and author of various articles on tax issues in leading journals such as “Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht”, “Fiscale Actualiteit”, “Trusts & Trustees” and “Vermogensplanning in de Praktijk”.
President of the Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers (BATL).
Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
International Fellow at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
Member to the International Academy of estate and trust law (TIAETL)
Officer of the Private Client Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Honorary Member of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats/International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).
Member of the Brussels and the Antwerp Bar.
LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, German and French
gerdd.goyvaerts@tiberghien.com
t +32 3 443 20 00
Joined Tiberghien in 1996.
Partner since 2001.
Tiberghien Antwerp
One Roof Building
Grotesteenweg 214 B.4
BE-2600 Antwerp
T +32 3 443 20 00
F +32 3 443 20 20
BE-2600 Antwerp
T +32 3 443 20 00
F +32 3 443 20 20
Tiberghien Brussel
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Havenlaan|Avenue du Port 86C B.419
BE-1000 Brussels
T +32 2 773 40 00
F +32 2 773 40 55
BE-1000 Brussels
T +32 2 773 40 00
F +32 2 773 40 55
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Jacques Malherbe
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Jacques Malherbe
Professor emeritus of the University of Louvain (UCL). Corresponding member of the Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación of Madrid. Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos of Lima, Peru.
His interest in international tax led him to be active in the International Fiscal Association, a.o. as Vice-President for many years of its Permanent Scientific Committee. Jacques is also a member of IBA, ABA and the Academy of Trust and Estate Law. He is frequently appointed as arbitrator in international cases by the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Brussels Bar since 40 years and a member of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Board of the Belgian Association of Tax Lawers (BATL).
Fluent in French, English, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian.
Contact : Jacques.Malherbe@simontbraun.eu
Avenue Louise 149 (box 20)
1050 Brussels – Belgium
Tel: +32 2 533 17 54
Fax: +32 2 533 17 92
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Joris Draye
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Joris Draye
Joris Draye is an attorney at law with the firm NijsDraye and has a focus on international tax matters. He advises high-net-worth individuals and families. Joris is a member of the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners (STEP Benelux) and a graduate from the KU Leuven (Law Degree and Postgraduate Degree in Tax). He also obtained an LL.M. in Tax from King’s College London.
Contact : joris.draye@nijsdraye.be
Joris Draye
NijsDraye | Advocaten
Della Faillelaan 28
2900 Schoten
+32 3 302 48 65
www.nijsdraye.be
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Sabrina Scarna
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Sabrina Scarnà
Sabrina Scarnà graduated from the UCL School of Law and has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 1999. She is known for her expertise in tax law and in white-collar criminal law.
Sabrina Scarnà frequently advises clients in tax-planning (both personal and corporate), and defends clients before the Tax Administration and the Courts.
Sabrina Scarnà has considerable expertise in white-collar criminal law and in money-laundering cases. She is regularly consulted by compliance officers as to how the law should be construed, and represents clients in financial criminal cases. She is often called upon for presentation at various symposiums and has authored many legal publications in her particular field of expertise.
Sabrina Scarnà was the winner of the Boels Prize in 2000 awarded by the Brussels Bar.
Contact : SS@tetralaw.com
Avenue Louise 240/3 Louizalaan
B-1050 Brussels – Belgium
Tel.:+32 (0)2 535 73 28
Fax:+32 (0)2 535 73 21
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Nathalie Lannoy
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Nathalie Lannoy
Profiel
· Licentiaat in de rechten aan de Université libre de Bruxelles (1991)
· Licentiaat in het economisch en zakenrecht aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1994)
· Master in fiscaal beheer aan de Solvay Business School (2010)
· Advocaat aan de balie van Brussel sinds 1991 (Franse Orde van advocaten van de balie te Brussel)
Vennoot advocaat bij het kantoor Delahaye advocaten.
Hoofdactiviteiten
· Interventies voor vragen betreffende directe fiscaliteit en vennootschapsrecht in Belgische en internationale vermogensplanningen
· Fiscale regularisatie en vragen betreffende directe fiscaliteit
· Overdracht van familiale ondernemingen
· Vennootschapsrecht (aandeelhoudersovereenkomsten en stemovereenkomsten, overdracht van aandelen en deelbewijzen, conflicten tussen aandeelhouders of vennoten,…)
· Dagelijkse bijstand aan ondernemers, bedrijfsleiders, KMO’s en aandeelhouders
· Bepaalde fiscale, vermogensrechtelijke, handels- en vennootschapsrechtelijke geschillen
Talen
· Frans
· Goede kennis van het Nederlands
· Goede kennis van het Engels
ContactMaliestraat 13‐15
1050 Brussel
T/ +32 (0)2 486 40 00 – F/ +32 (0)2 486 22 75
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Werner Heyvaert
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Werner Heyvaert
Brief CV
Werner Heyvaert is a partner and attorney at AKD. He has over 30 years of experience in Belgian and international tax law and is specialised in corporate tax work (institutional and transactional as well as contentious).
Werner advises and supports clients in a wide variety of industry sectors, including banking and finance (incl. insurance), building and construction, pharmaceutical, energy, professional services, utilities, and private equity. His clients appreciate his pragmatic approach combined with in-depth expertise and his responsiveness.
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The first 22 years of his career, Werner worked for several Benelux law firms as a tax specialist in Antwerp, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg and New York, and then settled in Brussels in 2000. Before joining AKD, he co-headed Jones Day’s Belgian and EU tax practice in Brussels.
Werner is very active in a number of international and local associations and networks, such as the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (AmCham), the Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers (BATL), the Flemish Bar Council, the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
Werner is a frequent speaker at Belgian, European and international tax conferences and seminars and he has written numerous articles and contributions on Belgian, European and international tax law (most recently in the IBFD’s European Taxation). In January 2018, the Advocate General with the Belgian Court of Cassation explicitly referred to one of Werner’s publications on the prevention of double taxation under the Belgian-Dutch tax treaty, and the Court sided with Werner’s position, as advised by the AG. In the slipstream of LuxLeaks the Special Committee on Tax Rulings of the European Parliament (TAXE) called upon Werner in 2015 as one of the Belgian experts on tax rulings.
Werner Heyvaert
Attorney-at-Law | Partner
E : WHeyvaert@akd.eu
T: +32 2 629 4288
M: +32 474 011 363
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Paul Verhaeghe
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Paul Verhaeghe
Paul Verhaeghe is a lawyer since 1998 and a member of the Bar Associations of West-Flanders and Brussels (Dutch speaking) where his principal office is established. He is mainly treating tax law. Other fields of law he is familiar with are linked to tax law : criminal financial law, insurance law, liability of number professions and estate law.
After his studies at the University of Ghent where he got a law degree, he obtained a tax law degree at the Université libre de Bruxelles. Since 2004 he worked with the law office Lauwers & Seutin. He is member of the Board of directors of the Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers since 2018. He co-founded Wanted Law Tax in fall 2021.
The emerging branch of tax law that relates to digital activities carries his particular interest. He follows these evolutions closely and participates by replying to public consultation and writing articles.
Contact :
Brussels : Avenue de Villegaslaan 6 at 1083 Brussels. Tel. 02.358.65.19. Fax 02.358.65.19. Email : paul@wanted.law
West-Flanders : ‘Rood Paard 44 at 8510 Kortrijk. Tel. 056.20.33.60. Fax 056.20.33.60. Email : paul@wanted.law
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Mikael Gossiaux
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Mikael Gossiaux
Mikaël Gossiaux is partner at Hirsch & Vanhaelst law firm and member of the Brussels Bar since 2004.
Given his extensive expertise and professional experience, he advises clients in all tax law matters, including, but not limited to, VAT and companies restructuring. His intervention is therefore not limited to the advisory stage, but it also includes administrative and judicial litigations. Furthermore, he has introduced numerous ruling procedures to the Office for Advanced Tax Rulings.
Moreover, Mikaël is active in the academic world. He is Professeur associé, member of the Centre de Droit privé of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Maître de stage at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, lecturer in the Executive Master in Tax Management at the Solvay Brussels School, assistant lecturer of Tax Law at the Faculté de Droit et de Criminologie and, finally, Professeur invité at the EPHEC-PS.
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BATL is looking for Belgian lawyers, specialized in fiscal law, in order to join the association. Any one interested by the mission statement can become a member. More informations, including the subscription form, can be requested by email.