Arteo offers a triad of focused areas of expertise: full spectrum tax services; wealth and estate planning; and Supreme Court procedures. Its experience in tax issues spans strategic advice, complex, often cross-border, reorganisations, and corporate actions. Practice head Daniel Garabedian has longstanding experience of the market, supporting large-scale corporate clients and acting as an expert in tax disputes. For international tax planning and corporate reorganisations, Jean-Michel Degée is a go-to, and An Weyn is noted for her focus on advising family-controlled enterprises. Steven Peeters is particularly knowledgeable regarding international tax disputes.
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‘Jean-Michel Degée is an exceptional partner : knows his client, efficient and to the point in discussions and in his answers, while being a very nice contact person.'
'An Weyn is fantastic. She gives clear, practical advice and is always a pleasure to deal with.’
‘An Weyn is great at explaining complicated Belgian tax provisions in an understandable way and she gives clear and pragmatic advice as to how to proceed.’
‘The team is highly competent and very attentive to customer needs. We feel that every customer is unique.’
‘Very technically sound, command of the rules, excellent identification and evaluation of risk profile, great insight into how the Belgian tax authorities would process or analyze transactions, excellent formulation of arguments in controversy/litigation matters.’
‘Arteo is very much client oriented and they are very close to the market.’
‘An Weyn and Arteo offer the quality and services of a Big 4 firm or one of the major global law firms, but with a boutique approach and boutique rates.’
‘Clearly one of the top tax teams in Belgium. And one of our "go to" specialty firms.’
Highlight-Mandate
- Assisted a publicly listed group in the chemistry sector, headquartered in Belgium, with the tax aspects of the partial demerger of the listed entity into two publicly listed companies.
- Assisted the Belgian subsidiary of a US-based multinational group in obtaining an advance pricing arrangement and simultaneously settling an in-depth transfer pricing audit.
- Advised a global investment fund on the Belgian tax consequences of their structuring of the investment in the companies holding and operating the major European high-speed line rail services.
Anwält*innen
Hall of fame
Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.
Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Partner*innen der nächsten Generation
Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.
Praxisleitung
Daniel Garabedian
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Jean-Michel Degée; An Weyn; Steven Peeters; Pierre-Olivier van Caubergh; Xavier Pace; Charlotte Bihain