Mr Olivier Querinjean > CMS EU > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

CMS EU
Avenue des Nerviens 85
1040 Brussels
Belgium

Position

Partner

Career

Olivier specialises in Corporate Tax Law, focusing on the reorganisation or restructuring of companies as well as various cross-border transactions. He advises clients on all tax aspects of M&A operations – both national and international in scope, including mergers, demergers, stock or asset purchases, exchange of shares, MBOs, LBOs, joint ventures and spin-offs and negotiates agreements with tax authorities, notably with regard to restructuring. He also advises on taxation relating to employee profit sharing schemes.

In addition to advising, he engages in tax litigation.

Languages

English, French, Dutch, German

Education

2000 – Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL (Law Degree)
2001 – Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales, ESSF (Special Degree in Tax law)
2001 – Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Tax

CMS capitalises on the strength of its international network in providing a full range of tax advisory services, notably in corporate transactional tax, VAT, tax employee benefits, and tax litigation. Corporate tax lawyer Olivier Querinjean, whose focus is largely on reorganisations, restructurings and cross-border taxation, leads the team, and is joined by indirect and real estate taxes specialist Stéphanie Houx.