Mr Giovanni Smet > Stibbe > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Stibbe Offices
CENTRAL PLAZA
LOKSUMSTRAAT 25/ RUE DE LOXUM 25
1000 BRUSSELS
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Mr Giovanni Smet
Work Department
Tax
Position
Counsel
Career
Giovanni Smet specialises in Belgian and international tax law. He particularly focuses on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and capital markets transactions. Giovanni has a broad experience in corporate restructuring and financing, investment funds, real estate transactions, financial products, and structured finance. Moreover, he has built up significant expertise in the interpretation and application of international tax treaties, the application for tax rulings as well as negotiations with tax authorities.
Languages
Dutch, French, English
Education
- Master’s degree in Law from Ghent University (2007)
- Master’s degree in Taxation from Ghent University (2008)
- Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2008
- With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2008
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Tax
(Leading associates)Integrated full-service Benelux firm Stibbe values close collaboration with its teams in Amsterdam and Luxembourg in bolstering its Belgian tax practice, which is particularly strong in tax litigation, transfer pricing, and transactions, as well as tax legislative work. Indirect taxation expert Wim Panis heads the practice, with transactions and litigation specialist Henk Verstraete, corporate restructuring and financing-focused Giovanni Smet and procedural and litigation-experienced Lizelotte De Maeyer rounding out the team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Competition: Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance
- Private equity
- Tax
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- Industry focus: Energy
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Competition: EU and global