Mr Johan Léonard > Stibbe > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
Stibbe Offices
6, RUE JEAN MONNET
2180 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Mr Johan Léonard
Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Johan Léonard leads the Stibbe Luxembourg Tax practice. He has in-depth knowledge of national and international tax matters and focuses mainly on advisory and litigation work. He is also specialised in the tax structuring of investments.
Johan specialises in national and international tax law, providing structuring and transactional advice to investment funds, private equity firms, real estate conglomerates, financial institutions, and multinational groups. He also assists clients in the context of tax litigation and has broad experience in advising clients on the tax aspects of multi-jurisdictional transactions and restructurings.
Languages
French, English.
Memberships
- Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
- Member of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI)
- Member of the editorial board of the Revue générale de fiscalité luxembourgeoise published by Larcier
Education
- Master’s degree (magna cum laude) in Law, specialisation in tax law and business law, from the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium (2010)
- Associate at the Luxembourg office of a Magic Circle firm (2010–2011)
- Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2011; admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 2014
- Associate at the Luxembourg office of Stibbe (2011–2014)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Taxation from the New York University School of Law, United States (2014)
- Associate (2014–2016) and Senior Associate (2016–2017) at a Luxembourg law firm
- Counsel (2017–2018) and Partner (2018–2019) at the Luxembourg office of an international law firm
- With the Luxembourg office of Stibbe again since 2019 (Partner since 2019)
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Tax
(Next Generation Partners)Combining ‘technical and industry knowledge with a practical approach from a business perspective’, Stibbe has particular strength at advising on international taxation matters, including in the context of fund structuring, M&A activity and financing – where it often collaborates with its network of offices on Benelux mandates. ‘Brilliant‘ team head Johan Léonard is key to the firm’s tax structuring work, including in the private equity field and on large-scale restructurings. He also has ‘great insight on market practice and trends‘, including on the taxation of crypto assets.