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Mr Arnoud Knijnenburg

Work Department
Tax, IP, Telecoms, Energy, Not-for-profit, Litigation, Private Wealth
Position
Arnoud is a partner in the Tax Practice of Bird & Bird in The Hague and his in-depth knowledge and expertise in tax matters complements Bird & Bird’s key focus on innovation and energy.
With more than 16 years of experience, Arnoud advises on a broad array of international tax matters with a specialized focus on international structuring and restructurings, tax control and compliance matters and tax litigation, all with a particular focus on innovation, technology and energy matters. Over the years he specialised in the structuring of corporate foundations, not-for-profit organisations as well as Dutch and international charitable funds and social impact investments. Furthermore, he regularly advises our sector clients on energy taxes, tax incentives, VAT on services and on betting and gaming taxes.
For more than a decade he regularly visiting South Africa on business trips to meet longstanding existing clients and contracts and get acquainted with new ones.
Arnoud is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers, the International Fiscal Association, the International Chamber of Commerce, the Southern African Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and the Dutch Association of Tax Science.
Career
Arnoud joined Bird & Bird in 2003.
Languages
Dutch and English
Memberships
Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (NOB), International Fiscal Association, International Chamber of Commerce, Southern African Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (SANEC), Dutch Association of Tax Science (Vereniging voor Belastingwetenschap).
Education
University of Leiden.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Tax
With clients benefiting from the firm’s international network, Bird & Bird‘s multidisciplinary offering extends to advice on tax aspects of business expansions; M&A deals, and finance transactions. The team is well regarded for its strong footprint in the technology, communications, life sciences, and energy segments and headed by Willem Bongaerts, who specialises in international tax matters, including corporate reorganisations and cross-border transactions. Arnoud Knijnenburg is a key contact for international technology corporates.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: telecoms
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Fintech
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: retail
- Project finance and PFI
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Energy
- EU and competition
- Insurance
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Employment
- Commercial, corporate and M&A