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Mr Anton Louwinger

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+31 20 3016 448 anton.louwinger@cms-dsb.com View profile

Work Department

Tax

Position

Partner

Career

Anton Louwinger is a highly seasoned tax advisor, with more than 30 years of experience. He is a general tax practitioner, with a special focus on fund structuring and real estate, complex multi-jurisdictional tax planning matters, corporate transactions (domestic and cross-border, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spinoffs, and buy-outs), structured finance transactions, management participations and project finance transactions.

Anton started his career at (what now is) one of the Big 4 accounting firms. Subsequently, he moved to one of the leading law firms. Before joining CMS in 2020, he led the Amsterdam tax practice of one of the transatlantic global law firms for about 18 years. In addition to his activities as a tax advisor, Anton has been affiliated with one of the Dutch universities where he taught in the field of European tax law.

Languages

Dutch, English

Memberships

  • Dutch association of tax advisers (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs)
  • International Fiscal Association
  • Association of Tax Science (Vereniging van Belastingwetenschap)

Education

  • Fiscaal recht, 1992 – Tilburg University
  • Postgraduate European Fiscal Studies, 1998 – Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Erasmusprogram – at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2x) 1989 and 1991-1992

Personal

Anton has contributed to many magazines over the years and has been a country correspondent for the renowned Tax Notes International for a number of years.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Tax

CMS‘ ‘very experienced, responsive and pragmatic’ tax team occupies a notable niche in its advice to investors and corporate clients in the transport and logistics sectors, where they assist with the structuring of tax arrangements tied to acquisitions, investments and real estate purchases. In addition, the practice is also noted for its expertise in VAT matters and has worked to develop its expertise in the field of contingent tax insurance. The practice is headed jointly by Herman Boersen, whose practice encompasses M&A-related taxes and a niche in W&I tax risk insurance; and Anton Louwinger, who handles a wide range of tax issues tied to corporate transactions, restructuring measures and real estate investments.

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