DLA Piper is sought-after for its expert advice on international tax matters, covering corporate, transactional, indirect, and transfer pricing issues. Heading the department is Daan Arends, a specialist in indirect taxation, who advises on VAT, customs, and transfer tax matters, with a focus on supply chain optimisation, e-commerce issues, and negotiations with tax authorities. Arends' client base primarily consists of domestic and multinational financial institutions, private equity investors, and companies in the real estate, construction, retail, and technology sectors.
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Key clients
- Aberdeen Investments
- APG
- Avalara, Inc.
- Aviva Investors
- BlackFin Capital Partners
- Crocs Inc.
- Deckers Outdoor Corporation
- Dept
- Elliott
- Gilde Healthcare
- Patrizia SE
- Ralph Lauren Corporation
- ServiceNow, Inc.
- The Carlyle Group
- The Hilton Group
Work highlights
Regularly serves as tax counsel to Patrizia SE, a leading partner for global real assets.
Serving Crocs, Inc. as lead tax counsel.
Advising Deckers Outdoor Corporation on all VAT, customs duties, and transfer pricing aspects of the supply chain restructuring, encompassing both the design and implementation of the restructuring across the US, UK, and the Netherlands, along with associated legal entity rationalisation.
Practice head
Daan Arends
Other key lawyers
Jian-Cheng Ku; Jean Paul Dresen; Jesse Peeters; Robin Theuns