Europe – Tax and Transfer Pricing Expert Authors

Sriram Govind, LL.M is a research and teaching associate and is pursuing his doctoral studies under the Doctorate in International Business Taxation (DIBT) programme at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, WU, Wien.

Sriram is an India-qualified tax lawyer who worked for over two years with the law firm, Nishith Desai Associates in Mumbai before completing the LL.M in International Tax Law from the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, WU, Wien in 2016.

His expertise includes tax treaty law and tax policy, tax structuring for complex cross-border transactions and tax controversies.

Daniel Garabedian specialises in counseling and litigation in tax law, primarily for major corporations.

Daniel is a professor at the University of Brussels (ULB), where he teaches tax law and company tax law and is the director of the Master in tax law. He is a former member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and a former president of the Belgian IFA branch.

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Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
boulevard de l’Empereur 3 Keizerslaan
B-1000 Brussels - Belgium

Email: [email protected]

Wim Dedecker's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions (including private equity), capital market transactions and corporate reorganizations.

He also provides advice on general corporate and securities laws matters. His experience includes assisting clients across sectors, notably in the industrial, financial and private equity sectors.

Prior to joining Liedekerke, Wim worked at the Brussels and New York offices of a US law firm and at the Brussels office of a magic circle firm.

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Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
boulevard de l’Empereur 3 Keizerslaan
B-1000 Brussels - Belgium

Email: [email protected]

Steven Peeters focuses on corporate income taxation in general, and in particular in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, (re)financing transactions and corporate restructurings.

Steven’s practice also entails dispute resolution and controversy with respect to these areas. He is an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Tax Law at the KU Leuven.

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Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
boulevard de l’Empereur 3 Keizerslaan
B-1000 Brussels - Belgium

Email: [email protected]

Lyon, France

Ninja-Antonia Reggelin is based in Berlin, where she is head of tax policy at a business association.

She previously worked at the OECD, contributing to the project that led to the publication of the BEPS Action Plan. Prior to that, she was with PwC Germany, where she focused on international tax structuring.

Ninja holds a Master’s degree (LL.M.) in International Trade Law from Bond University Australia and a Master’s degree (M.A.) in International Relations from the University of Kent Brussels School of International Studies.

Germany

Mary Cosgrove is a lecturer of tax and accountancy at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway and a doctoral candidate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights.

She worked as a tax adviser for over 15 years, during which time she held tax managerial roles in a variety of organisations including a “Big 4” accountancy firm and a multinational enterprise.

Mary holds an LL.M in International Human Rights Law from the Irish Centre for Human Rights in addition to bachelor degrees in Law and Commerce and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

James Stewart is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Trinity College, Dublin, where he researches corporate tax, foreign direct investment, shadow banking, and low tax centres.

He can be reached at [email protected].

Ireland

Raffaele is a Senior Advisor to the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, where he oversees the reform of the tax administration. Previously, he was the head of the BEPS Project.

Dr. Paloma Schwarz Martínez is an international tax lawyer in Luxembourg.

Jian-Cheng Ku advises on international tax law and transfer pricing with a particular focus on international tax planning, M&A and private equity transactions, corporate reorganisations, and planning and design of transfer pricing policies.

Paulus Merks focuses on domestic and international tax law, advising on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, reorganisations, financial products and structured finance transactions

Jesse Peeters focuses on domestic and international tax law with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity structuring and transactions, and corporate restructurings.

Tim Mulder advises on Dutch and international tax aspects relating to international tax planning, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, private equity and investment fund transactions.

Rhys Bane advises clients on Dutch and international tax aspects of international (tax) structuring and corporate reorganizations, Dutch, European and international tax policy matters and on tax controversy matters.

Rhys Bane is also a PhD candidate at Leiden University. His doctoral research focuses on international tax arbitration.

Wiebe Dijkstra is a tax lawyer and partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam. He can be reached at [email protected].

Peter Spijker is a tax lawyer and associate at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam. His email address is [email protected].

Klaas Versteeg is a tax lawyer and associate at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam. His email address is [email protected].

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Alma Virto is a visiting researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies of Spain and a PhD Candidate at University of Salamanca, Spain.

Alma has been a tax advisor at the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico, a tax advisor in Spain for companies with investments in Latin America, a Director in the Attorney General's Office in Tax Matters in the Ministry of Finances, and a tax manager at Deloitte Mexico.

Davide Anghileri is a PhD candidate at the University of Lausanne, where he is writing his thesis on the attribution of profits to PEs. He researches transfer pricing issues and lectures for the Master of Advanced Studies in International Taxation and Executive Program on Transfer Pricing.

Anghileri, a Contributing Editor at MNE Tax, previously worked as a policy advisor to the Swiss government on BEPS issues.

Davide can be reached at [email protected].

Andrew has over 25 years experience in transfer pricing, most recently with the OECD as Head of the Transfer Pricing Unit, and previously with KPMG and HMRC.

He is now an independent consultant. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Dimitrios Kyriazis is Head of the Law Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Law at the New College of the Humanities and Stipendiary Lecturer in Law at Oxford University.

He joined NCH in 2017, having taught for several years at Oxford University on the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

He served as Teaching Fellow in Law at UCL, has delivered guest lectures at Leiden University and Queen Mary University of London, and has previously practised law in Brussels and Athens, primarily working on State aid, M&A, competition and banking law.

Joel Cooper provides clients with a fresh perspective on complex transfer pricing and international tax matters by drawing on his unique experience working with businesses and governments from across the globe.

Joel has experience in all areas of transfer pricing and related international tax issues, including supply chain structuring, transfer pricing documentation, advance pricing agreements, application of tax treaties, transfer pricing dispute resolution, and the attribution of profits to permanent establishments.

As a co-head of the International Transfer Pricing Group at DLA Piper, Joel is responsible for coordinating the cross-jurisdictional transfer pricing practice.

Tim Law is a tax professional with nearly 20 years experience in-house in the FTSE100, including over a decade responsible for tax transparency and stakeholder engagement at Anglo American plc.

He now runs Engaged Consulting, and advises large businesses on tax policy, strategy, transparency and reputational risk.

He is also a Senior Policy Advisor with public affair and communications consultancy gplus europe, with offices in Brussels, Berlin, London and Paris. He was recently voted number 5 in the #economia50 most influential commentators on finance on social media.

Julian is a senior associate in the tax practice at Dentons in London, focusing on corporate, international and indirect tax. He qualified and practiced in Australia before joining Dentons in April 2015.

He has worked on tax advisory and dispute matters across all key industry sectors. His experience includes advising on the tax aspects of corporate acquisitions and disposals, company restructures and capital market transactions.

He has also worked on a broad range of dispute matters for multinationals in the manufacturing, mining and oil and gas sectors. He qualified and practiced in Australia before joining Dentons in April 2015.

Kitty Swanson is an associate in the tax practice at Mayer Brown. She advises on the tax aspects of a wide range of domestic and cross-border matters and transactions.

Email: [email protected] .