Pieter Willems

Pieter’s specialisations are in the field of corporate taxation and corporate law. The interplay between the two domains ensures that Pieter can change gears smoothly between the contractual negotiation and the tax analysis of a particular transaction structure in an M&A case. This is a big advantage over traditional M&A consultants. Conversely, his corporate law expertise helps him to make the right calls in tax cases around management fee deductions.

Within Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers, Pieter has leveraged this expertise to build a strong team that focuses mainly on Corporate files. The main area herein is corporate restructuring, whether this concerns advising, working out an advance decision(tax ruling), negotiating and writing agreements, performing due diligence (contractual and tax) or conducting legal proceedings. In the recent past, Pieter has assisted clients in the complex demergers of operating companies. He helped realise a €2m recapitalisation in a tech start-up and supported business leaders who entered into the buy-and-build structure of a private equity player. Clients also engaged his services for post-acquisition claims, underpinned by a strong accounting, corporate and tax law bent. Finally, as lead counsel, he supervised several acquisitions (both sell-side and acquisition-side) with a transaction value of up to EUR 50 million