Chairs and Speakers
Chairs
IFA Poland, Tax Adviser, Wardyński & Partners, Warsaw, Poland
Michał Bernat is a lawyer and a tax adviser and is a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.
He specialises in VAT and assists clients with tax optimization of supply and distribution schemes, real estate investments, arrangements applied for promotion and support of sales, intra-Community trade, exports and imports to and from outside the Community and intangible services as well as registration and documentation requirements.
Michał Bernat has also acquired considerable experience in customs, foreign exchange and other similar aspects of business activities, including specifically Community rules and national policy on state aid to entrepreneurs. He has been involved in a number of proceedings for restructuring of public indebtedness and advised on compliance between Polish regulations (including special economic zones) and Community standards as well as on implementation of EC state aid legislation.
He is in charge of systematic review of developments in Community law, jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, EC policies and activities and practice of European institutions. Michał Bernat has been instrumental in varied projects, on request of both clients and EU institutions, including the European Commission, concerning Community law, harmonization of national legislation and implementation of EC regulations as well as practical aspects of the enlargement for businesses in Poland and abroad.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw and from the British Centre for English and European Union Law at Cambridge University, and has also gained an International Practice Diploma in the area of International Competition Law. Currently he is a PhD research fellow at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
He started his legal career in a Tax and Legal Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Warsaw in 2000. He joined Wardyński & Partners in 2001 as a member of Tax Group. He was seconded to common Brussels office of Wardyński & Partners (2003-2005). In 2007 he undertook a secondment at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Michał Bernat is a member of many international organizations, including International Fiscal Association, the Commission of EC Law and the Commission of Tax Law at the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats and of the Polish-British Legal Association; a regular member of the Tax Practice Group and the Infrastructure Practice Group which bring together practitioners from new and old Member States as well as a participant in activities of the International Chamber of Commerce.
Languages: English, German, French
Office: Warsaw
E-mail: michal.bernat@wardynski.com.pl
Tel.: (+ 48) 22 437 82 00, 22 537 82 00
Prof. dr hab. Bogumił Brzeziński
IFA Poland, Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU), Toruń, Poland
Head of the Department of Public Finance Law of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun and the Department of Financial Law of Jagiellonian University in Cracow.
Prof. Brzeziński is an author of almost 500 publications regarding wide concepts of tax and financial law. He was appointed as an expert in Parliament and Constitutional Tribunal. He is a former member of the team of experts of the Legislative Council of Prime Minister and the Council of Reforms in Penal Law. Prof. Brzeziński is also a former member of Social Council of Finance as attached to the Minister of Finance and the National Commission for the Examining of Tax Advisers.
He performs a function of a Chairman of the Editorial Committee as well as a Chairman of the Program Council of bimonthly Przegląd Orzecznictwa Podatkowego (Review of Tax Jurisprudence), the Chief Editor of Kwartalnik Prawa Podatkowego (Quaterly of Taxation Law), the Chairman of the Program Council of e-journal Toruński Rocznik Podatkowy, a member of the Program Council of journals Prawo i Podatki and Monitor Podatkowy. Likewise, he is a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and the European Association of Tax Law Professors (EATLP).
President, IFA Hungary, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Profesor at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Business Administration Faculty.
He is a Research Fellow at the Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute, Monash University, Melbourne. I teach and do research inside and outside Hungary in the subject of comparative and international business law and taxation. Since more than two decades I have been extensively publishing both in Hungarian and internationally recognised professional periodicals. I am also frequently invited to speak at conferences and seminars in Hungary and abroad. Since 1998 I am the president of the Hungarian national branch of International Fiscal Association. In addition to be active as a scholar, from time to time I am also invited by Hungarian or European public agencies, including the Hungarian Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Justice, and TAXUD and the Internal Market DG of the European Commission to do expert opinion, while being expected to promote Hungarian and Community legislation.
morePartner, Dorsey& Whitney, former Head of Analysis and Co-ordination of Tax Policies, European Commission (formerly Head of Direct Taxation), London, UK
Member of Management Board, IFA Poland, Partner, White&Case, Associate Professor, Warsaw University School of Management, Warsaw, Poland
Dr Janusz Fiszer – legal and tax adviser; graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University; he obtained his PhD at Warsaw University; he is a tax law expert.
Dr Janusz Fiszer – legal and tax adviser; graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University; he obtained his PhD at Warsaw University; he is a tax law expert. A partner in the international law firm White & Case and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Management, Warsaw University. From 1991 to 1993 he served as an adviser to the Minister of Finance and co-negotiated a number of agreements on double taxation avoidance as well as co-authored several bills. He acted as an adviser in many well-known mergers and acquisitions in Poland. He is an author of over 800 specialist publications on law and tax issues in Polish and foreign journals. He is a co-founder, former President and currently a member of the Management Board of the International Fiscal Association in Poland, a branch of International Fiscal Association (IFA). He is a member of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA) and International Bar Association (IBA). He was a member of Państwowa Komisja Egzaminacyjna ds. Doradztwa Podatkowego (the National Examining Board for Tax Advisory Services) for the first and third term of office (1997-1999 and 2002-2007) and has been a member of Krajowa Rada Doradców Podatkowych (the National Board of Tax Advisors) since 2002. He is a Chairman of Komisja Współpracy Międzynarodowej (the International Cooperation Board) of Krajowa Rada Doradców Podatkowych (the National Council of Tax Advisers). He held scholarships of the University of Kansas (USA), Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst and Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung (Germany). He is a member of the Programme Board of Monitor Podatkowy (the Official Tax Gazette) and a permanent correspondent for Tax Notes International (USA). Since 2004 he has been publishing articles and tax commentaries in Gazeta Prawna.
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IFA Secretary General, Permanent Scientific Committee, Tax Law Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Han Kogels is Secretary General of the International Fiscal Association (since 2008) and professor of European Tax Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (since 1992).
Prof. Dr. Han Kogels is Secretary General of the International Fiscal Association (since 2008) and professor of European Tax Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (since 1992). He is Chief of the Editorial Board of the International VAT Monitor (IBFD), and member of the Editorial Board of EC Tax Review (Kluwer International). His former functions include a.o. Head of Indirect Taxation and Indirect Tax Policy Counsel of Shell International BV in The Hague (1988-2006) and non-executive Chairman of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation IBFD in Amsterdam (2004-2006).
moreInstitute for Austrian and International Tax Law, Wirtschaftsuniversität (WU), Vienna, Austria
Prof. dr hab. Hanna Litwińczuk
IFA Poland, Tax Consultant, Linklaters, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
Hanna Litwińczuk – Extraordinary Professor at Warsaw University, Head of Financial Law Chair at Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University, Founding Chairman of the State Examination Commission for Tax Advisors (1995-1997).
Hanna Litwińczuk – Extraordinary Professor at Warsaw University, Head of Financial Law Chair at Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University, Founding Chairman of the State Examination Commission for Tax Advisors (1995-1997), Director at Tax Department of KPMG TAX Sp. z o.o. (1997 – 2005), a specialist in the tax practice of Linklaters’ Warsaw office. Member of International Fiscal Association and European Association of Tax Law Professors (Member of Academic Committee).
Her main areas of specialization are: Polish tax law, particularly in connection with business taxation issues; accounting law, mainly in the context of how it relates to tax law; and international and European tax law. She is also involved with tax aspects of business restructuring as broadly understood: transformations, mergers and divisions of companies. She is the author of numerous publications in these areas, including books: “Accounting Law” (1995); “EU Tax Directives. Corporate Tax Law” (1995); “Tax Law of Entrepreneurs” reprinted many times (last edition 2008); “Financial Law” coeditor (2009);” Direct Taxes Polish Law ad EU Law” editor (2009).
Tax Adviser, Partner at MDDP
Tomasz Michalik specializes in VAT since 1993.During the period 1995 - 2004 he headed a VAT Services Team in Ernst & Young in Poland.
He is a co-founder of and partner at MDDP, tax advisory firm, currently a largest independent Polish tax advisory firm. He is recognised as the best VAT adviser in Poland by both local business dailies (Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Prawna - 2007, 2008, 2009) as well as international professional magazines. Tomasz is the author of numerous publications in professional magazines and newspapers, including a commentary on VAT Act, which has been issued six times.Since 2004 has been an expert assisting Poland Parliament's Commission on Public Finance in works on draft VAT Act and its subsequent amendments
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Secretary IFA Poland, Partner, Accreo Taxand, Warsaw, Poland
Andrzej Puncewicz – a partner in Accreo Taxand; he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Warsaw University and from the Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa).
Andrzej Puncewicz – a partner in Accreo Taxand; he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Warsaw University and from the Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa). He won the DAAD scholarship and holds the European Business Certificate, obtained after having studied at Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Pforzheim for a year. He started his professional career in 1997 in the Tax Advisory Department of Arthur Andersen; from 2002 he continued in Ernst & Young. In 2005 he was one of the founders of Accreo Taxand. He specialises in international tax law and court and tax proceedings. He has counselled domestic and foreign investors in investment and restructuring processes as well as acquisition of shares and assets of considerable value. He has prepared tax-efficient restructuring scenarios for entities from the field of fixed property, financial agency as well as oil and gas extraction. He has authored publications on tax law and given papers at a range of conferences and tax seminars. He serves as a member of the Management Board of the Polish branch of the International Fiscal Association.
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IFA Italy, Tax lawyer, CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Rome, Italy
Carlo Romano joined the Firm in 2002. From 1997 to 2002 he worked in Amsterdam at the IBFD - International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation.
Carlo Romano joined the Firm in 2002. From 1997 to 2002 he worked in Amsterdam at the IBFD - International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation. In 2000 he was Visiting Researcher at NYU - New York University. In 2002 he defended cum laude his PhD dissertation at the University of Groningen (NL). He is member of the Rome Bar, of International Fiscal Association, of International Bar Association and of the IBFD Alumni Association. He is author of various publications in International Tax Law and speaker at several post-graduate courses and conferences. His areas of specialization include domestic, European and international business taxation. Carlo is a native Italian speaker and fluent in English.
moreTax Adviser, Chairman of the Fiscal Committee of the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne (CFE)
IFA Austria, Partner, Wolf Theiss, Vienna, Austria
Clemens Philipp Schindler is a partner with WOLF THEISS, a leading law firm in the CEE-/SEE-region with 340 lawyers working in a total of 12 offices.
Before joining WOLF THEISS he worked for renowned law firms in Munich, New York and Vienna. His practice is primarily focused on M&A transactions and intra-group reorganizations, both on a national and a cross-border level.
His clients are listed and non-listed companies operating internationally, thus with a need for tax-efficient structures. He is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars. He authored more than 50 publications and is a permanent correspondent to legal journals such as Tax Notes International. As a member of the Scientific Tax Board of the Austrian Chamber of Tax Accountants he frequently renders expert opinions on new legislation.
WOLF THEISS Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Schubertring 6, 1010 Vienna
E clemens.schindler@wolftheiss.com
T +43 1 515 10 5860
F +43 1 515 10 66 5860
W www.wolftheiss.com
Partner, Freshfields, Wirtschaftsuniversität (WU), Vienna, Austria
Chairman IFA Poland, Partner, Wardyński & Partners, Warsaw, Poland
Dariusz Wasylkowski an adwokat, a tax adviser and a senior partner in charge of the Tax Practice Group at Wardyński & Partners.
He advises on Polish as well as international tax law. He represents clients in tax litigation as well as in civil and criminal litigation relating to tax matters, and provides services to both foreign and domestic clients active in a broad range of sectors from manufacturing, distribution and retail to financial services and private equity.
His tax advisory experience includes providing support to clients in corporate tax planning, structuring of inbound investment, transfer pricing and M&A. Contentious tax experience includes advising clients during audits and representing them in administrative proceedings and litigation at all levels of judicial review of tax cases. He has also represented clients in litigation related to customs, regulated prices regimes and similar administrative matters, and also in criminal and civil litigation related to tax and similar matters.
His non-tax experience includes advising on all aspects of M&A transactions and green-field investment in Poland. He is also experienced in advising on general corporate law, corporate governance, directors’ liability, corporate compliance programs and corporate criminal liability. He also represented clients in corporate disputes as well as civil and criminal litigation related to directors’ liability.
Dariusz Wasylkowski graduated from the Law Faculty at Warsaw University in 1993. He also studied at the Law Faculty of the University in Copenhagen (1991) and at the combined MBA Program of the School of Management of Warsaw University and the College of Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1993–94). He participated in the International Tax Academy Fellowship Programme at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation in Amsterdam (1996–97).
Dariusz Wasylkowski started his legal career in 1993. From 1994 to 1999 he was an associate at Wardyński & Partners (director of the Tax Department from 1997 to 1999). He was a partner of Deloitte and Touche Central Europe between 2000 and 2004. In 2002 he founded Wasylkowski & Partners, a law firm associated with Deloitte Poland, which became independent and merged in October 2004 with Wardyński & Partners.
Dariusz Wasylkowski is a member of the Warsaw Bar and of the Polish Chamber of Tax Advisers (Disciplinary Tribunal Judge at the National Chamber of Tax Advisers). He is a member of Advisory Board of the European Forum of the International Bar Association (IBA) and a member of the IBA Tax Section, and also of the International Fiscal Association (Chairman of the Polish Branch). He is an associate member of the Section of International Law and the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association.
Languages: English
Office: Warsaw
e-mail: dariusz.wasylkowski@wardynski.com.pl
Tel.: (+48) 22 437 82 00, 22 537 82 00
Partner, Loyens&Loeff, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner, heads up Loyens & Loeff's CEE team and Russia/CIS team, as well as the US REIT team and the Hotel team.
Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner, heads up Loyens & Loeff's CEE team and Russia/CIS team, as well as the US REIT team and the Hotel team. He specialises in pan-European tax structuring of investments with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Dutch real estate. His current clients
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Komitet Wykonawczy IFA, Rektor, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Polska
Włodzimierz Nykiel, born in 1951 in Łódź (Poland), is a tax law professor and since 2007 the Head of the Tax Law Department of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź. He also leads the Postgraduate Tax Law Program of the Faculty.
He is the Director of the Centre of Tax Documentation and Studies of the University of Łódź (since 1997) and the Rector of the University of Łódź (term 2008 - 2012). He is a member of the Legislative Council (since 2006) and the State Examination Commission for Tax Advisers (since 2002; in the years 2002-2007 he was its President).
In 1973, after receiving Master of Law degree from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź, he started working at the Faculty's Financial Law Department. He also graduated from International Faculty of Comparative Law in Strasbourg, France (1981). In 1980 he received Doctor of Law degree and in 1993 - Habilitated Doctor of Law degree. In 1996 he was granted Extraordinary Professor post (University Professor). In 2002 he received Professor of Law academic title (State Professor) and in 2006 - Ordinary Professor of Law post.
Professor Nykiel's area of scientific interests encompasses tax law and budgetary law. In his publications he gives special attention to comparative aspects of tax law. He is the sole author of four books and a co-author of further seven. He has written over ninety articles, commentaries and other scientific publications. In addition, he has supervised six doctoral theses.
Professor Nykiel is lecturing financial law and tax law, including international and European tax law. He has given lectures as a visiting professor at various foreign universities (in Italy, France, Austria). He also delivered lectures in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Germany and in the United States of America.
Since 2000, he has been a member of the European Association of Tax Law Professors (in the years 2000-2005 he belonged to the Academic Committee). He joined International Fiscal Association in 2002 (since 2005 he has been a member of the Executive Committee). He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (since 2009, 2003 - 2009 member of Advisory Council). He also belongs to the Łódź Scientific Association.
Finally, Professor Nykiel belongs to the Programme Boards of Przegląd Podatkowy (Tax Review), Prawo i Podatki (Law and Taxes), Kwartalnik Prawa Podatkowego (Tax Law Quarterly) and Przegląd Legislacyjny (Legislative Review).
Tax Adviser, Chairman of the Fiscal Committee of the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne (CFE)
Chairman of the Polish National Chamber of Tax Advisers, Warsaw, Poland
President of IFA, Tron Abogados SC, Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico
Co-chair, IBA Taxes Committee, Partner, Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Carola van den Bruinhorst (1965), tax lawyer, is a member of the Tax practice group. She specialises in the international tax practice.
Carola van den Bruinhorst (1965), tax lawyer, is a member of the Tax practice group. She specialises in the international tax practice. Her clients are mainly Canadian, U.S. and Italian multinationals seeking advice on domestic and international tax structures and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, group reorganisations and joint ventures. She has also worked at the New York office.
Carola is an active member of the International Bar Association (IBA). Currently, she is Co-Chair of the IBA Taxes Committee. She is a frequent speaker at the IBA and other conferences on international tax matters and publishes frequently in international tax journals, such as the BNA International Tax Forum.
Education
Law, University of Groningen, 1990
American tax law, University of Leiden, 1992
European Fiscal Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1993
Languages
Dutch, English, Italian
Practice
Tax
International tax planning and M&A
Executive Board Chairman, European Association of Tax Law Professors, Director, International Tax Centre, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Academic Chairman IBFD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Director of the European Tax College, consultant with the European Commission, Belgium
Speakers
Partner, Taj, Paris, France
From January 2008 Michel Aujean has joined Taj – Société d’avocats- Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Partner-in-charge of Taj’s Corporate Taxation Think Tank (see the blog: Taj-strategie.fr).
From January 2008 Michel Aujean has joined Taj – Société d’avocats- Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Partner-in-charge of Taj’s Corporate Taxation Think Tank (see the blog: Taj-strategie.fr).
Before that he has worked for 32 years in the European Commission and during the last 20 years contributed to all or nearly all of the Commission’s tax policy initiatives aimed at eliminating the obstacles to the proper functioning of the single market, from VAT to CCCTB.
Michel is teaching European tax policy issues in a number of Universities (Paris, Dijon, Marseille, Bayonne, European College of Parma, Wien). He has published numerous articles on economics and taxation and directed the large Commission's study “Company Taxation in the Single Market” October 2001.
At the International Tax Review EMEA awards 2008, Michel received the “Editor’s Choice award for the individual that has made a notable impact on the practice of tax, for his contribution to tax practice in Europe”.
Senior Manager, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tomas (Senior Manager, PwC) comes originally from Central Europe (half Czech/half Slovak) but is currently based in Almaty, Kazakhstan (since 2007), where he provides international and domestic tax advices related to structuring of inbound and outbound investments to and from Central Asia and Mongolia.
Tomas (Senior Manager, PwC) comes originally from Central Europe (half Czech/half Slovak) but is currently based in Almaty, Kazakhstan (since 2007), where he provides international and domestic tax advices related to structuring of inbound and outbound investments to and from Central Asia and Mongolia. His extensive knowledge of international, comparative and domestic tax law combined with analytical skills and good relations with public sector make him well positioned to address complex tax issues of clients from range of industries.
Together with his team, Tomas is currently assisting several Kazakh clients in the process of setting up foreign private equity funds as well as setting up their business using the PE model.
Tomas has legal background and holds 3 degrees in law including a Doctor in Law (International Law) and LL.M. in International Tax Law from the WU in Vienna. However he is also Chartered Certified Accountant - member (fellowship since 2009) of ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – UK Professional Body). His prior work experience includes work in Financial Audit (Deloitte), Public Policy (European Commission & Ministry of Finance in Chile & Czech Republic) and also in Tax Research & Executive Teaching (IBFD, BPP International).
Tomas shares his knowledge with students through his academic role of Adjunct Associate Professor at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP) in Almaty and continues serving as a visiting professor at the University of Economics in Prague. He is author of chapters and articles on the taxation of individuals and companies in Central and Eastern Europe and continuously contributes to IBFD guides.
Tomas is active in the business community and international professional arenas. He acts as secretary to the Permanent IFA (International Fiscal Association) Seminar on Recent Developments in International Taxation and also acts as a Chair of the Tax Working group of American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan (Almaty). Tomas was also recently invited by Business Council of Mongolia to become a member of the Tax Working Group in Mongolia and serves as a member of editorial panel of LexisNexis EU Case Tracker.
Partner, Wolf Theiss, Budapest, Hungary
Partner in Allen & Overy in Rome, head of the Tax Department.
He focuses on Banking, Capital Market, derivatives transactions, advising on VAT, financial taxation, corporate tax, inbound/outbound international tax.
He focuses on Banking, Capital Market, derivatives transactions, advising on VAT, financial taxation, corporate tax, inbound/outbound international tax. He also advises M&A, LBO and structured finance transactions. He spent almost seven years in the tax department of ExxonMobil in Italy and in the UK. He also worked for E&Y Studio Associato Legale Tributario, Alitalia S.p.A. and other local tax firms. He graduated from the University of Rome (Tax Law) where he has been a voluntary lecturer in tax for almost 9 years. He has published various articles and has lectured on international tax topics. He is admitted to the Rome Bar and is a member of the International Fiscal Association.
morePresident of International VAT Association, Partner, Taj Societe d’Avocats, Paris, France
Secretary General, IFA Romania, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
IFA Malta, Managing Director, Avanzia Tax Advisors Limited, Mriehel, Malta
Walter is the managing director at Avanzia Taxand Limited, Malta’s leading independent firm of tax advisors. With over 18 years of experience in local and international tax, Walter maintains a reputation of adopting a commercial approach to his advice.
Walter is the managing director at Avanzia Taxand Limited, Malta’s leading independent firm of tax advisors. With over 18 years of experience in local and international tax, Walter maintains a reputation of adopting a commercial approach to his advice. Predominantly working with multi national companies he has provided structuring and transactional advice on the full range of corporate tax activities including M&A, reorganisations and cross border restructurings.
Walter currently advises a number of multi national companies and also sits on the board of directors of a number of companies. Apart from his wealth of experience in international tax matters including tax planning, treaty interpretation and advice he also has a great deal of knowledge on corporate matters, company law, management and administration. He specialises in international tax matters with particular reference to holding companies, treasury and finance operations and IP companies.
During his time as a Big 4 partner he was responsible for the firm’s tax department and a regular participant in international tax conferences, seminars and other events. He continues to give various lectures and presentations and is the author of various taxation articles.
Walter holds a first degree in Accounting and a post graduate in International Tax Law. He is a fellow member of the Malta Institute of Accountants, a member of the Institute of Financial Accountants in the UK, a member of the Malta Institute of Taxation, a member of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners, a member of the International Fiscal Association and sits on various councils and committees in the fields of taxation and financial services. For a number of years he was an examiner in taxation with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the UK.
www.taxand.com
www.avanzia.com.mt
President, IFA Hungary, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Profesor at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Business Administration Faculty.
He is a Research Fellow at the Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute, Monash University, Melbourne. I teach and do research inside and outside Hungary in the subject of comparative and international business law and taxation. Since more than two decades I have been extensively publishing both in Hungarian and internationally recognised professional periodicals. I am also frequently invited to speak at conferences and seminars in Hungary and abroad. Since 1998 I am the president of the Hungarian national branch of International Fiscal Association. In addition to be active as a scholar, from time to time I am also invited by Hungarian or European public agencies, including the Hungarian Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Justice, and TAXUD and the Internal Market DG of the European Commission to do expert opinion, while being expected to promote Hungarian and Community legislation
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Professor of Tax Law at Siena University.
Founder-partner of Di Tanno & Associati Studio Legale Tributario (international affairs, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and MBOs, investments vehicles and structures, 50 professionals).
Founder-partner of Di Tanno & Associati Studio Legale Tributario (international affairs, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and MBOs, investments vehicles and structures, 50 professionals).
Chairs the board of Sisal and Assicurazioni di Roma. He chairs also the Surveillance Committee of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Vodafone Italy and BAT Italia and is a ordinary member of Atlantía and Alitalia.
Editor in chief “Bollettino Tributario”;
Tax adviser to the Minister of Finance (1996 – 2000).
Rolf Diemer is since September 2005 Head of Unit at the European Commission's department for 'value added tax and other turnover taxes' (DG TAXUD D1) which covers the whole range of policy and technical VAT issues at EU level.
Among various other things he oversaw the adoption of the so-called VAT package, the preparation of various proposals and studies on VAT rates as well as the comprehensive initiatives on VAT on financial and insurance services and on VAT invoicing rules. Before that he worked as policy officer in the unit responsible for the 'analysis and co-ordination of tax policies' (since 1998). Responsibilities there included the secretariat of the high-level Taxation Policy Group and work on the longer-term options for company taxation in the EU.
Rolf Diemer holds a Ph.D. degree (Dr. rer. pol.) and has completed his studies in business administration at the University of Cologne and at Bocconi University, Milan, with specialisation in auditing, accounting, tax law.
Further to his native German, he is fluent in English, French and Italian.
Partner, TaxHouse, Romania Taxand member
Emilia is a certified tax consultant with 13 years of experience in domestic and international tax.
After 8 years of tax advisory with Andersen and Ernst & Young, she worked in the Tax Administration as the Head of Large Taxpayers Division within ANAF and subsequently as the Deputy General Director of the Direct Taxes Directorate within the Romanian Ministry of Economy and Finance and then joined Taxhouse in 2007. Emilia holds a BA Degree in International Business and Economics from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.
www.taxand.com
www.taxhouse.ro
Managing Partner, TPA Horwath, Wien, Austria
Karin Fuhrmann graduated from the business administration faculty (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) at Vienna University of Economics and Business.
She is a certified tax advisor since 1993. For nearly 20 years she has been working with TPA Horwath Wirtschaftstreuhand und Steuerberatung GmbH. Starting from 1997 she holds managing partner position.
To her areas of consulting expertise belong especially taxation of commercial and other real estates’ investments, property funds, property ownership schemes, investment and financing models, reorganizations and legal structures of investment projects as well as international real estate consulting. Ms. Fuhrmann is also lecturer and author of specialized tax articles and books in the mentioned scope.
partner, head of the Tax Advisory Team at Salans Warsaw office.
Karina’s wealth of experience includes tax advice comprising in particular transaction support (advice on takeovers, legal mergers, separations of businesses and the creation of tax efficient holding structures,
developing tax strategies for acquisition and disposal of company assets, as well as performing tax due diligences), representing taxpayers in disputes with tax and customs authorities, planning and assistance in implementing tax structures for business activities in Poland and abroad, tax risk management in Polish and multinational enterprises, tax management of intellectual property rights, international tax planning, advice on VAT, customs duties and excise and tax effective supply chain management.
She has particular specialisms in tax advice for the pharmaceutical, real estate and energy sector. Karina has a proven track record in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional projects focused on developing optimal tax structures and guiding foreign investments in Poland.
She is a frequent speaker at conferences and author of numerous articles. Legalease acclaims Karina as a recognised tax law expert in its European Legal Experts guide, and Euromoney’s Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisers recommends her as a pre-eminent practitioner in her field. In the 2008 edition of Tax Advisory Firms Ranking organised by Rzeczpospolita, the leading Polish daily newspaper, Karina was recognised as a leading tax adviser servicing companies from the pharmaceutical sector. The New Economy magazine, meanwhile, acknowledged the Salans Tax Advisory Team as the Best Tax Team of 2008 Poland.
Karina has been a certified tax adviser since 2003. She is a graduate of Wroclaw University (Master of Laws, 1998) and Nijmegen University, Holland (LL.M. Degree in European Business Law, 1999). She speaks Polish and English.
VAT Manager , GE Corporate, Munich, Germany
Partner, Tax Services, Ernst & Young Advisory LTD, Budapest, Hungary
Partner, Rödl & Partner, Warsaw, Poland
Director of TAXUD E, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Philip Kermode is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and a member of the Institute of Taxation in Ireland.
Philip Kermode is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and a member of the Institute of Taxation in Ireland.
He has worked in the European Commission since 1987. Prior to joining the Commission he worked in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and then as a tax manager in Price Waterhouse, Dublin.
He has worked in different functions in the Commission's Taxation and Customs Union Directorate General and in the Commission's Anti-Fraud Service (OLAF). Since November 2008 he has been Director responsible for 'Analyses and Tax Policies' where his main responsibilities are in relation to direct taxation policy.
Partner, TPA Horwath, Warsaw, Poland
Katarzyna specializes in tax advisory for entities active in Real Estate, Retail and HTL sectors.
In particular, she has gained a broad experience in transactional advisory for both open-ended and closed real estate funds, including advising on tax optimal holding and financial structures, due diligence reviews, tax-wise strategies for acquisitions and disposals of assets, restructuring activities. She has performed numerous projects aimed at optimization of tax settlements, with regard to Real Estate Tax, Tax on Civil Law Transactions, Corporate or Personal Income Tax, Value Added Tax. She has experience in representing her clients in disputes with tax authorities as well as in front of Administrative Courts.
Katarzyna has participated in numerous trainings, seminars and conferences in Poland and abroad, both as a participant and a lecturer. She is an author of numerous articles in periodicals and business dailies.
Katarzyna is a certified tax advisor since 2003. She graduated from Warsaw School of Economics (Master of Economics; 2000), studied also at the Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck/Austria (1999/2000), did Postgraduate Studies in European Law / Warsaw University (2003/2004). She speaks Polish, English, German and Russian.
Tax Director Poland, ArcelorMittal Poland, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
Agata is a lawyer, graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow; holds a D.E.S.S. (Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) in French and European Business Law.
She is a certified tax adviser with diverse professional experience, both in international tax consultancy services (Ernst & Young / Deloitte) and in public administration (Ministry of State Treasury).
Since 2006, she is responsible for the strategic tax management in Poland for the world's leading steel company – ArcelorMittal. Her key responsibilities include both global policy compliance and project-specific tax optimizations related to tax restructuring for the group in Poland. She represents ArcelorMittal in all major audits and litigations with Polish tax authorities, acting on behalf of the companies within the group at all administrative and court levels.
With a particular interest in foreign legal systems, Agata is the author of the first comprehensive publication in Polish, dedicated to French law – chapters on corporate and tax law.
She speaks Polish, French and English.
Director of Tax Policy Department, Ministry of Finance, Warsaw, Poland
Assistant Professor, University of Łódź, Poland
Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Warsaw, Poland
Federal Public Service Finance Administration of Fiscal Affairs, Belgium
Partner, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Bucharest, Romania
ANA-MARIA E. MIRON, a Partner with NNDKP Law Firm and co-head of NNDKP Tax Advisory Services firm, has over 12 years of experience in local and international tax consultancy.
Ana-Maria holds a political sciences degree and a law degree and has also worked with Deloitte. Ana-Maria’s major areas of expertise include tax structuring of transactions, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, tax advice on financial services and capital markets. Ana-Maria is also advising on matters concerning European VAT, direct tax related directives, individuals’ taxation including equity based incentive plans, treaties for the avoidance of double taxation. She is a constant member of the advisory team to the Romanian Ministry of Finance with regard to the amendment of Romania’s Fiscal Code and related norms, as well as an active member of the taxation task forces of the Foreign Investment Council and of the American Chamber of Commerce.
Ana-Maria is a member of Bucharest Bar.
Partner, Stibbe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Michael specialises in domestic and international taxation with particular emphasis on M&A and private equity transactions, corporate reorganisations, structured finance and investment fund restructuring.
Michael specialises in domestic and international taxation with particular emphasis on M&A and private equity transactions, corporate reorganisations, structured finance and investment fund restructuring. He joined Stibbe in 1992 and was previously resident partner at Stibbe’s London office (2002-2008) and New York office (1996-2002). He holds a law degree from Amsterdam University and an LL.M. from New York University. He spent 6 months at the tax department of Davis, Polk and Wardwell in New York. His clients include large multinational companies, financial institutions and private equity firms. Michael is a frequent speaker on international tax issues and has (co-)authored several books and articles on international taxation.
morePartner, Borislav Boyanov & Co., Sofia, Bulgaria
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Białystok
Mariusz Popławski, born in 1975 in Białystok (Poland), is a tax law lecturer and since 2005 Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Białystok.
In 1999, he received Master of Law degree at the Faculty of Law of the University of Białystok, where he received subsequently in 2003 Doctor of Law degree. Since 2001 he has been working at the Faculty’s Tax Law Department. Moreover, since 2005 he has been a member of the Regional Settlement Chamber in Białystok.
Doctor Popławski area of scientific interests encompasses Polish local taxes as well as tax law of European Union and sanctions related to the tax law. In his publications he gives special attention to comparative theoretical and practical aspects of tax law. He is a co-author of four books published in English and numerous published in Polish. He has written various articles and other scientific publications.
counsel at Salans Tax Advisory Team.
He specialises in corporate taxes (VAT, CIT, transfer tax and real estate tax) for telecommunications, technology and infrastructural clients. He has also experience in advising financial and real estate clients.
He is experienced in such areas as: tax planning and implementation of Polish and international tax structures; VAT and CIT optimization of transactions involving goods and services; tax effective supply chain management; comprehensive tax reviews; implementation of e-invoicing and tax procedure solutions.
Cezary has taken part in numerous seminars and training in Poland and abroad as both a participant and a lecturer. He works on a regular basis with chambers of commerce (PIIT, KIGEIT) as a tax expert. He has authored numerous articles on Polish and international tax law in technical periodicals (‘Przegląd Podatkowy’, ‘Monitor Podatkowy’) and business dailies (‘Rzeczpospolita’, ‘Gazeta Prawna’, ‘Puls Biznesu’). He is one of the co-authors of the Ernst & Young Commentary to the VAT Directive.
Cezary has been a certified tax adviser since 2005. He is a graduate of the Torun University (Master of Laws, 2001). Currently, he is taking post-graduate Executive Studies in Finance organised by the Warsaw School of Economics and Ernst & Young Academy of Business. He speaks Polish and English.
Secretary IFA Poland, Partner, Accreo Taxand, Warsaw, Poland
Andrzej Puncewicz – a partner in Accreo Taxand; he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Warsaw University and from the Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa).
Andrzej Puncewicz – a partner in Accreo Taxand; he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Warsaw University and from the Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa). He won the DAAD scholarship and holds the European Business Certificate, obtained after having studied at Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Pforzheim for a year. He started his professional career in 1997 in the Tax Advisory Department of Arthur Andersen; from 2002 he continued in Ernst & Young. In 2005 he was one of the founders of Accreo Taxand. He specialises in international tax law and court and tax proceedings. He has counselled domestic and foreign investors in investment and restructuring processes as well as acquisition of shares and assets of considerable value. He has prepared tax-efficient restructuring scenarios for entities from the field of fixed property, financial agency as well as oil and gas extraction. He has authored publications on tax law and given papers at a range of conferences and tax seminars. He serves as a member of the Management Board of the Polish branch of the International Fiscal Association.
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Partner in charge of the tax department of Allen & Overy Luxembourg.
He advises various international investment banks on tax structured finance schemes (including securitisations) and has extensive experience in advising institutional investors and private equity funds in cross-border investments all over Europe.
He advises various international investment banks on tax structured finance schemes (including securitisations) and has extensive experience in advising institutional investors and private equity funds in cross-border investments all over Europe. He has significant expertise in advising clients on tax aspects for Luxembourg investments and in relation to the structuring of international acquisitions via Luxembourg regulated and non-regulated vehicles. At the beginning of his career, he spent four years with Bureau Francis Lefebvre, a major French law firm. Jean is admitted to the Luxembourg and Paris bars. He was a lecturer on international tax law at the Institut Supérieur du Commerce Paris (France 1994) and at the University of Valenciennes (France 2002-2004) and taught corporate tax law at the University of Luxembourg between 2003 and 2006. Jean is the author of Droit Fiscal International (Promoculture 2005), and is the Luxembourg correspondent for European Taxation (International Bureau of Fiscal documentation) and co-author of Dossiers Internationaux Francis Lefebvre (Editions Francis Lefebvre 2009, 8th edition). He is a member of the scientific board of the Luxembourg chapter of the International Fiscal Association and a member of the International Bar Association.
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IFA Germany, Partner, Flick Gocke Schaumburg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Thomas is a tax partner at Flick Gocke Schaumburg (Frankfurt office). He advises German and international clients on corporate tax, focussing on corporate restructurings, mergers & acquisitions, structuring of inbound (in particular real estate) and outbound investments and international tax law.
Thomas graduated from the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel in 1996 where he also obtained his doctor’s degree in 2000. He qualified as a certified tax advisor (Steuerber-ater) in 2001. He started his career with KPMG in 1996. In 1998 he joined Oppenhoff & Rädler which merged with Linklaters in 2001, undertaking an assignment to Linklaters, Lon-don in 2001. In 2003 he left Linklaters to assume the position of Director Taxes International within the central tax department of Siemens AG where he was responsible, inter alia, for the region Asia/Pacific and Siemens` EU tax policy. He joined Flick Gocke Schaumburg in 2007.
Thomas is a member of the German Institute of Tax Advisors, the International Fiscal Asso-ciation, the American Bar Association and the working group “Income Taxes” of the Ac-counting Standards Committee of Germany. Thomas is a regular speaker at tax conferences and a lecturer at the University of Münster. He was German branch reporter for the 2009 IFA Vancouver Congress.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Platz der Einheit 1
60327 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: (+ 49) 69 7 17 03-0
Fax: (+49) 69 7 17 03-100
thomas.schaenzle@fgs.de
www.fgs.de
Partner, Sheltons, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Italy
Stefano Simontacchi is an equity partner of Bonelli Erede e Pappalardo (Milan and London), where he gained a vast experience in domestic and international M&A, corporate restructuring, real estate, private equity and transfer pricing.
He obtained his PhD at the Faculty of Law of Leiden University where, since 2000 he has been lecturing in international taxation for the Adv. LL.M. organized by the International Tax Center Leiden. In addition, he has lectured in taxation and international taxation for many years at several other universities and master programmes.
Stefano Simontacchi is also the author of several publications and articles.
Contacts
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Via Barozzi, 1
20122 Milano
Tel: +39-02771131
E-mail: stefano.simontacchi@beplex.com
Tax Adviser, PRK Partners s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
Martin has received his Master of Sciences degree from the Palacký University in Olomouc, the Czech Republic.
Martin has received his Master of Sciences degree from the Palacký University in Olomouc, the Czech Republic. Also, he completed the studies of economics at the Central European University in Prague and received the degree Master of Economics from the New York State University. He is the member of the Chamber of Registered Tax Advisors of the Czech Republic and ACCA. Recently, Martin finished his studies at the LL.M. Programme in International Tax Law run by the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien and the Austrian Academy of Public Accountants. Martin specializes in corporate income tax and international tax aspects of financial institutions. He has been advising both Czech and international financial institutions on issues relating to their products and activities from the Czech tax perspective. Martin presented on the tax issues of securities and derivatives for the Institute for International Research GmbH and published a number of articles on these topics in Czech specialized press. Martin has been working in the tax advisory field since 1995 of which 14 years in Big-4 firms. Currently, Martin is co-operating with the Czech advisory firm PRK ECOVIS s.r.o.
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Managing Partner, TPA Horwath, Warsaw, Poland
In 1997 Wojciech graduated from the Faculty of Law at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, majoring in management and marketing. He also studied at the Betriebswirtschaftslehre (businesses administration) faculty of Otto-Friedrich-Universität in Bamberg, Germany (1994-95).
He is a certified tax advisor since 1999. For several years in charge for providing tax services addressed to international clients with the focus on Real Estate, Energy and Utility sectors. In 2004 Wojciech established independent tax advisory company that merged in 2005 with international TPA Horwath group where he still holds managing partner position.
Wojciech has published a number of professional articles in Polish, Austrian and German press and book releases related to international and Polish tax matters as well as to industry-specific solutions addressed to conventional and renewable energy market and real estate transactions. He has given lectures at various scientific and business institutes in Poland, Austria, Germany and Hungary. Wojciech is also lecturing on tax advisory professional matters at Poznan University of Economics.
IFA Hungary, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rita Szudoczky is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam working on her thesis with Professor Dennis Weber and Professor Pasquale Pistone as her supervisors. Her research topic is about the relationship and interaction of various norms of EC law in the field of direct taxation.
Rita Szudoczky is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam working on her thesis with Professor Dennis Weber and Professor Pasquale Pistone as her supervisors. Her research topic is about the relationship and interaction of various norms of EC law in the field of direct taxation.
Before starting her PhD research, Rita worked for three years in the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) in Amsterdam, first as a research associate specialized on EC direct tax law and a country-specialist for Hungary. While working for the IBFD Rita contributed to several IBFD publications, she launched a new database of IBFD on ECJ direct tax case law and she worked on consultancy projects, inter alia, on a case litigated in front of the ECJ involving regional fiscal autonomies and State aid. When she joined the Tax Academy of the IBFD she was teaching and designing courses on various topics of international and European tax law. Before the IBFD, Rita worked for the Budapest office of Linklaters as a trainee lawyer on the Tax Department. Rita published several articles and teaches various courses and seminars on European tax law.
Secretary General, IFA Estonia, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Tallinn, Estonia
Erki Uustalu is a Ph.D fellow at Tartu University and Senior Tax Manager at PwC Estonia where he is specialized on international tax structuring and EU direct taxation.
Erki started his career with PwC in 1997 and worked then for several years in IBFD in Amsterdam as well as a program coordinator for the International Tax Center Leiden in the Netherlands. Having shortly worked in the European Commission he was invited to serve as a councilor to the Estonian Minister of Finance in tax policy questions, where he worked for 3 years until re-joining PwC in May 2007.
Erki has an LL.M. degree in International Taxation from Leiden University (the Netherlands) and he is currently teaching international and European tax law at the law faculty of Tartu University. He is Secretary General of the Estonian Branch of International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Co-chair, IBA Taxes Committee, Partner, Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Carola van den Bruinhorst (1965), tax lawyer, is a member of the Tax practice group. She specialises in the international tax practice.
Carola van den Bruinhorst (1965), tax lawyer, is a member of the Tax practice group. She specialises in the international tax practice. Her clients are mainly Canadian, U.S. and Italian multinationals seeking advice on domestic and international tax structures and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, group reorganisations and joint ventures. She has also worked at the New York office.
Carola is an active member of the International Bar Association (IBA). Currently, she is Co-Chair of the IBA Taxes Committee. She is a frequent speaker at the IBA and other conferences on international tax matters and publishes frequently in international tax journals, such as the BNA International Tax Forum.
Education
Law, University of Groningen, 1990
American tax law, University of Leiden, 1992
European Fiscal Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1993
Languages
Dutch, English, Italian
Practice
Tax
International tax planning and M&A
Tax Partner Heading the European Transfer Pricing practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Belgium
Isabel Verlinden is a Brussels-based international tax partner heading the European Transfer Pricing practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
She has first hand knowledge of the transfer pricing challenges faced by companies operating across the globe derived from over twenty years of experience, working both in Brussels and Washington DC for PwC (and its legacy firms). She is co-ordinating worldwide Transfer Pricing and/or Intellectual Property projects for the world’s largest multinational groups in their specific area.
She co-authored several books, amongst others in July 2009, “Substance: Aligning international tax planning with today’s business realities” was launched, focussing on the merits of substance-based planning in corporate structures (tax residence and beneficial ownership). “Mastering the IP Life Cycle” was updated in 2009 and looks at Intellectual Property throughout its lifecycle from a tax, legal and managerial angle and which covers over 40 countries.
She teaches transfer pricing and/or IP planning in the academic world, is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences and runs transfer pricing sessions during international training courses within PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She actively contributes to thought leadership initiatives in the area of transfer pricing as invitee to Specialist Business Expert Group Meetings at the OECD and is also one of the 15 Business Members at the European Commission’s Joint EU Transfer Pricing Forum.
She is a prolific writer for international tax and business periodicals (over 80 articles to date). She is a recognized tax consultant under Belgian law (member of IAB/IEC) and member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Telephone : +32 2 710 44 22
Mobile : + 32 475 301 453
Email : isabel.verlinden@pwc.be
Tresurer, IFA Czech Republic, Partner, Vorlickova & Leitner, Prague, Czech Republic
Chairman IFA Poland, Partner, Wardyński & Partners, Warsaw, Poland
Dariusz Wasylkowski an adwokat, a tax adviser and a senior partner in charge of the Tax Practice Group at Wardyński & Partners.
He advises on Polish as well as international tax law. He represents clients in tax litigation as well as in civil and criminal litigation relating to tax matters, and provides services to both foreign and domestic clients active in a broad range of sectors from manufacturing, distribution and retail to financial services and private equity.
His tax advisory experience includes providing support to clients in corporate tax planning, structuring of inbound investment, transfer pricing and M&A. Contentious tax experience includes advising clients during audits and representing them in administrative proceedings and litigation at all levels of judicial review of tax cases. He has also represented clients in litigation related to customs, regulated prices regimes and similar administrative matters, and also in criminal and civil litigation related to tax and similar matters.
His non-tax experience includes advising on all aspects of M&A transactions and green-field investment in Poland. He is also experienced in advising on general corporate law, corporate governance, directors’ liability, corporate compliance programs and corporate criminal liability. He also represented clients in corporate disputes as well as civil and criminal litigation related to directors’ liability.
Dariusz Wasylkowski graduated from the Law Faculty at Warsaw University in 1993. He also studied at the Law Faculty of the University in Copenhagen (1991) and at the combined MBA Program of the School of Management of Warsaw University and the College of Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1993–94). He participated in the International Tax Academy Fellowship Programme at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation in Amsterdam (1996–97).
Dariusz Wasylkowski started his legal career in 1993. From 1994 to 1999 he was an associate at Wardyński & Partners (director of the Tax Department from 1997 to 1999). He was a partner of Deloitte and Touche Central Europe between 2000 and 2004. In 2002 he founded Wasylkowski & Partners, a law firm associated with Deloitte Poland, which became independent and merged in October 2004 with Wardyński & Partners.
Dariusz Wasylkowski is a member of the Warsaw Bar and of the Polish Chamber of Tax Advisers (Disciplinary Tribunal Judge at the National Chamber of Tax Advisers). He is a member of Advisory Board of the European Forum of the International Bar Association (IBA) and a member of the IBA Tax Section, and also of the International Fiscal Association (Chairman of the Polish Branch). He is an associate member of the Section of International Law and the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association.
Languages: English
Office: Warsaw
e-mail: dariusz.wasylkowski@wardynski.com.pl
Tel.: (+48) 22 437 82 00, 22 537 82 00
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vice President/Senior Tax Manager Indirect Taxes Corporate Fiscal, Philips International, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
IFA Poland, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Partner, Loyens&Loeff, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner, heads up Loyens & Loeff's CEE team and Russia/CIS team, as well as the US REIT team and the Hotel team.
Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner, heads up Loyens & Loeff's CEE team and Russia/CIS team, as well as the US REIT team and the Hotel team. He specialises in pan-European tax structuring of investments with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Dutch real estate. His current clients
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