Finance Monthly M&A Awards Winners Edition

FINANCE MONTHLY M&A AWARDS 2020 55 to joining Taxand in 2017, Maud gained experience at a Big-4 firm. She obtained master degrees (LL.M.) in International & European Tax Law and Direct Taxation at the University of Maastricht. Maud is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers. SECTOR AND AREA EXPERTISE M&A guidance is a core activity within our Amsterdam offices and we have the expertise and capacity to support our clients at every stage of the M&A process, including tax DD, SPA work, management incentive programmes, post-completion activities, etc. Specialties - M&A, International Taxation, Tax (re) structuring and refinancing, SPA. ABOUT GERTJAN HESSELBERTH Gertjan Hesselberth is a partner in the M&A and corporate tax team of Taxand Netherlands and has been practising tax law for over 20 years and. He is a seasoned corporate tax expert and has considerable experience in (inter)national tax transactions and structuring of domestic and cross-border acquisitions and reorganizations. He advises private equity funds and corporations on the tax impacts of a wide range of areas, including merger and acquisition deal structuring and tax due diligence. In addition, Gertjan has a strong track record in negotiations with the Dutch tax authorities for solving tax disputes and concluding advance tax rulings. One particular field of experience considers facilitating clients both upon establishing and expanding their Dutch business operations. During his career, Gertjan built strong relationshipswith inspectors of the Dutch tax authorities, which includes members of the Dutch APA/ATR team and various knowledge groups. He also has close contacts within both the Dutch Ministry of Finance and Economic affairs. He is admitted to the Dutch Bar and is also a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers. ABOUT MAUD KALLEN Maud Kallen is a senior associate at Taxand Netherlands, where she specializes in M&A and international taxation. She advises multinationals on their international corporate and withholding tax position and how companies can be compliant in the rapidly changing environment of BEPS and EU law in the field of international corporate taxation. She furthermore advises multinationals on restructuring, refinancing projects and M&A deals. Her clients are private equity funds andmultinational enterprises. Prior CONTACT Taxand Netherlands Jachthavenweg 124 1081 KJ Amsterdam T. +31 (0)20 435 64 00 E. info@taxand.nl W. www.taxand.nl Gertjan Hesselberth E: gertjan.hesselberth@taxand.nl T: + 31 (0)20 435 64 16 Maud Kallen E: maud.kallen@taxand.nl T. + 31 (0)20 435 64 34