About Loyens & Loeff
About the Benelux
About our India Desk
Contact
About Loyens & Loeff
Loyens & Loeff is an independent full-service law firm specialised in providing legal and tax advice to international businesses, financial institutions and government bodies. Thanks to our legal and tax practices working closely together, we have built up a unique and very solid position in the market. Different specialists tackle issues from different sides, offering you the best advice in the most efficient way.
Loyens & Loeff worldwide
With about 1,500 employees worldwide, including more than 800 legal and tax experts, we are capable of effectively structuring and supervising both domestic and international matters. We provide our services from our six offices in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (together the ‘Benelux’), as well as from our eleven branches based in the world’s major financial centres.
With offices in all major financial centres, Loyens & Loeff is able to identify the needs of clients worldwide and to adapt to specific demands, culture and expectations. In addition, it enables us to provide our services around the clock.
What others say about us
Each year, Loyens & Loeff is awarded the highest ranking in the Tax category in the Chambers guide, Legal 500 and International Tax Review’s World Tax. Also with respect to Corporate / M&A, Banking & Finance, Investment Funds, as well as many other categories, Loyens & Loeff achieves excellent results every year in the leading guides on legal and tax services providers.
Please visit the What others say about us webpage for of full overview of our rankings and awards.
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The Benelux: an attractive climate for foreign investors
The Benelux tax climate is generally very attractive for Indian investors because of:
- Low corporate income tax rate
- No withholding taxes on interest, royalties or fees for technical services
- No stamp duties, no capital taxes
- A dividend tax which is most often reduced (even to as little as 0%)
- Favourable special tax incentives (e.g. for R&D activities, Energy Investment Allowance, favourable tax regime for foreign skilled workers)
- Participation exemption: tax-exempt dividends and capital gains
- Advance tax rulings (ATRs) and pricing agreements (APAs) can be obtained from the tax authorities
- VAT deferral on goods imported into the European Union
- Practical and pro-active approach of the customs authorities
- Reduced compliance burden by filing consolidated tax returns, applying for functional currency
- Extensive tax treaty network (reduction of foreign withholding taxes) and bilateral investment treaty network
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The India Desk: a specialised team for the Indian market
We recognise India as being one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Indian investors and traders are looking beyond their own borders for international opportunities, and India itself is successfully attracting the interest of Western companies. To meet the increasing demand for expertise in all tax and legal aspects relating to investments and trade between India and the Benelux, Loyens & Loeff has set up a specialised team: the India Desk.
Broad expertise and in-depth knowledge
We have been active in the Indian market for more than ten years and have gained invaluable experience in doing business in India and advising clients in India on matters of Benelux law and international tax law. We travel to India on a regular basis, to maintain close ties with our clients, Indian advisers and other business contacts. Our expertise and frequent collaboration with Indian advisory firms makes us ideally placed to advise our clients on cross border transactions between India and the Benelux.
One-stop service
Our team pools all the expertise that we have within our firm with respect to India-related matters. Members of the India Desk are experienced in advising clients on international transactions relating to the Indian market in particular. They are experts in tax (including customs and VAT), corporate and M&A, banking and finance, as well as employment law, employment taxes and benefits (including work and residency permit issues).
Our experience
Loyens & Loeff has assisted:
- European and US investment funds investing in Indian real estate or infrastructure projects via the Netherlands and/or Luxembourg
- Indian clients that acquire European enterprises with both tax structuring and M&A documentation
- Indian clients that set up a European trade office and obtain customs licences and REACH registrations
- Clients that make a greenfield investment in Europe, by representing them before the local authorities and negotiating relevant tax incentives.
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Contact
For more information about Loyens & Loeff, our India Desk and the services we provide, please send an e-mail to
india@loyensloeff.com or contact one of the members of our India Desk directly.