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Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important factor in the decisions of investors, companies, consumers, shareholders and policy and law makers. The broadly supported awareness of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives is reflected in many international voluntary standards as well as in an increasing number of European regulations.

ATAD2

ATAD2

The anti-hybrid mismatch rules of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD 2) aim to prevent situations of a double deduction and a deduction without a corresponding inclusion of the income at the level of the recipient resulting from a hybrid mismatch. All EU Member States have implemented ATAD2 in their domestic laws as from 1 January 2019 (for Belgium) or as from 1 January 2020 and 1 January 2022 (for a.o. the Netherlands and Luxembourg).

It is noted that EU Member states can introduce rules that go beyond the minimum standards of the ATAD2 directive. An example of this is the introduction of the ATAD2 documentation requirement in the Netherlands. Following the Dutch ATAD2 documentation requirement, all Dutch taxpayers should have documentation available in their administration that shows the (non-)applicability of the ATAD2 rules.

Implementing Pillar One & Pillar Two

Implementing Pillar One & Pillar Two

Building upon work conducted for several years on how to adapt the international tax rules to an increasingly digitalised economy, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework proposes a two-pillar overhaul of the existing system as from 2023/2024. While the main policy features are agreed, detailed model rules and draft multilateral conventions are due to be released over 2022.

Tax directors and their teams can already model the impact, prepare for the additional tax compliance burden and assess opportunities for manageable restructurings to mitigate the increased complexity.

Substance & Tax Law

Substance & Tax Law

In recent years tax authorities have placed more emphasis on combatting the use of abusive and aggressive tax structures by companies operating across borders, to ensure fair taxation. The EU and OECD have provided tax authorities with various instruments such as the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) and the Multilateral Instrument. The judgements handed down by the CJEU on the Danish cases have also set an important precedent.

However, since entities with no minimal substance and economic activity are supposedly still used for improper tax purposes, the European Commission recently issued a new proposal (ATAD 3). It is highly recommended that taxpayers already assess the possible impact of the proposal and consider opportunities for strengthening their local footprint and/or restructuring.

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Seamless international advice

With extensive experience in the Investment Management sector, our fund structuring expertise covers a broad range of asset classes. We serve the majority of Dutch based private equity fund managers with the formation of their funds and other fund work, and we assist many of the leading international alternative fund managers in Luxembourg. Moreover, we serve many institutional investors across the globe from our home offices in Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Zurich and Brussels, together with our IM colleagues in our New York, London and Singapore offices

Involvement with industry bodies

Members of the Investment Management team are heavily involved with industry bodies, including actively participating in their tax and/or legal committees:

  • Invest Europe
  • European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate (INREV)
  • Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate (ANREV)
  • European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA)
  • Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI)
  • Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA)
  • Fund Finance Association (FFA)
  • Dutch Venture Capital Association (NVP)
  • Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association (DUFAS)
Our firm has extensive experience in setting up investment fund structures.
Loyens & Loeff has a highly regarded Fund Regulatory Team exclusively focused on fund regulatory work.
Our incentive plan structuring expertise is bundled within a multidisciplinary team.
An increasing number of banks and financial institutions have responded to the growing demand of financing from investment funds.
We have developed a thorough understanding of fund governance, commercial fund terms and market practice.
Loyens & Loeff advises both managers and investors worldwide on tax and law aspects of fund formation as well as private equity backed (real estate) investments.
Tax compliance is about more than submitting an accurate tax return on time.
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