Family Owned Business & Private Wealth
Do you own a family business? Are you an entrepreneur? Or maybe a high net worth individual? If so, you no doubt face complex tax and legal regulations, both at home and abroad. Not just related to your business, but also to your personal (family) wealth.
"Clients highlight the team's dedication, knowledge, availability and business sense" - Chambers & Partners
Personal and pragmatic approach
Our Family Owned Business & Private Wealth department would be delighted to offer you tailored, personal advice. We take a co-operative and forward-thinking approach, anticipating social dynamics, and help you to make the right choices. This also applies to our services for family offices, private bankers, (family) foundations and (family) trusts.
More than 100 years of experience
We are unique because of the fully-integrated collaboration between tax advisers, civil law notaries and lawyers. Your questions are considered and addressed from various perspectives. You can also draw on specialist tax and legal knowledge of the rules in our four home markets (the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland) and you can draw on our global network.
We have more than 100 years of experience in the industry and we are genuinely interested in our clients. This allows us to efficiently transform your complex tax and legal issues into pragmatic solutions. We aim to build long-term client relationships founded on mutual trust (trusted adviser).
How we can help
We offer advice on, for example:
- Tax and legal structuring of your family-owned business
- Tax and legal structuring of your succession planning
- Advice on the management and supervision of your family-owned business and wealth
- Advice on innovation and sustainability within the family-owned business
- Advice on prenuptial agreements and last wills
- Establishing (family) foundations and charitable organisations
- Protection of your wealth and your privacy
- Advice on international and European developments
- Tax and legal structuring of your wealth
- Tax compliance
Would you like to know more? In the publication ‘What can you expect from us?’ we provide you further information
Lees de Nederlandse versie hier
New amendment protocol to the Dutch-Swiss tax treaty
Job-related investment tax credit
Netherlands Private Wealth Guide 2020 now online
Budget Day: Tax measures and real estate
What others say about us
Chambers HNW
The tax department has “very good technical skills” and “They really know what they are talking about. They really are the number-one firm for tax advice in the Netherlands.” (2021)
It is also a “very professional and experienced team with broad knowledge and strong customer focus.” (2021)
Loyens & Loeff have "a fantastic reputation" and "their service to clients is top notch," according to a source. The team regularly assists wealthy individuals and families with estate planning and tax issues. (2021)
"Integrated advice is their forte. They not only give the best possible tax advice for their clients, but they also take into account what is best for the family from a notarial and legal point of view," states a source, adding: "They always make an effort to present often very complicated issues in such a way that all aspects are easy to understand for everyone involved, so that clients can make well-contemplated decisions." (2021)
Chambers HNW
Loyens & Loeff handles private client matters for high net worth individuals and families. "They are the most famous group in this market, and indeed across Benelux," observes a wealth adviser.
One market source comments: "They are very professional, they focus on the problem and tackle the issue. They tackle the problem from different angles and that is a very strong point." Another adds: "They are consistently excellent across all their jurisdictions." (2020)
Chambers HNW
"Loyens & Loeff remains a respected provider of private wealth advice in the Netherlands. 'That is definitely who we'd go to in the Netherlands', states an international interviewee, adding: 'They are market leaders in the Netherlands, with a strong tax pedigree'." (2019)
"Sources praise the quality of the team. 'They are engaging and easy to work with and we get the job done. It's pretty seamless stuff', says a commentator, who adds that 'they have extremely useful contacts'. Another source highlights the team's 'competence and experience'." (2019)
Jules de Beer
Counsel Tax adviserJules de Beer, counsel, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group in our Rotterdam office.
T: +31 10 224 61 55 M: +31 628 44 66 33 E: [email protected]
Gerard Blokland
Partner Tax adviserGerard Blokland, tax adviser, is chair of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group and works from our Amsterdam office.
T: +31 20 578 51 89 M: +31 6 10 89 41 68 E: [email protected]
Guido Derckx
Partner Tax adviserGuido Derckx, senior tax adviser & partner, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group, as well as of the Investment Management and Corporate Tax Services practice groups in our Amsterdam office.
T: +31 20 578 56 25 M: +31 6 53 56 41 90 E: [email protected]
Fred van der Leije
Partner Tax adviserFred van der Leije, tax adviser, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group and works from our Rotterdam office.
T: +31 10 224 64 33 M: +31 6 53 91 97 98 E: [email protected]
Dirk-Jan Maasland
Partner Civil Law NotaryDirk-Jan Maasland, civil-law notary, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth Practice Group.
T: +31 20 578 57 43 M: +31 653 58 60 28 E: [email protected]
Pieter van Onzenoort
Counsel Civil law notaryPieter van Onzenoort, civil law notary, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group in our Rotterdam office.
T: +31 10 224 62 97 M: +31 6 53 70 77 93 E: [email protected]
Rogier Ploeg
Senior associate Tax adviserRogier Ploeg, tax adviser, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth group in our Amsterdam office.
T: +31 20 578 59 29 M: +31 6 53 58 86 14 E: [email protected]
Tim van Straaten
Senior associate Tax adviserTim van Straaten, tax adviser, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group in our Amsterdam office.
T: +31 20 578 54 34 M: +31 6 10 89 78 65 E: [email protected]
Rick van der Velden
Partner Tax adviserRick van der Velden, tax adviser, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group in our Rotterdam office.
T: +31 10 224 67 40 M: +31 6 51 58 11 26 E: [email protected]
Pleuni Visser
Senior associate Tax adviserPleuni Visser, tax adviser, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth practice group in our Amsterdam office.
T: +31 20 578 53 13 M: +31 6 55 34 08 61 E: [email protected]
Barbara Albrecht
Senior associate Attorney at LawBarbara Albrecht, attorney at law, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth Practice Group in our Brussels office.
T: +32 2 773 23 71 E: [email protected]
Nicolas Bertrand
Partner Attorney at LawNicolas Bertrand is a partner in our Brussels office. He co-heads the Loyens & Loeff Family Owned Business & Private Wealth Practice Group in Belgium.
T: +32 2 773 23 46 E: [email protected]
Saskia Lust
Partner Attorney at LawSaskia Lust is a partner in our Brussels office. She co-heads the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth Team in Belgium. She focuses on international asset structuring.
T: +32 2 700 10 27 E: [email protected]
Peter Adriaansen
Partner Tax AdviserPeter Adriaansen, partner, is a member of the Tax Practice Group in our Luxembourg and Amsterdam offices. He focuses on tax structuring for multinational and international private clients.
T: +352 466 230 451 E: [email protected]
Jochem van der Wal
Partner Attorney at law / Tax adviserJochem van der Wal, attorney at law and tax adviser, is a partner in the Tax Practice Group of our Luxembourg office. He focuses on general Luxembourg and international tax matters.
T: +31 20 578 52 34 / +352 466 230 235 E: [email protected]
Beat Baumgartner
Partner Attorney at law, Swiss certified tax expertBeat Baumgartner, attorney at law and Swiss certified tax expert, is a partner in our Zurich office. He focuses on Swiss and international taxation, M&A, financing and capital market transactions.
T: +41434346700 E: [email protected]
Livia Geissmann
Associate Tax adviserLivia Geissmann, tax adviser, is an associate of the Zurich office. She focuses on Swiss and international taxation as well as succession planning for Swiss and foreign (ultra) high-net-worth private clients and family owned businesses.
T: +41434346700 E: [email protected]