Bartjan Zoetmulder
Partner - Tax Adviser
Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner in the Investment Management practice group, heads up the tax team in Loyens & Loeff’s London office.
London
Dutch, English
Bartjan is an expert in (international) tax matters. His focusses on cross border real estate investments, real estate funds and platforms and project development. He serves mainly international companies and investment funds based in the UK, US, Asia and throughout Europe, although Dutch real estate enterprises are also among his clientele.
He founded the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) team and is active member of the APAC team with focus on Japan since Bartjan worked at the Tokyo office from 1995 to 1998 and was responsible for Loyens & Loeff’s Japanese practice in 2012 and 2013. He is an active member of the firm’s ESG team (tax governance and sustainability in real estate).
Bartjan was chairman of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs (NOB)) from June 2018 until June 2021. Between 2008 and 2016, Bartjan was already a board member of the NOB, where he held the role of chairman of the International Tax Affairs Committee. Until the end of 2017 he was also chairman of NOB's Dutch Investment Climate Committee.
He is a much sought-after guest speaker and writer on real estate investments, tax policy, tax governance, ESG and other topics that fall within his field of expertise.
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Dutch tax law, University of Groningen, 1993
Bartjan Zoetmulder
Partner - Tax Adviser
London
Dutch, English
<p>Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner in the Investment Management practice group, heads up the tax team in Loyens & Loeff’s London office.</p>
Bartjan is an expert in (international) tax matters. His focusses on cross border real estate investments, real estate funds and platforms and project development. He serves mainly international companies and investment funds based in the UK, US, Asia and throughout Europe, although Dutch real estate enterprises are also among his clientele.
He founded the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) team and is active member of the APAC team with focus on Japan since Bartjan worked at the Tokyo office from 1995 to 1998 and was responsible for Loyens & Loeff’s Japanese practice in 2012 and 2013. He is an active member of the firm’s ESG team (tax governance and sustainability in real estate).
Bartjan was chairman of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs (NOB)) from June 2018 until June 2021. Between 2008 and 2016, Bartjan was already a board member of the NOB, where he held the role of chairman of the International Tax Affairs Committee. Until the end of 2017 he was also chairman of NOB's Dutch Investment Climate Committee.
He is a much sought-after guest speaker and writer on real estate investments, tax policy, tax governance, ESG and other topics that fall within his field of expertise.