Attorney partner

Qualifications

Lawyer practising at the Hauts-de-Seine Bar
Member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux (IACF)
Member of the Association des Avocats Conseils d’Entreprises (ACE)
Member of the International VAT Association (IVA)
Member of the Association of European VAT practitioners (APTE)
Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
Tax Adviser (Member of the Institute for Tax Advisors and Accountants (ITAA) – Belgium)
Founding partner Cordes & Partners

ExpErience

Consultancy, audit, training, project management, follow-up of legal cases relating to VAT, payroll tax and indirect taxation in general, including customs and excise duties, across all business sectors: analysis of the incidence of all types of restructuring in the context of international trade in goods and services, implementation of customs procedures and tax warehouses, review of deduction coefficients and VAT management procedures in the financial sector, definition of VAT codes in the configuration of ERP systems, regulatory validation of electronic invoicing systems, follow-up of tax representations for foreign companies, excise disputes etc.

Career history

2014 – Cordes & Partners
1996 – 2014 PwC Société d’Avocats, law firm, correspondent member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Partner, 2001)
1987 – 1995 Coopers & Lybrand Tax Consultants (Brussels)

Education

Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales/ Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales, Belgium – 1987 Diploma in Fiscal Sciences

University of Louvain, Belgium – 1986 Master’s Degree in Law

Honour

“Lauréat du Travail” (2006) – Institut Royal des Elites du Travail de Belgique Albert 1er.