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Olivier Querinjean

Partner
Member of the Tax group
Tax Advisor

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Olivier Querinjean

Partner
Member of the Tax group
Tax Advisor

Contact
CMS DeBacker
Chaussée de La Hulpe 178
1170 Brussels
Belgium
Languages French, Dutch, English, German

Olivier specialises in Corporate Tax Law, focusing on the reorganisation or restructuring of companies as well as various cross-border transactions. He advises clients on all tax aspects of M&A operations - both national and international in scope, including mergers, demergers, stock or asset purchases, exchange of shares, MBOs, LBOs, joint ventures and spin-offs and negotiates agreements with tax authorities, notably with regard to restructuring. He also advises on taxation relating to employee profit sharing schemes.

In addition to advising, he engages in tax litigation.

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"Olivier Querinjean is very pragmatic and business-minded, looking for the best results in the most efficient way."

Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023

"The team, notably Olivier Querinjean and Arnout Vaninbroukx, work well together and are skilled in tax legal advice, and are also very diverse. The level of their expertise is excellent. Everything runs smoothly, transparently and easily. Olivier is always available."

Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023

"Highly educated professionals with a lot of attention to details. I have been working with Olivier Querinjean since 2014 and always very happy to work with him on very different kind of subjects."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

"Olivier Querinjean is very pragmatic and business-minded, looking for the best results in the most efficient way."

Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023

"The team, notably Olivier Querinjean and Arnout Vaninbroukx, work well together and are skilled in tax legal advice, and are also very diverse. The level of their expertise is excellent. Everything runs smoothly, transparently and easily. Olivier is always available."

Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023

"Highly educated professionals with a lot of attention to details. I have been working with Olivier Querinjean since 2014 and always very happy to work with him on very different kind of subjects."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

Relevant experience

  • Setting up of various estate planning structures in an international context
  • Advising a major French environmental services provider in connection with the reorganisation of its treasury management and the structuring of a dedicated Belgian financing entity
  • Advising a UK-based producer of zinc on the setting-up/implementation of transfer pricing policies and the negotiation of a tax ruling
  • Acting for a leading sugar producer in respect of the indirect acquisition of various starch facilities in Europe as well as on the tax-efficient post-acquisition restructuring
  • Advising major insurance companies on the restructuring of their Belgian based business activities
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Memberships & Roles

  • Lecturer at the Chambre Belge des Comptables, Experts Comptables et Conseils Fiscaux
  • Lecturer at FUCAM (CEFIAD)
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Publications

  • Olivier has written a number of publications and speeches on tax law
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Education

  • 2001 - Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 2001 - Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales, ESSF (Special Degree in Tax law)
  • 2000 - Université Catholique de Louvain, UCLouvain (Law Degree)
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Expertise

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Belgian budget approved: first overview of tax impact
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Tax reform: the Minister of Finance presents his plan
The Belgian Minister of Finance has presented his outline for tax reform, which should extend over the next ten years. The announced objective of the reform is to reduce the pressure on the taxation...
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CMS advised TIS on its acquisition of Cashforce
CMS Germany, together with CMS Belgium, advised the German FinTech TIS (Treasury Intelligence Solutions) on its acquisition of Cashforce, a Cash forecasting & Working Capital Platform. German CMS team...
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CMS advised Technology & Strategy, a company backed by the French private...
CMS advised Technology & Strategy (T&S), a European specialist in technology consulting (backed by the French private equity fund Ardian Expansion), in its acquisition of a majority stake in Intys, one...
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18/03/2022
CMS advised Pricoa Private Capital on the first USPP bond issue under Belgian...
CMS Belgium, alongside CMS’ offices in France and the Netherlands and Torys LLP and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP advised Pricoa Private Capital, a leading US institutional investor, on the first USPP...
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10/01/2022
Belgium adopts law on special tax regime for inbound taxpayers and inbound...
New legislation in Belgium that sets up a new special tax regime for inbound taxpayers and inbound researchers mentioned in the Law-Now eAlert of 25 November (Special tax regime for foreign executives:...
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