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Stéphanie Houx
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Stéphanie Houx

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  • French
  • Dutch
  • English
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Stéphanie Houx joined CMS Belgium’s Tax department in March 2021. She specializes in indirect taxation with a strong focus on the real estate sectors. She has gained experience by practicing tax law for more than 20 years at Allen & Overy, where she has become a recognized practitioner.

She advises leading banks, insurance companies and public authorities regarding real estate matters, VAT-related litigation and advisory matters. 

She has been awarded “Real estate Tax adviser of the year” by the Finance Taxation Awards 2022.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Stéphanie Houx is very reactive and understands the business very well."
    Feedback from a client – Chambers Europe, 2025
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    "Stéphanie Houx is always available for her clients – she gives good advice and is very pragmatic"
    Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023
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    "Stéphanie Houx has strong experience and expertise in VAT matters."
    Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022
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    “Stéphanie Houx demonstrates impressive expertise in VAT-related litigation and advisory matters. She is also well known among market commentators for her work representing real estate investors in tax structuring mandates.”
    Chambers Europe, 2020

Relevant experience

  • Specializing in real estate taxes: VAT, registration duties, withholding and local taxes and Indirect tax law.
  • Specialization in VAT in all sectors including public and financial.
  • Civil law: rights in rem and other civil law topics, real estate knowledge.
  • Tax litigation: successful ECJ and Belgian Supreme Courts judgments in all tax matters (direct and indirect taxes).

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
  • Member of the ‘Union Professionnelle du Secteur Immobilier’ (UPSI-BVS).
  • Member of the Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers (BATL).

 

Education

  • 1996 - Solvay Brussels School - ULB - Belgium (Master in Taxation) 
  • 1993 - Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 1993 - University of Louvain, UCLouvain - Belgium (Master of Laws)
Practice Areas

Insights by Stéphanie

CMS at MIPIM Cannes

11 Mar 2025

Belgium’s regions pass new registration and inheritance tax rates

07 Oct 2024 5 min read

CMS Belgium advised Colliers on their acquisition of BelSquare

07 Dec 2022 1 min read

CMS assists in the set-up of the social impact investment fund ImpaktEU

10 Oct 2022 1 min read
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