Azerbaijan - Corporate Law Firm of the Year “They do the work quickly and professionally…. The work is of very high quality.” -Chambers, 2012
Corporate Law Firm of the Year in Azerbaijan: Recognised by both Global Law Experts and Corporate INTL (Global Awards 2012) The largest oil project, the largest construction project and the largest telecommunications project in Azerbaijan have chosen us on various legal and tax matters.
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Belgium - Personal Tax Advisory Firm of the Year EVEREST LAW OFFICES Stephane Bertouille Managing Partner Tel: +32 (0)2/640.44.00 stephane.bertouille@everest-law.eu www.everest-law.eu
ABOUT EVEREST EVEREST is a young law firm, founded in 2009, offering a full range of legal services to small and medium size companies on international, national and local level. EVEREST comprises 18 partners and 32 associates, in 3 offices (Brussels, Ghent and Bruges – soon Liège) and renders legal services in Tax, M&A and Corporate / Commercial law. EVEREST’s Key success factors: EVEREST: the best combination: (inter)national and academic. Most of our partners have built up their career within both national and international law firms, and 4 of them teach i.e. tax law at university.
134 GlobalAwards 2012
A direct solution-minded approach. Passionate people with a focus deliver excellent service Our partners are easily reachable (their GSM numbers are mentioned on their business card) and always directly involved in the cases. Every lawyer of the firm, whether freshman or confirmed, has an opportunity to meet clients and has full access to the entire file. THE TAX DEPARTMENT Our Tax department has a strong specialisation and practice in the area of tax guidance, both in advising (including for expatriates and salary splits) and dispute resolution. It also has extensive experience in appeal against assessments tax procedures before the ruling commission (i.e. creating certainty in tax planning to the benefit of clients). Best proof that Belgium is attractive for wealthy foreign individuals is that the richest European individual has been reported (September 2012) to have transferred his fiscal domicile in Belgium. We also provide tax advice in the framework of acquisitions of companies and large assets. STEPHANE BERTOUILLE Stephane Bertouille has obtained a law degree and a degree in economics, from university of Louvain, as well as an LLM from New York University. He has published several articles evidencing Belgium is an attractive destination for foreigners. He speaks French, Dutch and English fluently. He is managing partner of EVEREST LAW OFFICES since 2009.