In particular, Rens has significant experience in working closely together with the firm's corporate department, assisting with tax structuring and negotiating tax deeds as well as working together with the investment management team, providing tax advice to investment funds and their investors.
Rens operates in integrated teams of corporate, finance and employment lawyers and is closely involved in the drafting of all forms of legal documentation.
Rens specialises in domestic and international tax law. His practice is strongly transaction driven, with a mixture of joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, employment benefits, private equity, corporate restructuring, structured finance and investment funds.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Representative matters
Sale of their Resins & Functional Materials division to Covestro.
Tax advice on their public bid on the shares in NPX N.V.
Their investments in various private equity and real estate funds as well as daily advisory work.
Belgian, Dutch, French and German tax aspects on their management investments packages.
Pro bono
2012-2019 Treasurer and board member of Stichting Noodopvang dakloze Vreemdelingen Utrecht; a foundation that helps certain categories of asylum seekers by making sure that they get a “bath, bed and bread”.
2017-2018 Amsterdam Ambassador for Warchild, Allen & Overy Global Charity Partner
Published Work
- Various annotations to case law, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht, 2018 - now
- Naschrift, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, 2018, WFR 2018/81
- Het verzekeren van fiscale risico's in overnamecontracten, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, 2017, WFR 2017/218The Impact of Fiscal State Aid Recovery Risks on Share Purchase Agreements, page 426-435 together with Sigrid Hemels and with input from Allen & Overy colleagues in various European jurisdictions, European Taxation, 2016
- Belastinglatenties en overnamecontracten, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager, Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 2014
Speaking Engagements
- Grotius course on tax aspect of private M&A, 2014-now
- IBFD course on Tax Aspects of Private M&A, 2012-now
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
- Member, Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs Member, Vereniging voor belastingwetenschap
Recognition
“I like working with Rens, he is a very experienced M&A tax lawyer, who is able to explain the difficult language in layman's language, and is very pragmatic and efficient”
Chambers and Partners, 2024
“He is not just my lawyer, he is my trusted adviser”
Chambers and Partners, 2024
Qualifications
Admissions
Admitted as fiscalist, Netherlands, 2002
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2002
Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Belastingrecht
Languages
Dutch, English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.