Rens Bondrager
Partner
Amsterdam
Rens Bondrager
Partner
Amsterdam
Contact Details
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.
In particular, Rens has significant experience in working closely together with Allen & Overy´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.
Other noteworthy experience includes advising:
- Royal Vopak N.V., Tax advice on their sale of various tank terminals
- TomTom on the sale of their telematics division to Bridgestone, the car and truck parts manufacturer
- NIBC on the tax aspects of the public bid by Blackstone
- Wessanen on the tax aspects of the public bid made by PAI Partners
- NN Group, Advice on various investments in private equity and private debts funds
Qualifications
Professional
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
News & insights
News: 29 NOVEMBER 2021
Allen & Overy advises Avenga on the acquisition of Perfectial Group
Allen & Overy has advised Avenga, an international IT and digital transformation technology group, on the acquisition of Perfectial Group.
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Publications: 06 OCTOBER 2020
The available options to successfully restructure financially distressed, but viable businesses in the Netherlands are about to improve substantially as the Dutch Senate has approved the draft act on…
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Publications: 27 MAY 2020
Government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have included restricting travel and implementing quarantine requirements for those who do travel. As a result, managers and directors who are living in…
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Publications: 29 APRIL 2020
Covid–19 coronavirus: a cross-jurisdictional update on the pandemic’s impact on tax regulations
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic currently spreading across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States has resulted in an unprecedented demand for urgent tax relief measures across industries and…
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Qualifications
Professional
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
Experience highlights
Sale of their Resins & Functional Materials division to Covestro
Tax advice on their public bid on the shares in NPX N.V.
Advice on their investments in various private equity and real estate funds as well as daily advisory work
Advice on Belgian, Dutch, French and German tax aspects on their management investments packages
Pro-bono experience:
- 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
Recognition
Rens Bondrager is admired for being 'very technically good and cooperative to work with.' He assists clients with a range of tax matters, acting for companies in the real estate, transportation and financial services sectors.
Chambers and Partners, 2021
We had the pleasure of working with Rens Bondrager. He has a broad knowledge of tax issues, is very practical, and easy to contact and to communicate with.
Legal 500, 2020
Published work
- Various annotations to case law, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht, 2020 (NTFR 2020/144, NTFR 2020/1361, NTFR 2020/1793, NTFR 2020/2112
- Various annotations to case law, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht, 2019, NTFR 2019/148, NTFR 2019/595
- Various annotations to case law, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht, 2018, NTFR 2018/1214, NTFR 2018/2051, NTFR 2018/2121
- Column on Mandatory Disclosure Directive, General Counsel Network, 2018,
- Naschrift, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, 2018, WFR 2018/81
- Het verzekeren van fiscale risico's in overnamecontracten, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, 2017, WFR 2017/218
- The 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
- Member of the think tank in relation to the future of the Dutch tax regime and co-author of the report, International Fiscal Association / Young IFA Network, 2016
- Belastinglatenties en overnamecontracten, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager, Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 2014
- Fiscale zaken voor de civiele rechter, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager, Forfaitair, 2013
- Wijziging art. 12a Wet VPB 1969: maatregel tegen handel in HIR-lichamen, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager en mr. G.J. van der Linden, Forfaitair, 2012
- Fiscale bepalingen in internationale overname contracten, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager en mr.drs. O.E. van der Donk, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, WFR 2012/840
- The Dutch M&A market; latest developments from a tax perspective, Euromoney's International Mergers & Acquisitions Review, 2011
- Gebruik van de coöperatie ingeval van insolventie, Tijdschrift Financiering, Zekerheden en Insolventierechtpraktijk, FIP 2010/6
- Interest deductions relating to acquisition funding: changes ahead!, Euromoney's International Mergers & Acquisitions Review, 2010
- Outsourcing: een juridische gids voor de praktijk, Lokke Moerel, Bart van Reeken; met medew. van: Rens Bondrager et al., Kluwer, Deventer, derde druk 2009 (Serie praktijkhandleidingen)
- Corporate Governance in Nederland, Cees de Monchy, Marielle Legein; met medew. van Rens Bondrager et al., Boom Juridische praktijkboeken, 2009, tweede druk
- Controlled foreign corporations in the EU after Cadbury Schweppes, Jacques Malherbe, Rens Bondrager et al., BNA Tax Management International Journal 2007, p.607-650
- Verslag van de 20e Fiscale Conferentie "Europees Fiscaal Recht, Mr. E. Nijkeuter en mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, WFR 2005/1227
- Toepassing van de deelnemingsvrijstelling op garantiebepalingen bij de verkoop van een deelneming, drs. P.H.M. Flipsen en mr. drs. R.J. Bondrager, Maandblad Belasting Beschouwingen, MBB 2002/289
