Wim is a Tax Partner and is based in the Brussels office. He is a certified Tax Consultant with more than 25 years of experience. Wim combines many years at a Big4 organisation with relevant experience in a Magic Circle law firm. Wim started his career in the financial services tax team of another Big4 firm. Wim focused on the Financial Services Industry (“FSI”) throughout his entire career and assists financial institutions, banks and insurance companies, asset managers and investment funds with their day-to-day tax matters, operational taxes and tax planning opportunities, due diligence and deal structuring and leads the FSI Tax team in Belgium.
Wim furthermore leads Deloitte's Japanese Business Taxation Europe (JBTE) team and he also leads the Japanese Desk in Belgium. He has many Japanese clients in various industries and assists them with their Belgian domestic and cross-border tax issues.
Wim is Chairman of the Legal & Tax Committee of the Belgian-Japan Association and Chamber of Commerce (BJA) and also a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of BJA. In this capacity he works closely with BJA member companies, the Belgian government, employers, employee associations and all business in Belgium in view of improving the overall climate for doing business in Belgium.