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Abdelmajid Roughou

Abdelmajid Roughou

Tax Associate, Brussels

Services

  • Tax
Testimonial
"I am an agile tax lawyer, assisting clients on every aspect of their taxation and at any stage of their development. I help them by providing sound advice, requesting a ruling and defending them in case of disagreement with the tax administration."

Overview

Abdelmajid had advised clients in a broad range of sectors and industries, including real estate, finance (banks and insurances), pharmaceutical, software and IT. 

He advises private and public companies as well as state-owned enterprises.

Abdelmajid is also a teaching assistant in tax law at Université Catholique de Louvain.

Work highlights

  • Tax litigations regarding transfer-pricing adjustments made by the Belgian tax administration
  • Advising CA Indosuez on its €1.5bn acquisition of Banque Degroof Petercam
  • Advising Cityforward on its acquisition of office buildings from the European Commission
  • Advising a leading asset-management firm on its fund structure
  • Advising a leading Belgian bank on its securitization program
  • Advising a leading insurance company on its new branch-21 insurance product
  • Advising a BEL20 company on its financing structure and withholding tax impact
  • Advising companies on their financing needs (e.g., issuance of debt instruments and facilities agreements)
  • Restructurings (merger, demerger or partial demerger) of groups of companies

Education and Qualifications

Abdelmajid holds a Master of Law from Université Catholique de Louvain, a Master of Tax Law from Université Libre de Bruxelles, as well as a Master in Financial Management from Vlerick Business School. 

During his Bachelor studies, Abdelmajid was part of the Law Clinic of the Université Saint-Louis where he advised NGOs on various legal issues. He also spent 3 months in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where he helped rice producers from the country to enhance their strategy as well as their daily operations.