Overview
Dick is head of the tax practice in Amsterdam. He has a wide range of experience in both Dutch domestic and international tax law. Dick offers expert advice to multinationals, private equity houses and banks on high-end transactions and tax planning in M&A, private equity, corporate restructuring, banking and securities, asset finance, structured finance and investment funds.
Throughout his career, Dick has been based in San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York and London, as well as in Amsterdam. Dick has developed long-standing relationships with many clients, who rely on him for his expert knowledge of international tax structures, including the planning and management of such international structures. He also assists clients with setting up their back office operations and organizing their legal documentation to create efficient management of their tax affairs.
Work Highlights
Dick has advised on the tax aspects of many high-profile transactions during his career. Highlights include:
- Cerberus European Investments, LLC: tax structuring and advising on the internal financing strategy for the acquisition of a large portfolio of loan receivables from Intrum AB
- Cerberus European Investments, LLC: tax structuring and advising for co-investors for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of VeloBank SA, a leading global bank based in Poland
- Cerberus Capital Management: advising on the acquisition, reorganisation and sale of its portfolio company, Reydel Automotive, the design company of car interiors
- Delhaize Group, the Belgian-headquartered international food retailer: advising on the Dutch tax aspects of its €25bn merger with Ahold, its Dutch-headquartered equivalent
- Cerberus Capital Management: advising on the financing and acquisition of €7.2bn worth of distressed commercial real estate loans secured by a portfolio of Irish and European real estate asset
- A delivery service: advising on the issuance of convertible senior unsecured loan notes and warrants by a Dutch company to a corporate investor as part of an approx. USD 800m funding round
- An investment company: advising in connection with the sale by a Dutch entity of the company of an Irish affiliate holding an unsecured non-performing loan portfolio
- A Dutch and British multinational consumer packaged goods company on the tax aspects of the legal merger of the Dutch and British holding companies
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