Dutch Base: for non-Dutch in tax

Networking event | Thursday, 20 March, 2025 | 15:00-17:30h

We're excited to invite you to our next edition of Dutch Base, our network for foreign tax professionals, on March 20, 2025.

During this event we will update you on the latest tax developments and provide plenty of opportunity to engage with other participants and the team from Meijburg.

Special host:

  • Loek Helderman – Loek co-leads the Dutch Corporate Clients Team. Prior to KPMG, Loek spent more than 25 years at Unilever. He was a member of the tax leadership team, as VP Tax Europe and Global Transfer Pricing. Loek will share his experiences at Meijburg and will share valuable insights from his time as an in-house tax executive.


We will also take time to inform you about associations for tax professionals in the Netherlands, such as the NOB and the IFA. We will discuss membership requirements and the benefits of joining.


Program
15:00 Walk-in with coffee & tea
15:30 Start program
17:00 Drinks & bites 

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Agata Uceda
Ágata Uceda
Partner

Ágata has experience negotiating advance pricing agreements (“APAs”) and defending complex transfer pricing audits. Most recently, she has acted as expert witness supporting tax litigation in several European countries. She is frequent speaker at international tax events (IBFD, BNA training courses, OECD consultations) and is invited as guest lecturer at the University of Leiden (Adv. LLM International Tax Law), University of Amsterdam and University of Vienna. Ágata won the award for Best in Transfer Pricing at the European Women in Business Awards in 2011, 2013, and 2016 and is regularly mentioned by Euromoney as one of the best transfer pricing advisors in the world. She takes an active role promoting diversity in the workplace and mentoring and coaching people. Specialization and industries - Transfer pricing policy design and implementation, intangibles planning, business restructurings, APAs and dispute resolution. - Technology, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, consumer goods. Education and memberships - Executive MBA University of Edinburgh and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. - Master’s degree in Change Management, INSEAD. - IFA, NOB, Global Board Ready Women.

uceda.agata [at] kpmg.com Meijburg Amstelveen
Loek Helderman
Loek Helderman
Partner

Loek is Global Lead for ESG Tax & Legal, covering KPMG’s ESG Sustainability services, and also Partner at KPMG Meijburg & Co. In his role as Global Lead for ESG T&L, Loek is responsible for serving as a strategic connection between the Global Tax & Legal network and KPMG ‘s member firms. Loek is also member of the KPMG Global Tax & Legal Management Team. At KPMG Meijburg & Co, Loek co-leads the Dutch Corporate Clients Team and has been with the firm since 2010. As a Global Lead Tax Partner for several European global multinationals, Loek has been involved in a large number of projects in the field of Dutch and international corporate income tax. He also has extensive experience with large-scale corporate restructuring and has worked on numerous international projects in these fields. Prior to KPMG, Loek spent more than 25 years at a large, fast-moving consumer goods company, where he held various international positions within the corporate tax department. During his last 10 years, Loek was a member of the tax leadership team, as VP Tax Europe and Global Transfer Pricing. Before this, he held the role as VP Tax for the America's and Special Projects. Specialisms Tax Compliance Tax Control Tax Technology Dutch corporate income tax

helderman.loek [at] kpmg.com Meijburg Amstelveen
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