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Merijn is the NL Lead for ESG Tax & Legal, which includes KPMG's ESG sustainability services. In his role as NL Lead for ESG Tax & Legal, Merijn acts as a strategic link between the ESG team, colleagues within KPMG, the clients and the international network. At KPMG Meijburg & Co, Merijn heads the ESG Tax & Legal team and is also part of the EMA and Global ESG team. Merijn is a specialist in the field of environmental taxes, including energy taxes, carbon taxes and plastic taxes. Merijn advises (globally operating) clients in various sectors, including industry, retail, trade, healthcare and investors. Sustainability affects every sector. He supports clients with regulatory scans and carries out impact assessments to apply regulations to clients' business operations. Merijn regularly publishes on environmental taxes. In addition to the ESG practice, Merijn heads the Special Taxes team at KPMG Meijburg & Co, part of the real estate group. Special levies include WOZ, local taxes, precario, sewerage tax and BPM. Merijn has tax expertise in these areas since 2006 and now has broad experience in guiding and advising real estate clients. Education and memberships Editor environmental taxes NLFiscaal Real Estate and Tax, Erasmus University Rotterdam Member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors (NOB) Tax Law, Amsterdam University

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

As an all-round tax advisor, Bernard has extensive experience in the international tax practice that includes cross-border transactions, tax accounting and compliance, mergers, acquisitions, and international reorganizations. Next to this, he supports companies in developing internal tax strategy and policies to enhance good corporate governance and to meet evolving and future new requirements related to tax transparency of multinational companies. Bernard is member of the Global KPMG IMPACT network, and the Netherlands country lead for KPMG’s Tax Impact Reporting services. In addition, he is Head of KPMG Meijburg & Co’s French desk and Head of our International Taxation Knowledge Group.  Bernard joined Meijburg & Co in 2004. Since 2008, he is a lecturer at the Université Paris Dauphine in France.  Specialisms Tax treaties Dividend withholding tax Structuring Corporate income tax

Meijburg Legal Lawyer  Specialisms Legal Banking & Finance Finance transactions Fund structuring Capital Markets Restructuring

Meijburg Legal Lawyer Specialisms Legal Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Corporate governance Commercial law Litigation

Senior Manager Legal Specialisms Legal Banking & Finance Finance transactions Fund structuring Private Equity Restructuring

Ruben is partner and Head of the People Services practice at KPMG Meijburg & Co. Ruben has in-depth experience of leading global mobility engagements for multinational companies, both those located/coordinated from the Netherlands or referred to the Netherlands from abroad. During his 18 years with KPMG, he has managed and coordinated large assignment populations, providing a full range of compliance services to a variety of clients operating in various sectors and industries, including the financial sector and the chemical, energy, manufacturing, electronics and automotive industries. Ruben has extensive experience with advising on complex tax/social security issues concerning cross-border​​ employment. He also helps companies to meet global compliance requirements in the field of tax, social security and immigration. Ruben acts as a sparring partner for tax and HR managers and members of boards of directors on matters such as employer remuneration policies, achieving optimization by reducing employer costs, changing markets, regulatory tightening and innovative IT solutions. He also shows clients how to realize cost savings and efficiency by means of specially developed technology tools. Reuben advises on how decisions in the area of human resources and remuneration policy can influence the strategy of a company as a whole.

Jeroen joined KPMG Meijburg & Co in 2011 after having worked at one of the other Big Four tax advisory firms. He has extensive experience in helping clients with business restructurings and transfer pricing, in particular when functions and assets are transferred cross-border, there is risk shifting, or new investments are made. Jeroen helps clients to mitigate their tax-related risks and to comply with their national and international obligations. He develops tax strategies for setting up international operational structures as part of the structuring/restructuring process.

Adam is a Transfer Pricing specialist with over ten years professional experience in this field. He has provided assistance to large multinationals in numerous industrial sectors in Italy, e.g. the real estate, automotive, pharmaceutical, energy and luxury goods sectors. In particular, Adam has helped with drafting appropriate TP documentation in line with the EU TP Code of Conduct and the OECD BEPS Action Plan, has assisted clients with negotiated settlements (APAs, MAPs), M&A due diligence, transfer pricing policy planning and business (re)structuring. Adam has extensive experience and knowledge of transfer pricing requirements and regulations, both at the national and international level, for example in the Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and Hungary. He has advised local and foreign multinational entities on Country-by-Country (CbC) documentation, helping them with local CbC reporting and notifications. Adam is also part of Meijburg & Co's ESG team, which, together with the KPMG ESG network, advises clients on fulfilling and being compliant with their ESG goals. Education and Memberships BSc in Business Administration, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Milan, Italy MSc International Economics and Business Studies, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands Fellow of the Malta Institute of Taxation

Thom has been with KPMG Meijburg & Co since 2019 after obtaining master’s degrees in both direct and indirect tax law. He has experience assessing complex cross-border supply chains and optimizing their indirect tax treatment using the facilities and licenses available within VAT, Customs and Excise legislation. Furthermore, Thom is a member of the Tax Sustainability team, which focuses on taxes which are part of the EU Green Deal, such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Education and memberships Direct Tax Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam Indirect Tax Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam Member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors

Roel is working in the international corporate tax practice in the Netherlands, advising MNEs on corporate taxes and international tax law. Roel’s tax knowledge and experience is broad and he has been involved in international tax structuring, renewable energy investments, business restructuring and IP transfers, insolvency restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, tax controversy and tax ruling projects. Roel is a member of the International Tax knowledge group and the Withholding Tax knowledge group. Recently Roel also joined the Tax Sustainability practice of KPMG Meijburg & Co and has experience with the EU green deal, grants and incentives and other ESG tax topics. Roel focuses on the Chemical Industry and his clients are mainly located in the US, the Netherlands and the UK.

Jorik joined Meijburg & Co in 2021 as a tax adviser in the (international) corporate tax practice. He primarily assists multinationals in tax disputes ranging from restructurings to litigation. Jorik is also part of Meijburg & Co's Tax Sustainability team which, together with the KPMG ESG network, advises clients on fulfilling and being compliant with their ESG goals. Specialisms Dutch corporate income tax Dividend withholding tax European tax law Tax treaties Energy tax Environmental taxes EU Green Deal & Decarbonization