Dr. J.A. (Arnaud) Booij, LLM

Tax attorney at law
E booij@bltm.nl - M +31 6 21 63 91 29

Arnaud Booij is a tax lawyer admitted to the Netherlands Bar (advocaat). He started his career at Baker & McKenzie in Amsterdam, where he worked for 12 years in the international consultancy & transaction practice. Since the year 2000, he has also lectured for Leiden University. In the past, he lectured in various fiscal subjects such as international tax law, formal tax law and corporation tax. He currently lectures in the subjects Moot Court and Tax-related administrative law, and also acts as a thesis supervisor. He also lectures at the International Tax Center in Leiden. In 2003, Arnaud obtained his doctorate and is a doctor of laws, in the subject Directors’ Liability for tax debts. 

From 2005 to June 2016, he was successively a partner/tax lawyer at the Höcker Advocaten law firm in Amsterdam, a partner at Spigt Litigators and a partner at the De Bont Advocaten law firm. He is trained as a mediator (with IMI accreditation) and is also experienced in Fiscal mediation, business mediation and International Tax Dispute Resolution.

Other positions:

  • Lecturer in tax law at Leiden University
  • Lecturer at the International Tax Center in Leiden
  • Member of the board of the VFM, the Dutch Association for Tax Mediation (chairman)
  • Member of the board of ZAM, the Dutch Association for Business Mediation
  • Member of the board of Stichting Tribute, the Dutch Foundation for International Tax Dispute Resolution
  • Co-author of Hoofdzaken Formeel Belastingrecht en Mediation in Belastingzaken (Principal Actions in Formal Tax Law and Mediation in Tax Matters)
  • Editor of the reference work Modellen voor de Rechtspraktijk (Models for the Legal Practice) (tax section, publishers Kluwer), author and editor of reference work Fiscale Modellen (Tax Models) (publisher Kluwer), editor of the Tijdschrift voor Formeel Belastingrecht (Magazine for Formal Tax Law) (publisher Sdu)

Member of:

  • Netherlands Bar Association
  • Dutch Tax Lawyers Association (NVAB)
  • International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • European Association of Tax Law Professors (EATLP)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Association for Tax Mediation (VFM)
  • Association for Business Mediation (ZAM)
  • Dutch Mediation Association
  • International Mediation Institute (IMI)
  • Association for Dutch Supreme Court Tax lawyers

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