Arjan leads the BDO Netherlands’ real estate practice and provides services predominantly to real estate investors, funds and developers. For BDO International, he heads the global industry group Real Estate and Construction and he is active in Site Selection Services and in Global Value Chain advisory.
Arjan is a partner in our Tax practice with nearly 30 years of experience in public tax law, tax compliance and consultancy, with broad knowledge of adjacent accounting & assurance matters. In his daily tax practice, he advises particularly on corporate income tax, international tax, value added tax and real estate transfer taxes. He is actively involved in the setup and implementation of many inbound and outbound property investment structures and has specialized in funds.
Arjan has a general business background, with other sector experience including a.o. professional services, financial services and automotive. Although tax law is the basis of his advising, Arjan explicitly includes related business economics, commercial, legal and management aspects into his work. He therefore is known as a broad sparring partner to his clients.
Arjan is an accredited partner within BDO Netherlands for its due diligence practice. He is a regular author on real estate publications and acted as guest teacher and speaker at various seminars and webinars many times.
In his free time he is active as volunteer in various welfare organisations.