Practice Expertise
- Estate Planning
- Financial Litigation
- Fraud
- Private Wealth Planning
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning
- Financial Litigation
- Fraud
- Private Wealth Planning
WSG Practice Industries
Profile
Gerd is a partner at Tiberghien.
His tax practice covers professional and private estate taxation of the Belgian entrepreneur and HNWI, international corporate and private tax planning, death duties and estate planning and tax inspired migration from and into Belgium. He focuses amongst others on benefits & compensations, in particular with respect to 'tailor made' profit sharing schemes and stock option plans, both for Belgian and foreign corporations doing business in Belgium.
He also developed a special interest in tax issues relevant to Anglo-Saxon trusts, foundations and settlements and voluntary disclosure proceedings, anti-money laundering legislation and regulations especially in a world where banking secrecy is shrinking.
Gerd is a regular speaker on (inter)national seminars and author of various articles on tax issues in leading journals.
He is a member of the anti-money Laundering Action Group. Gerd is president of the Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers (BATL) and International Fellow at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). He is former President & Vice President of the Tax Commission of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats), where he is now a honorary member.
-Gerd is mentioned as 'notable professional' in the Chambers HNW Band 1 2017 rankings.
-Gerd is mentioned one of the world's leading professionals in the field of private client related work by the Who's Who Legal 2017.
His tax practice covers professional and private estate taxation of the Belgian entrepreneur and HNWI, international corporate and private tax planning, death duties and estate planning and tax inspired migration from and into Belgium. He focuses amongst others on benefits & compensations, in particular with respect to 'tailor made' profit sharing schemes and stock option plans, both for Belgian and foreign corporations doing business in Belgium.
He also developed a special interest in tax issues relevant to Anglo-Saxon trusts, foundations and settlements and voluntary disclosure proceedings, anti-money laundering legislation and regulations especially in a world where banking secrecy is shrinking.
Gerd is a regular speaker on (inter)national seminars and author of various articles on tax issues in leading journals.
He is a member of the anti-money Laundering Action Group. Gerd is president of the Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers (BATL) and International Fellow at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). He is former President & Vice President of the Tax Commission of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats), where he is now a honorary member.
-Gerd is mentioned as 'notable professional' in the Chambers HNW Band 1 2017 rankings.
-Gerd is mentioned one of the world's leading professionals in the field of private client related work by the Who's Who Legal 2017.
Bar Admissions
Admitted, 1998, Brussels
Education
Fiscale Hogeschool Brussels (Tax graduate, 1991)
University of Leuven and University of Heidelberg (Lic. Iuris, Cum Laude, 1989)
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning
- Financial Litigation
- Fraud
- Private Wealth Planning
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Regular speaker on national & international seminars and author of various articles on tax issues in leading journals such as Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht.
Former President of the Tax Commission of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats)
Vice President of the Tax Commission of AIJA - Private clients
Member of the IFA (International Fiscal Association)
Member of IBA
Regular speaker on national & international seminars and author of various articles on tax issues in leading journals such as Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht.
Former President of the Tax Commission of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats)
Vice President of the Tax Commission of AIJA - Private clients
Member of the IFA (International Fiscal Association)
Member of IBA