Leon Wijsman
Expertise
As tax issues seldom arise in isolation, over the years Léon has worked on many cases involving tax and customs, accountancy, criminal and/or compliance issues and have gained substantial knowledge of those areas. This has given him a broad view and in turn enables him to come up with effective solutions for clients in these areas. He’s become a sparring partner of major companies, financial institutions, professional service providers, governmental bodies and high-net-worth individuals for questions having a clear compliance and/or punitive component. He regularly opposes the Dutch tax and customs authorities, the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service and the public prosecutors' office in litigation in and out of court. Occasionally he litigates at the Court of Justice EU court (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights.
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Qualifications
Léon received his doctorate from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and has since been affiliated as a guest researcher and lecturer. He is a member of the Amsterdam Bar, the Dutch Tax Lawyers' Association, the NVAB (including its Criminal Law Committee) and the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers, the NOB (including its Formal Tax Law Committee). In 2011 he won the annual tax advocacy award granted by the NVAB.