Sylvie Leyder
Sylvie is counsel in Janson’s tax department. She is an expert in wealth tax planning in a Belgian and international context.
Sylvie specializes in tax law, which she practices in conjunction with corporate and civil law. She has over 35 years of experience which enables her to deal with complex technical files.
She advises on wealth management issues, such as asset transfers, family business transfers, and setting up corporate structures and foundations.
She assists clients in their dealings with the tax authorities (tax audits, litigation procedures).
She also advises companies and their directors on their day-to-day operations, agreements and liquidations including the tax issues.
She has developed expertise in the Belgian-Luxembourg areas as she was member of the Luxembourg Bar (list IV) for 10 years (2012 – 2022).
She participated as a speaker at several tax conferences.
She works in French, Dutch and English.
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Assisting in Family wealth planning (structuring inheritance and gifts, life insurance)
Assisting in estate sharing operations
Advising in tax analysis of financial revenues
Advising in application of Cayman tax
Assisting in tax regularization and money laundering
Advising in cross-border reorganizations of companies, including transfer of registered office
Assisting in structuring real estate purchases
Representing taxpayers — both individuals and legal entities — during tax audits, including audits conducted by the Special Tax Inspection
Advising companies and individuals in tax rulings
Advising individuals and legal entities on the sale of shares in companies.
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Taxation of individuals and non-residents
Corporate and legal entity taxation, including non-residents
Tax procedure
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Education:
LLM in Economic Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1990)
Master in Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1988)
Bar : Brussels