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Top-Level Seminar ‘Transfer Pricing: Current State of Play and Outlook’ (in English)

During this 3-day seminar on ‘Transfer Pricing: Current State of Play and Outlook’ (in English) you and other transfer pricing and tax specialists will discuss the transfer pricing (TP) implications of a wide range of topical issues of the post-BEPS world.

You will be brought fully up-to-date with all the important developments to help you framing your TP strategy for the future. You can be assured of in-depth discussions with prestigious speakers like Marlies de Ruiter, Prof. Madeleine Merkx, Prof. Maarten de Wilde, Isabel Verlinden, Monique van Herksen and Prof. Raymond Luja. And you will also have the opportunity to engage in discussions with your peers.

This will be an unique opportunity for transfer pricing and tax professionals to meet and exchange experience, knowledge and ideas from different perspectives.

The seminar will be held from Wednesday 7 – Friday 9 April 2021.

COVID-19 update:
EFS follows the guidance provided by the Dutch government in relation to COVID-19. The course will take place physically at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and during the course all necessary conditions ordered by the Dutch government will be met. Upon preference, participants have the option to follow the course online (via Zoom). If it is not allowed for the course to take place physically in Rotterdam because of COVID-19, the course will be postponed.

Key Benefits

  • In-depth, interactive sessions
  • Diversity of participants and lecturers leading to exchange of knowledge and ideas from different perspectives
  • Intensive 3-day programme
  • Max. 25 participants
  • Bridging theory and practice
  • International networking

During the first day of the seminar we will be discussing issues in relation to transfer pricing post-BEPS, including substance, dynamic versus static interpretation of revised TP standards and OECD and UN developments. The recent developments surrounding the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy will also be discussed. We will provide you with an overview of topical developments relating to exchange of information and transparency in relation to TP and relevant TP court cases.

The second day of the seminar will provide a deep dive into special TP topics, including the transfer pricing aspects of intra-group services and CCAs, financial transactions, intangibles and business restructuring.

The final day of the seminar will focus on some relevant topics you may face in practice. Corporate speakers will discuss transfer pricing issues in practice including operational TP, controversy experience, and the impact of BEPS and COVID-19 on TP policy. You will also be updated on the link between TP and indirect taxes. Other topics for discussion will be dispute resolution mechanisms as well as state aid and transfer pricing.

All the sessions will include plenty of opportunity to discuss each of the topics in detail. The transfer pricing implications of the COVID-19 pandemic will be discussed during the relevant sessions. We look forward to welcome experienced transfer pricing and tax specialists (see For Whom) from multinationals, tax / TP advisory services, legal practice, the judiciary, government bodies, tax authorities, international organizations and academia.

The seminar will end with a general reflection on the issues presented and some overall conclusions.

EFS is looking forward to welcoming top-level (international) tax and / or transfer pricing specialists (at least 5 years of relevant experience) who wish to discuss recent and future transfer pricing and to network with peers from the following backgrounds:

  • Tax / TP professionals at Multinationals ((senior)managers, directors and VPs)
  • Tax / TP advisory services ((senior)managers, directors and partners)
  • Tax authorities, government bodies and international organisations (e.g., OECD, EC)
  • Academia (PhD researchers, assistant / associate / professors)
  • Legal practice (associates and partners)
  • Judicial authorities (judges at courts of first instance or higher / supreme courts)
Day 1: Wednesday 7 April 2021

8.00 – 9.00 Arrival of participants at Erasmus University Rotterdam

9.00 – 9.15 Opening and welcome address
Clive Jie-A-Joen

9.15 – 10.45 Tranfer Pricing post-BEPS
Marlies de Ruiter

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee/tea break

11.15 – 12.30 Tax Challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy
prof. Maarten de Wilde

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.00 Exchange of Information and Transparency in relation to Transfer Pricing
Willem-Jan van Veen

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee/tea break

15.30 – 17.00 Transfer pricing court cases
Antonio Russo and Virender Sharma

18.30 Informal meeting and dinner

Day 2: Thursday 8 April 2021

09.00 – 10.30 Transfer Pricing Aspects of Financial Transactions
Clive Jie-A-Joen and Liu Lu

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee/tea break

11.00 – 12.30 Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles
Isabel Verlinden

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.00 Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intra-group Services & CCA’S
Barend Broen

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee/tea break

15.30 – 17.00 Transfer Pricing Aspects of Business Restructurings
Jeroen Kuppens

18.30 Informal meeting and dinner

Day 3: Friday 9 April 2021

08.30 – 10.00 Transfer Pricing in Practice
Jan-Paul Vestering and Önder Albayrak

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee/tea break

10.30 – 12.00 Link between Transfer Pricing and Indirect Taxes (Customs and VAT)
Prof. Madeleine Merkx and Martijn Schippers

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 14.30 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
Monique van Herksen

14.30 – 15.00 Coffee/tea break

15.00 – 16.30 State aid and Transfer Pricing
Prof. Raymond Luja

16.30 – 16.45 Certificates awarded to participants
Clive Jie-A-Joen and Barend Broen

16.45 – 18.30 Closing and drinks
ÖNDER ALBAYRAK
Head of Transfer Pricing – Strategy & Operations at Sanofi

BAREND BROEN
TP Director at Shell and Erasmus School of Law

Monique van Herksen
Partner at Simmons & Simmons

CLIVE JIE-A-JOEN
Erasmus School of Law and Simmons & Simmons

JEROEN KUPPENS
Director / Global Transfer Pricing Services & Value Chain Management at KPMG

LIU LU
Director of Tax at Prologis

PROF. RAYMOND LUJA
Maastricht University

PROF. MADELEINE MERKX
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus School of Economics and partner at BDO

MARLIES DE RUITER
Partner at EY

ANTONIO RUSSO
Partner at Baker & McKenzie

MARTIJN SCHIPPERS
Erasmus School of Law and EY

VIRENDER SHARMA
Experienced TP expert

WILLEM-JAN VAN VEEN
Specialist country by country reporting, exchange of rulings and mandatory disclosure at Dutch Tax Authorities

ISABEL VERLINDEN
Partner at PWC

JAN-PAUL VESTERING
Head of Group Transfer Pricing & Business Models at Nestlé

PROF. MAARTEN DE WILDE
Erasmus School of Law

Clive Jie-A-Joen

Seminar Director
Clive Jie-A-Joen is a transfer pricing professional with more than two decades of experience. He lectures transfer pricing to Bachelor and Master students at the Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Economics. Clive also works at Simmons & Simmons and part of a team focusing on transfer pricing controversy management. Clive holds a PhD degree in economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Master of Science degree in Business Valuation from the TiasNimbas Business School. He has published more than 70 technical articles. Clive is also a member of Transfer Pricing Economists for Development, a board member of the Transfer Pricing section of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors and recognized as leader in Transfer Pricing in Legal Media’s Transfer Pricing Advisers Expert Guide.

Barend Broen

Seminar Deputy-Director
Barend Broen is an international tax and TP professional with almost two decades of experience. Barend spent most of his career as inhouse tax and transfer pricing specialist with multiple multinational companies (Shell, Unilever, ABN AMRO) and currently works as TP subject matter expert at Shell. He also coordinates the transfer pricing Master course at the Erasmus School of Law and lectures Transfer Pricing at multiple institutions. He holds a Master of Science degree in Fiscal Economics and a Master of Law degree in Financial Law.

Dates and Times
From Wednesday 7 April (09.00 hrs) to Friday 9 April (16.00 hrs)  2021.

Venue
The seminar will be held at the Erasmus University Rotterdam campus, Woudestein.

EFS, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bayle Building, J5-29
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Accommodation
Hotel accommodation close to the Erasmus University Rotterdam campus is available for all participants

Fee
€ 2,450 (including all seminar materials and meals and hotel accommodation for Wednesday and Thursday night).

Language
The seminar will be in the English.

Target Group
EFS is looking forward to welcoming top-level (international) tax and / or transfer pricing specialists (at least 5 years of relevant experience) who wish to discuss recent and future transfer pricing and to network with peers from the following backgrounds:

  • Tax / TP professionals at Multinationals ((senior)managers, directors and VPs)
  • Tax / TP advisory services ((senior)managers, directors and partners)
  • Tax authorities, government bodies and international organisations (e.g., OECD, EC)
  • Academia (PhD researchers, assistant / associate / professors)
  • Legal practice (associates and partners)
  • Judicial authorities (judges at courts of first instance or higher / supreme courts)

Group size
As the group will comprise a maximum of 25 participants, you can be assured of optimal and active participation.

Disclaimer
EFS reserves the right to change the policy, programme, fees and any other items referred to in this brochure.

Accreditation / Continuing professional development
The programme is accredited and you will therefore be eligible for continuing professional development (‘Permanent Education’) points in line with the rules applied by your own professional organisation. This programme comprises 18 hours of tax-related study, based on the professional development required by the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers. You can find more information about this on the EFS website and on the website of your professional organisation.

Certificate
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance issued by EFS, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Contact / To apply
For more information, please contact:

Clive Jie-A-Joen
Seminar Director
jieajoen@ese.eur.nl
+31 (0)6 82 53 17 88
www.eur.nl/efs		 Barend Broen
Seminar Deputy-Director
barend.broen@shell.com
+31 (0)6 27 18 32 03
www.eur.nl/efs

Please use this application form to apply for the Top-Level Seminar ‘Transfer Pricing’.

You can click on the fillable form fields to fill in the form digitally. Once completed, please send your application form by mail to the address specified therein, or e-mail it to info@europeanfiscalstudies.eu.

For more information

Clive Jie-A-Joen
Seminar Director
+31 (0)6 82 53 17 88
jieajoen@ese.eur.nl

Barend Broen
Seminar Deputy-Director
+31 (0)6 27 18 32 03
barend.broen@shell.com

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