Klaas Backaert
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Klaas Backaert

Senior Associate

Klaas works on a wide range of direct and indirect tax advisory, tax investigation and tax litigation matters covering M&A and restructurings, financial transactions, private equity, investment funds, and management & employee incentives.
He also assists clients in obtaining tax rulings and tax insurance.

He works for clients in a wide range of sectors, including real estate, private equity, private debt, energy, chemicals & utilities, infrastructure, consumer & retail and FIG.

Klaas has extensive experience working on real estate matters and regularly advises on the tax and structuring aspects of real estate investments and development projects across various property types including office, logistic, commercial, infrastructure & data centre, residential, leisure, healthcare and hospitality properties.

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Qualifications

Academic

Postgraduate degree, Corporate finance, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2022

MA, Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2016

LL.M., Tax law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2017

LL.M., Notary law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2017

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.