In particular, Rens has significant experience in working closely together with the firm's corporate department, assisting with tax structuring and negotiating tax deeds as well as working together with the investment management team, providing tax advice to investment funds and their investors.
Rens operates in integrated teams of corporate, finance and employment lawyers and is closely involved in the drafting of all forms of legal documentation.
Rens specialises in domestic and international tax law. His practice is strongly transaction driven, with a mixture of joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, employment benefits, private equity, corporate restructuring, structured finance and investment funds.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Representative matters
Sale of their Resins & Functional Materials division to Covestro.
Tax advice on their public bid on the shares in NPX N.V.
Their investments in various private equity and real estate funds as well as daily advisory work.
Belgian, Dutch, French and German tax aspects on their management investments packages.
Royal Vopak N.V., Tax advice on their sale of various tank terminals.
A multinational location technology and consumer electronic company on the sale of their telematics division to Bridgestone, the car and truck parts manufacturer.
NIBC on the tax aspects of the public bid by Blackstone.
Wessanen on the tax aspects of the public bid made by PAI Partners.
NN Group, Advice on various investments in private equity and private debts funds.
Pro bono
2012-2019 Treasurer and board member of Stichting Noodopvang dakloze Vreemdelingen Utrecht; a foundation that helps certain categories of asylum seekers by making sure that they get a “bath, bed and bread”.
2017-2018 Amsterdam Ambassador for Warchild, Allen & Overy Global Charity Partner
Published Work
- Various annotations to case law, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht, 2018 - now
- Naschrift, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, 2018, WFR 2018/81
- Het verzekeren van fiscale risico's in overnamecontracten, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, 2017, WFR 2017/218The Impact of Fiscal State Aid Recovery Risks on Share Purchase Agreements, page 426-435 together with Sigrid Hemels and with input from Allen & Overy colleagues in various European jurisdictions, European Taxation, 2016
- Belastinglatenties en overnamecontracten, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager, Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 2014
- Fiscale zaken voor de civiele rechter, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager, Forfaitair, 2013
- Wijziging art. 12a Wet VPB 1969: maatregel tegen handel in HIR-lichamen, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager en mr. G.J. van der Linden, Forfaitair, 2012
- Fiscale bepalingen in internationale overname contracten, mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager en mr.drs. O.E. van der Donk, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, WFR 2012/840
- The Dutch M&A market; latest developments from a tax perspective, Euromoney's International Mergers & Acquisitions Review, 2011
- Gebruik van de coöperatie ingeval van insolventie, Tijdschrift Financiering, Zekerheden en Insolventierechtpraktijk, FIP 2010/6
- Interest deductions relating to acquisition funding: changes ahead!, Euromoney's International Mergers & Acquisitions Review, 2010
- Controlled foreign corporations in the EU after Cadbury Schweppes, Jacques Malherbe, Rens Bondrager et al., BNA Tax Management International Journal 2007, p.607-650
- Verslag van de 20e Fiscale Conferentie "Europees Fiscaal Recht, Mr. E. Nijkeuter en mr.drs. R.J. Bondrager, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht, WFR 2005/1227
- Toepassing van de deelnemingsvrijstelling op garantiebepalingen bij de verkoop van een deelneming, drs. P.H.M. Flipsen en mr. drs. R.J. Bondrager, Maandblad Belasting Beschouwingen, MBB 2002/289
Speaking Engagements
- Grotius course on tax aspect of private M&A, 2014-now
- IBFD course on Tax Aspects of Private M&A, 2012-now
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
- Member, Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs Member, Vereniging voor belastingwetenschap
Recognition
“I like working with Rens, he is a very experienced M&A tax lawyer, who is able to explain the difficult language in layman's language, and is very pragmatic and efficient”
Chambers and Partners, 2024
“He is not just my lawyer, he is my trusted adviser”
Chambers and Partners, 2024
Qualifications
Admissions
Admitted as fiscalist, Netherlands, 2002
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2002
Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Belastingrecht
Languages
Dutch, English
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.