Freek is one of the most knowledgeable people In NL when it comes to cross border corporate structures that are fiscally solid and efficient; having met many lawyers over the past 20 years, I’d recommend him.
Dr. Fredrik (Freek) Snel (Amsterdam 1967) has a master in Dutch law and tax law from Maastricht University. Later he completed European Fiscal Studies at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
In 2005 he defended his PhD thesis‘ Van moeders en dochters’ (on parents and subsidiaries), at the University of Amsterdam.
He started in 1994 as tax advisor with Loyens & Volkmaars. In 1997 and 1998 he worked on an exchange basis with Cuatrecasas in Barcelona, Spain. In 2008 he moved to Houthoff Buruma, Amsterdam.
He founded SNEL CORPORATE TAX + LAW in 2011.
He is editor of the online encyclopedia NDFR – international tax and dividend withholding tax.
He teaches corporate taxation at Groningen University. He gives other lectures and is the author of over 40 articles on various tax subjects.
He is member of Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs (Dutch tax bar), de Vereniging voor Belastingwetenschap (Dutch tax science asociation) en de Vereniging voor Internationaal Belastingrecht (Dutch IFA branche).
Freek Snel speaks Dutch, English, Spanish and Portuguese. He enjoys painting, sculpting, reading and visiting museums. He is member of honour of Circumflex, a Maastricht student fraternity.