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Tel: +43 1 9050100 Fax: +43 1 9050100 100 E-mail: vienna@scwp.com Website: www.scwp.com

Firm Profile

Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH (SCWP Schindhelm Austria) is one of Austria’s leading CEE-operating law firms. Our roots date back to 1946. On the basis of this long-standing tradition, our focus is to provide comprehensive legal advice in all relevant fields of domestic and international business law through our specialised teams of lawyers.

With around 80 lawyers at the commercial centres of Graz, Linz, Wels and Vienna and offices in Bratislava, Brussels, Pilsen, Prague and Budapest, SCWP Schindhelm provides national and international clients with support in all areas of business law.

Our mission is to deliver creative and pragmatic BELGiUM xxxx Contact

AFSCHRiFT LAW FiRM Thierry Afschrift Partner

Tel: +32 (0)2 646 46 36 Fax: +32 (0)2 644 38 00 Email: avocats@afschrift.com Website: www.afschrift.com

Firm Profile

AFSCHRIFT Law Firm specializes in domestic and international tax law and law relating to white collar crime. AFSCHRIFT Law Firm has been established in Brussels since 1994. Taking into account the internationalization of the business and our clients’ needs, AFSCHRIFT Law Firm has expanded over the years and reinforced its presence and activity in Antwerp, Geneva, Luxembourg, Madrid and Tel Aviv. The extremely innovative Luxembourg law, in particular, is interesting for its sophisticated and advantageous structures for tax purposes.

The firm advises all taxpayers, natural or legal persons, on organizing their personal, real property or professional patrimony to the best standard. As a specialist, it helps its clients in performing transactions, for instance by setting up international financial packages that minimise tax costs while remaining legally compliant.

The firm gives preventive and rigorous advice in relation to the decisions and behavior clients plan to adopt, so as to avoid the application of fiscal and criminal laws. The

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firm advises a significant number of major Belgian and foreign companies and banks in reorganizations, tax planning and tax litigation.

Furthermore, AFSCHRIFT Law Firm defends taxpayers in all disputes concerning tax matters. The firm also defends assertively and effectively taxpayers undergoing criminal prosecution in tax and all other financial cases, notably to assure respect for their fundamental rights.

Practising tax law requires a constant, and almost exclusive practice of the tax law, a high level of confidentially and a personalized service. So the firm has a “boutique” status as it dedicates its entire activity to the sphere of Tax Law and Financial Criminal Law. This allows the firm to gather specialist lawyers, which consequently grants it large independence. Moreover, the firm purposely decided not to create distinct departments for consultancy and litigation, in order to allow each lawyer to practice simultaneously in the two spheres of activities.

Finance Monthly GLOBAL AWARDS 2013

AFSCHRIFT has often appeared as a “pioneer” in respect to the developed argumentation in the dynamic field of tax law. The firm acts with open-mind and creativity. Actually, knowledge of the law alone is very often not enough when facing the complex problems that our clients bring to us; thinking beyond conventions and finding lateral and indirect solutions is often the only way to achieve our clients’ targets: finding solutions is the essence of our profession. Therefore, while trying to achieve in-depth knowledge and operate with permanently controlled quality, AFSCHRIFT tries every day to improve its way of thinking… to innovate.

In 2011, the Firm has been honoured many times on the international stage. For example, the firm has appeared for the third time in a row in the WORLD FINANCE 100 list established by the famous UK World Finance Magazine. The firm was also designated "Tax Law Firm of the Year” at the "Belgian Legal Awards 2012" for his work and his achievements in 2011. The AFSCHRIFT Law firm is the only Belgian law firm to have obtained this prestigious award twice (in 2006 and 2012).

legal solutions. Our challenge – and our source of inspiration – lies in offering our clients both, prompt and flexible legal services of the very highest standard, and understandable and easy solutions tailored to the client's technical and/or commercial needs. Through our global network we can combine local expertise and know-how with our thorough expertise in the supervision and coordination of legal work in many different jurisdictions.

We are not just experts at law. We are also experts at identifying a client's (legal) needs, and at explaining and summarising any legal problems and the respective tailored solutions to our clients. We can thus proudly guarantee our clients the best possible legal advice.

Alliance:

SCWP Schindhelm is a member of the SCWP Schindhelm Services SE, an alliance of European business law firms with offices in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific. With more than 150 lawyers in 18 commercial centres in 11 countries, the alliance members accompany national and international companies in all areas of business law. The offices of the alliance are located in: Bratislava, Wroclaw, Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Burgas, Graz, Hanover, Istanbul, Linz, Osnabrück, Pilsen, Prague, Shanghai, Sofia, Warsaw, Wels, Vienna. Due to our long and successful multi-office operation and our intensive and experienced cooperation with the teams of other alliance offices in nomerous major transactions, PPP-projects and daily legal support, we have a rich experience with cross-functional and cross-border cooperation in various jurisdictions, in particular in the CEE/ SEE- and the East Asian region.

Tax Law Firm of the Year

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Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH (SCWP Schindhelm) Linke Wienzeile 4/II/2 A – 1060 Vienna Austria