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Nils graduated in 2021 with a Master of Laws at the University of Antwerp. As part of the Erasmus+ program, he studied for five months at the Università di Bologna. In 2022, he obtained an Advanced Master in Tax Law, also at the University of Antwerp. His thesis on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Income Taxes was awarded the 2022 ‘AFT-Meesterwerk’ award for best thesis in tax Law.

He joined Tiberghien in 2024 as an Associate and is a member of the Brussels Bar. Previously, he worked at a renowned international consultancy firm focusing on M&A tax matters.

He has a particular focus on (complex) restructurings of family businesses, the tax aspects of investment income, withholding taxes, financial instruments and investment fund structures (i.e. private equity).

 

Nils Utens

Associate - Brussels

Lawyer.
Joined the firm in 2024.

Practice Areas

  • Tax law
  • Corporate tax
  • Restructuring
  • Estate and inheritance planning
  • Investment income taxation, banking, finance, insurance, fund structures

Education

  • University of Antwerp (Advanced Master in Tax Law, 2022)
  • Universiteit van Antwerpen (Master in de Rechten, 2021)
  • Università di Bologna, (Erasmus, 2020).

Languages

Dutch, English, Italian and French

Other professional activities

Member of the Brussels Bar

  • UTENS, N., “De Exclusieve Economische zone en de inkomstenbelastingen: rechtsvergelijkend perspectief, AFT 2023/03-04, 6.
  • UTENS, N., “Misbruik van overtollige liquiditeiten: wanneer is het te veel van het goede?” (noot onder Antwerpen 6 september 2022), AFT 2023/10, 39.
  • VAN CRAEYVELT, C., DE ROO, B., UTENS, N., “Wetgever, vergeef ons onze schulden zoals ook schuldeisers vergeven aan hun schuldenaren”, Fisc. Act. 2024/03, 9.
 

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