Diede van der Voort

Tax Adviser | Attorney-at-law | Senior Associate
Diede van der Voort

Expertises

Diede is a tax adviser and specialises in corporation tax and international taxation. He advises clients on areas such as the Dutch and international tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, reorganisations and private equity transactions.

Diede is a member of the Netherlands Bar Association and the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers.

  • Advised Egeria and the management of Fletcher Hotels on the sale of 100% of the shares in Fletcher Hotels to Sunday PropTech. With 170 hotels in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, Fletcher Hotels is the largest hotel group in the Netherlands.
  • Advised Industrial Food Automation Coöperatief U.A., a company affiliated with Investindustrial and comprising the Kiremko, Idaho Steel and Reyco brands, on its acquisition of Tummers Group and Van der Giessen. The combined group has been renamed Foodera Technologies.
  • Advised Cognite Holding B.V. and its major shareholders, including Aker, TCV and Accel, on the sale of 100 percent of the shares in Cognite to Schneider Electric. Cognite is a leading software and AI company that supports industrial organisations in their digital transformation. The transaction is set to become the largest Norwegian software and AI exit to date and ranks among the largest industrial software transactions in Europe.
  • LL.M. Tax Law (Leiden University)
  • LL.B. Tax Law (Leiden University)
  • Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2019

Expertise

Tax
Complex, constantly changing tax systems requiring comprehensive legal, fiscal and practical expertise.

Publications

7 January 2021
7 January 2021
Kabinet bedreigt verschoningsrecht in belastingzaken. Nederlands Juristenblad.
26 October 2020
26 October 2020
Reactie namens Houthoff op het consultatievoorstel tot aanpassing van het wettelijk fiscaal verschoningsrecht. Houthoff.