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Barbara Voskamp

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About

Barbara is an international tax lawyer, admitted to the Dutch Bar, she is registered as a foreign lawyer with the Singapore Ministry of Law, she is an accredited Singapore accredited Tax practitioner with the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals and an accredited tax advisor with the Netherlands Association of Tax advisors (NOB).

Barbara has over 20 years of experience specializing in tax structuring in or through the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Singapore. She has been working in Asia for the past 17 years.

As the head of the European tax and legal desk Barbara has lead many multijurisdictional teams on the structuring of pan European investments.

Her understanding of the EU tax framework combined with her in depth knowledge of the corporate Singapore income tax made her the strategic tax advisor for many European headquartered clients on the structuring of the setting up of their Singapore operations and the structuring of the subsequent investments in the region.

Barbara’s practice focusses particularly on the tax aspects of cross border private equity and real estate investments, and the tax structuring of investment funds.

Areas of FocusTaxCorporate

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Singapore listed real estate fund on the structuring of their investments into Europe.
  • Advising of European headquartered private equity fund on the setting up of their Singapore investment platforms.
  • Advising of family office of Indonesian family on the restructuring of their assets leading to a sustainable BEPS proof structure
  • Advising of US listed company on the structuring of their IP, analyzing jurisdictions such as Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland whilst considering economic substance, DEMPE and the principle purpose under double tax treaties.
  • Advising of Netherlands headquartered outsourcing multinational on the setting up of a Singapore treasury center, the pooling of FTCs and incentives available.
  • Advising Malaysian family owned conglomerate on the structuring of their European investments.
  • Advising of European listed companies on the current Singapore incentives and the Pillar 2 impact
Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
Education
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tax law, LL.M., 2001
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tax Law, 1998
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Business administration, 1997

Seminars

  • Lecturer at amongst others Singapore Management University 
  • Panelist for Asia Tax Forum 2020 on Tax Transparency Initiatives

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Accredited Tax Practitioner (Income tax), Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals
  • Qualified Listed Entity Director, Singapore Institute of Directors
  • Admitted to the Dutch Bar
  • Ordinary member of the Netherlands Association for Tax advisors (NOB)
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer in Singapore
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

Connect

Phone

+65 65126034
(Work, Singapore)
+65 80300654
(Mobile, Singapore)
+65 6512 9500
(Fax, Singapore)