Squire Patton Boggs appoints André Vermeulen to establish its Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice in Ireland
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed André Vermeulen as director to establish its Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice in Ireland.
Dublin managing partner Dennis Agnew said, “We are delighted to have a tax practitioner of André’s calibre and experience join our team in Dublin. In the 18 months since we launched, our Irish office has gone from strength to strength. Our team here is advising clients on a wide range of cross-border and domestic corporate and PE deals, backed by our panoply of global, full-service legal expertise. Now with André joining, clients will be able to access that additional resource of specialist Irish tax knowledge alongside our international structuring experience.”
Mr. Vermeulen focuses on advising large corporates and multinationals on a wide range of Irish corporate and transactional tax matters, particularly M&A, corporate reorganisations and inward investment into Ireland. He has led on multiple buy-side and vendor tax due diligence investigations, managed multi-jurisdictional engagements, provided acquisition structuring advice, as well as transactional warranty and indemnity tax reviews. In addition, Mr. Vermeulen has experience in tax dispute resolution, transactional VAT and Irish Stamp Duty matters.
Mr. Vermeulen’s recent work highlights include advising on the following: the formation of a joint venture in Ireland by one of the leading American multinational technology companies for taking on $12bn in investment funds; the acquisition of the Institute of Education by a UK based client, the establishment and operation of multiple investment fund structures and the acquisition of multiple assets in Ireland by private equity clients.
Mitch Thompson, leader of Squire Patton Boggs’ Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice, added, “André is a wonderful addition to our global tax team and his skillset fits perfectly with our strategy to increase client services for multi-jurisdictional tax matters generally and in Ireland specifically. He has deep experience and expertise in the Irish market and was recently awarded the International Tax Review EMEA Tax Rising Star Award in September 2024. André will be a key part of our team’s ability to deliver transactional and structuring tax services and to advise our clients on complex, cross border transactions.”
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Vermeulen added: “I’m delighted to join Squire Patton Boggs and excited at the prospect of establishing a new Irish tax practice within a well-respected global tax group and to work alongside a dynamic corporate team in Ireland.”
Prior to joining Squire, Mr. Vermeulen was with Eversheds Sutherland and also spent over six years with PwC (leaving as a Senior Tax Manager). He has also worked for KPMG and ENSAfrica, one of Africa’s largest law firms, in South Africa. He qualified as a solicitor in South Africa in 2012 and completed the CTA examinations in Ireland in 2017.