Renowned for his cross-border work, Willem is seen as a leading tax lawyer.

Willem is a partner and heads our Dutch Tax Practice. He is based in The Hague, but also works from our Luxembourg office, and is admitted to the bar in both the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

A qualified tax lawyer, with more than 17 years of experience, Willem has built his practice around both international and domestic clients, with a particular focus on innovative companies. He specialises in international tax and advises, amongst others, European and American multinationals on cross-border transactions, corporate reorganisations, and mergers and acquisitions. He also advises clients on creating European investment and private equity funds, real estate investment funds, financing, licensing and holding structures. He is also a member of our Life Sciences Group.

Willem worked as an international tax lawyer in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New York.

Willem is a frequent speaker on tax related topics at internal and external seminars and conferences. In addition, he frequently acts as the chairman of a variety of conferences and seminars.

Willem joined us in 2014. He holds Masters degrees in Notarial Civil Law from Leiden University and in Tax Law from the University of Amsterdam. Willem is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (NOB), the International Fiscal Association, the Dutch Bar Association (NOvA), the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

Keith Medansky concentrates his practice in the area of intellectual property, including a full range of transactional and litigation matters pertaining to trademarks, copyrights, software, anti-counterfeiting and technology.

Keith's practice is international in scope. He has handled trademark matters in the United States and in over 100 other countries. Keith has extensive experience managing large intellectual property portfolios for all kinds of businesses, from small start-up companies to large multinationals. He has particular experience in counseling clients in matters involving the protection of Website content and domain names and in developing cyberspace and copyright policies. Keith also has broad experience in assisting clients in addressing complex intellectual property issues relating to licensing, intellectual property holding companies and arising out of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and bankruptcy.

Keith handles litigation matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and various federal and state courts. He litigates on behalf of computer component companies in connection with counterfeiting matters and the protection and enforcement of copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights in software and other products. He also represents manufacturers, retailers, educational institutions, distributors, franchisors and other clients in prosecuting and defending infringement and unfair competition claims pertaining to copyrights, trademarks, domain names and trade secrets.