Meet our team of experts
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DAVID MARTINEZ
SPAIN - Arola Legal
A law graduate with a master’s degree in tax consultancy and EU customs law, David provides consulting, auditing and legal defense services before courts in the field of excise and environmental taxes. He also makes presentations in relation to these matters within associations and educational institutions.
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MARCIE REYNO-DALLE
FRANCE - Fiscalead
Marcie has been an indirect tax Senior Manager and Director for more than 15 years. She has assisted international companies in developing innovative tax, customs and excise solutions to support their operational strategy. Whether in-house or in law firms, her stickitivity and scelerity has in various occasions resulted in the publication of administrative notes and clarifying written position.
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ROBERTO QUERCIA
ITALY - Excise System
Accountant and Auditor since 1992, Roberto is CEO and acting as the guarantor for Tax Representative and Tax Warehouse fulfillment before the Italian Customs. Over 20 years experience in advisory and compliance on consumption levy and other indirect taxes for international companies.
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BO JOHAN SCHNEDLER
DENMARK - Danish VAT Reg
CEO of the VAT and excise consultancy company Danish VAT Reg, Bo Johan is experienced in the field of excise and VAT in Denmark. His company has a collective experience of more than 30 years in VAT and compliance, and a very close knowledge of the Danish Tax legislation and procedures. The team at Danish VAT Reg. covers registrations, declarations and problem-solving of foreign companies’ VAT and excise duties.
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KEVIN ROGER
UK & IRELAND - 4 Eyes
Former Customs officer and consultant of 30+ years, specialising in excise and customs solutions at a practical level:
Obtaining approvals (Duty Stamps, AWRS, WOWGR &c), documentation requirements, excise issue resolution and negotiation with HMRC.
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ALEXANDRA LOUYOT
FRANCE - Fiscalead
Alexandra holds a PhD in Laws and master’s degrees in corporate law and taxes. She provides operational assistance to companies, helping them to solve their indirect taxes issues by combining her two favourite areas: taxation and information technology.
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ATHANASSIOS PANTAZIS
GREECE - Pantazis & Associates
Athanassios Pantazis is the founder, main shareholder and Managing Director of Pantazis & Associates customs services firm in Greece. He has a solid background in customs and excise trade affairs with an experience of 17 years in the customs and international trade compliance.
Athanassios has studied finance in U.S. He has served as a Lieutenant in finance and audit corps of the Hellenic military forces. He also holds a diploma in European customs studies provided by the Hellenic Customs Directorate and he is a licensed customs broker.
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VICTOR GUARCH
SPAIN - Arola Legal
Víctor Guarch is the Director at Arola Legal, a boutique law firm established in Barcelona and Madrid.
Member of the Barcelona Bar Association, he is specialized in the field of Customs and Excise Duties, representing and assessing relevant companies and Trade Associations of Alcoholic Beverages and Energy Products.
He has also coordinated and written specialized books in relation to these subjects. Victor combines his legal services to private customers and associations with his dedication in seminars and trainings in Universities, Chambers of Commerce and Trade Associations.
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JEAN PARENTE
LUXEMBURG - New Gento
Acting as a professional in Logistics & International Tradeore, Jean Parente reinforced his skills and strategies by joining global trainings; “Harvard Manage Mentor Leadership”©, VAT and Indirect Taxation Procedures, Incoterms2010® and more.
With his many years of experience in the field of manufacturing and exchanging tobacco products, he´s followed the main regulatory developments and adapted the operational processes & internal work-flows, in order to apply new rules.
Additionally, he gained experience by collaborating with international organizations, having access to their leaders, and providing consulting services with national lawmaking Administrations (BENELUX & Germany) and being part of EU-Commission working groups. (“DG TAXUD-Excise Contact Group”)
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PETER PICHLER
AUSTRIA - LeitnerLeitner
Peter Pichler is tax advisor and partner at LeitnerLeitner, an internationally active tax consulting company with roots in Austria and offices in various CEE countries.
He advises national and international companies on issues relating to excise tax and customs law. In addition, he specialises in Austrian and European VAT law.
Peter Pichler speaks at seminar events and regularly publishes on his specialist fields.
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JÖRG BRUIJN
THE NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM - NEDCARGO
Jörg is Excise Manager Benelux for Nedcargo. Nedcargo has got several warehouses and Excise and Non-alcoholic licenses in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Nedcargo is the Logistics Service Provider for several beverage producers/distributors and Nedcargo handles the complete excise administration for the customers.
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ARTUR DUDZIAK
POLAND - TAX AND LEGAL
Tax advisor and legal counsel (Warsaw bar member) in Poland – with nearly 20 years of professional experience. Partner at Tax and Legal - advisory firm based in Warsaw. Focuses on supporting international companies in their operation in a difficult tax environment in Poland.
Tax and Legal provides support with regard to all taxes levied in Poland - VAT and excise duties being our key fields of interest.
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DR CHRISTIAN SALDER
GERMANY - KMLZ RECHTSANWALTSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Christian is a partner at KMLZ based in KMLZ’s Munich offices. He heads the customs and excise team at KMLZ.
Christian advises businesses on all aspects of national and international VAT issues and specializes in customs and excise duty law matters. His particular focus is import VAT related issues and the optimization of cross-border supply chains and processing schemes. He accompanies external audits and represents our clients in dealings with the tax authorities and before the tax courts. Christian has extensive experience in conducting SAP VAT audits and customs and excises reviews.
He regularly lectures on VAT, customs and excises related topics, as well as publishes comments, articles and annotations in these areas.
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DOBRINKA ATANASOVA
GERMANY - KMLZ RECHTSANWALTSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Dobrinka joined KMLZ in 2007. She is a partner and is based at KMLZ’s Munich Office.
Dobrinka has extensive experience in VAT law as well as customs and excise law and advises on all national and international matters. The review, structuring and optimisation of processes in companies, from a VAT, customs and excise law perspective, is also one of Dobrinka’s areas of expertise. She deals also with import VAT, as an interface between VAT and customs law issues. Another special focus area is excise duty law, in particular, energy and electricity tax, tobacco and alcohol tax.
Dobrinka also provides support with external audits and represents in dealing with the tax authorities and before the tax courts and generally advises on all matters relating to tax law.
She regularly holds lectures and leads in-house trainings on topics in the field of VAT, customs duties, import VAT and excise duties.