Our team
Three leads work from one office in Amsterdam. Each prepares the files of one topic block, and every page one of us writes is checked by a colleague before it is published.
Who writes and who reviews
| Topic | Prepared by | Reviewed by |
|---|---|---|
| Setting up a company: formation, cost, online registration, branches and subsidiaries | Joost van Leeuwen | Ilse Brouwer |
| Company forms and company law: BV, NV, stichting (foundation), cooperative, partnerships, eenmanszaak (sole proprietorship) | Joost van Leeuwen | Ilse Brouwer |
| Running the company: registered and virtual office, the director question, bank accounts | Priya Ramdin | Joost van Leeuwen |
| Licences and trade marks: MiCA, payment and e-money, trust offices, Benelux and EU trade marks | Ilse Brouwer | Joost van Leeuwen |
| VAT, bookkeeping and payroll: VAT registration and number, fiscal representation, annual accounts, e-invoicing | Ilse Brouwer | Joost van Leeuwen |
| Tax and holding structures: holding BV, tax advice and planning, corporate and dividend tax | Ilse Brouwer | Joost van Leeuwen |
| The KVK and the registers: registration, KVK number, trade register, UBO, identifiers, SBI codes, eHerkenning | Joost van Leeuwen | Ilse Brouwer |
| Founder immigration: DAFT, start-up and self-employed permits, highly skilled migrants, EU Blue Card, moving | Priya Ramdin | Ilse Brouwer |
Exceptions: Joost van Leeuwen prepares the corporate changes and liquidation pages (reviewed by Priya Ramdin and Ilse Brouwer) and the nominee director guide (reviewed by Priya Ramdin); Ilse Brouwer prepares the 30 percent ruling guide (reviewed by Priya Ramdin).
Joost van Leeuwen, company formation and company law
Joost van Leeuwen is our company formation and company law lead, with eleven years on Dutch company files. Joost assembles the file the notary works from, follows the deed through to the KVK registration and the UBO filing, registers branches and subsidiaries, prepares corporate changes, takes a BV through dissolution and runs the buyer-side checks on a notarial share transfer.
- Office: Amsterdam
- Background: University of Amsterdam, law faculty (2013), then years on the company-secretarial desk of an Amsterdam corporate-services firm
- Languages: Dutch (native), English, German
- Areas: company registration, company forms, company law, corporate changes, liquidation, the registers
Guides written by Joost van Leeuwen
- Starting a Business in the Netherlands as a Foreigner
- Nominee Director in the Netherlands
- KVK Registration for Foreign Founders
- The KVK Number and the RSIN
- The Dutch Company Register
- UBO Register in the Netherlands
Guides reviewed by Joost van Leeuwen
Ilse Brouwer, tax, VAT and licensing
Ilse Brouwer is our tax, VAT and licensing lead, ten years on Dutch files. Ilse prepares VAT registration and fiscal-representation files, keeps the books and accounts calendar of foreign-owned BVs, coordinates payroll and 30 percent ruling applications, prepares corporate tax and VAT returns, assembles AFM and DNB licence files, and explains the rules but never decides which structure suits you.
- Office: Amsterdam
- Background: Erasmus University Rotterdam, economics (2014), then five years in the indirect-tax compliance team of a Rotterdam advisory firm
- Languages: Dutch (native), English, French
- Areas: VAT, fiscal representation, bookkeeping and annual accounts, payroll, corporate and dividend tax, licensing, trade marks
Guides written by Ilse Brouwer
- Corporate Tax in the Netherlands
- The Dutch VAT Number
- VAT in the Netherlands
- The 30 Percent Ruling in the Netherlands
Guides reviewed by Ilse Brouwer
Priya Ramdin, founder services and immigration
Priya Ramdin is our founder services and immigration lead, nine years in the work. Priya sets up registered-office and virtual-office contracts (domicile only, never combined with the client's books or returns), assembles what a bank or e-money institution asks for, prepares DAFT, start-up and self-employed permit files and sponsor paperwork, and walks founders through BRP registration, BSN and health insurance.
- Office: Amsterdam
- Background: Leiden University, law faculty (2015), then years with an Amsterdam business centre and a founder-relocation practice
- Languages: Dutch (native), English, Sranan Tongo, Hindi
- Areas: registered and virtual office, business bank accounts, founder residence permits, moving to the Netherlands
Guides written by Priya Ramdin
Guides reviewed by Priya Ramdin
What our team does not do
- None of us is an advocaat (lawyer), and we do not give legal advice.
- None of us is a notaris (civil-law notary); a Dutch notary executes every notarial deed.
- None of us is an accountant, RA or AA; none audits or certifies accounts.
- We never act as your director, never find one, and do not sell companies.
- No team member holds an AFM, DNB or Belastingdienst licence, or IND sponsor recognition.
- We never guarantee a permit, a bank account, a licence or the 30 percent ruling.
How to reach the team
Every enquiry goes through our contact form to the site's one mailbox, and a member of the team replies by email. Team members have no public email address and no direct line.