Friggo Kraaijeveld
Friggo’s extensive education has resulted in the following degrees:
- LL.M, Tax Law, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (1997);
- MSC, Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (1997);
- LL.M, Dutch civil law (civiel effect), University of Amsterdam (2002);
- LL.M, International Tax Law, International Tax Centre, Leiden (2005).
Professional career
After graduating in Tax Law and Philosophy, Friggo started his career in taxation at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he worked from 1998 until 2001. Subsequently, Friggo worked with two leading Dutch law firms (2001-2008). Friggo was admitted to the Dutch Bar Association per 2001. Here, he further specialized himself in tax issues with an international dimension, such as cross-border investments and international trade and labour. At the same time, Friggo obtained an LLM in Dutch Civil Law and an LLM in International Tax Law. In 2008, Friggo started building the practice that acts under the name of Kraaijeveld Coppus Legal today.
Professional memberships
To stay up-to-date on relevant changes and to maintain a wide professional network, Friggo is member of the following professional organisations:
- Dutch Bar Association (Nederlanse Orde van Advocaten);
- Dutch Association of Tax Professionals (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs);
- Dutch Association of Tax Attorneys (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Advocaat-Belastingkundigen);
- Dutch Association of Tax Studies (Vereniging voor de Belastingwetenschap);
- International Fiscal Association (IFA);
- International Bar Association (IBA).
Publications
Friggo is responsible for the Netherlands section of the annual report “Getting the Deal Through - Tax on Inbound Investment”, (the official research partner of the IBA).
Speaker and presentations
Friggo has been a speaker at international conferences including
- Moscow University on recent tax developments in the Netherlands
- Kiev on the tax EU Anti-tax avoidance directives
- London on investment fund structuring
- Cyprus on structuring of private wealth
- Zurich on wealth structuring for CIS Ultra-High Net Worth Clients
Recent notable deals
Friggo worked in the past years on the following projects:
- Advising the Russian investment fund Baring Vostok Capital Partners in relation to various investments;
- Advising a leading Russian private equity group on Dutch tax matters for publishing, technology and real estate investments;
- Advising a listed Kazakh mining group with the Dutch tax aspects of its corporate structure;
- Advising a Moscow based leading wealth management advisory firm with the Dutch tax aspects of various of its clients;
- Advising a leading internationally operating Russian satellite and nanotechnology development and production company General Satellite with its (international) transfer pricing structure for its R&D and IP activities;
- Advising a leading Kazakh mining company in restructuring their multi-sleeve investment structure in various jurisdictions;
- Advising on and structuring of a financing and investment structure into a Georgian iron ore smelting plant Rustavi Steel for a UK based