Wouter Verhoeye

“I help clients navigate their most challenging tax issues, whether in the context of strategic transactions, business investments or high-stakes tax disputes. My goal is to provide clear, practical and robust advice that enables clients to achieve their objectives with confidence and certainty.”

Overview.

Wouter is a Tax Partner at Argo.

Wouter has more than 10 years of experience assisting clients across various industries with a wide range of tax matters. He specialises in providing strategic tax advice on (cross-border) M&A, private equity, capital markets and finance deals.

He has a strong track record in advising clients on their most complex corporate income tax matters such as the structuring of R&D and environmentally friendly tax incentives, incentive plans and carried interest, shipping tax regimes, the dividend received deduction (DRD) regime, controlled foreign company (CFC) rules, Cayman tax structures, interest deductibility rules and other anti-abuse provisions. Additionally, Wouter has extensive experience handling tax audits and strategic tax litigation, including Constitutional Court proceedings.

Experience.

• Advising a listed international shipping group on the tax structuring of a strategic and complex acquisition involving the acquisition of a minority stake in a dual-listed company, followed by an unprecedented cross-border non-EU merger

• Advising several listed companies on the tax aspects of bond issuances, including the obtaining of advance tax rulings confirming the applicable withholding tax treatment

• Advising leading companies across industrial, technology and financial sectors on the structuring and implementation of their most strategic and complex investment projects benefiting from R&D tax incentives, including the innovation income deduction regime, the R&D tax credit and the thematic investment deduction

• Advising several international and Belgian private equity funds on complex carried interest structures and long-term incentive plans

• Assisting major industrial and retail companies in disputes relating to the wage withholding tax exemption for night and shift work

• Successfully represented several leading sector federations in proceedings before the Belgian Constitutional Court challenging the reformed annual patrimonial tax on non-profit organisations

Education and languages.

Wouter has law degrees from both the University of Ghent (Law degree, 2011) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (LL.M., 2012).

Wouter services clients in English, Dutch and French.

Beyond Argo.

Wouter serves as a voluntary assistant at the Institute for tax law at Ghent University and is an accomplished author and speaks regularly in seminars where he shares his knowledge and insights with other professionals in the field.

Wouter is a member of the legal & tax committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Belgium) and of the Belgian Branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA Belgium).

“Wouter is down to earth and provides extremely high-quality advice.”

“Wouter Verhoeye is dedicated, follows the business, reacts proactively and takes the specifics of the business and the organisation into account.”

– Chambers Europe, Belgium, Tax – 2026