André Pesch
Europe Guide 2024
Band 2 : Tax
Band 2
About
Provided by André Pesch
Practice Areas
André has over 27 years of experience in advising on investment, holding and financing structures. His clientele is composed of asset managers (alternative and retail), financial institutions (banks, insurance companies), UHNWI and multinationals. He intervenes on the analysis of complex tax issues, capital market transactions, the development of structured products and Illegal State Aid issues.
Career
Before setting up the tax department of TS&P, he created the tax department of Baker & McKenzie in Luxembourg. Before that, André was a Partner of Ernst & Young's Luxembourg office, where he headed the Financial Services Offering tax department and co-headed the E&Y EMEA Asset Management tax group. He joined E&Y after being for several years the European Tax Director for Masco.
Professional Memberships
André has been a member of several workshops and expert groups within the European Commission, the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) and the Association of Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI).
Personal
André holds a diploma in law (Belgium), a postgraduate degree in comparative law from the California Western School of Law (San Diego) and a postgraduate degree in tax law.
He has been admitted to the New York Bar since 1993.
He speaks German, English, French, Luxembourgish and Dutch
Chambers Review
Europe
André Pesch assists clients with contentious and non-contentious tax matters, representing them in investigations, as well as advising on regulatory issues such as anti-tax avoidance legislation, and on the tax structuring of new investment funds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"André Pesch is a very knowledgeable and extremely technical. He is well versed in industry trends and on proposed tax legislation. He provides excellent client service."
"André Pesch is responsive, quick, helpful and to the point."
"He understands the regulations and is very good at interpreting new rules which could be complex. He makes it digestible for clients."
"André Pesch is a very knowledgeable and extremely technical. He is well versed in industry trends and on proposed tax legislation. He provides excellent client service."
"André Pesch is responsive, quick, helpful and to the point."
"He understands the regulations and is very good at interpreting new rules which could be complex. He makes it digestible for clients."
