About Anton Akimov
Anton is a Partner and Tax Lawyer at AKD. He mainly assists international corporate clients with various aspects of complex cross-border (re)structuring and rationalization projects (incl. pre-closing carve-outs and post-closing integrations), M&A, management incentive schemes, joint ventures, tax risk management, mutual agreement procedures and discussions/negotiations with and audits by the (tax) authorities (incl. ATRs, APAs and other settlements). Among his clients are multinationals in the IT/technology, logistics, pharmaceutical, security and hospitality sectors.
Furthermore, he assists private equity, venture capital and other private and public investment and pension funds. This includes the setting up of investment fund structures, advice during the lifespan and ultimately the liquidation thereof.
Apart from that, he acts as trusted advisor to high net-worth individuals (HNWI) and (their) family offices.
Almost all of Anton’s mandates are international/cross-border, with clients from all over the globe (incl. US, Canada, Brazil, China, India and France). Having worked and lived in Paris for three years, Anton specifically focuses on the French market. As such, he is also part of AKD’s French Desk. Anton has a Ukrainian background and also focuses on Central and Eastern Europe.
Anton is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (NOB), the International Fiscal Association (IFA), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA).
Anton is individually ranked as 'Highly Regarded' in the ITR World Tax directory and is a regular speaker on various tax topics at international conferences.