Bartjan Zoetmulder
Partner - Tax Adviser
Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner in the Investment Management practice group, heads up the tax team in Loyens & Loeff’s London office.

Bartjan is an expert in (international) tax matters. His focusses on cross border real estate investments, real estate funds and platforms and project development. He serves mainly international companies and investment funds based in the UK, US, Asia and throughout Europe, although Dutch real estate enterprises are also among his clientele.
He founded the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) team and is active member of the APAC team with focus on Japan since Bartjan worked at the Tokyo office from 1995 to 1998 and was responsible for Loyens & Loeff’s Japanese practice in 2012 and 2013. He is an active member of the firm’s ESG team (tax governance and sustainability in real estate).
Bartjan was chairman of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs (NOB)) from June 2018 until June 2021. Between 2008 and 2016, Bartjan was already a board member of the NOB, where he held the role of chairman of the International Tax Affairs Committee. Until the end of 2017 he was also chairman of NOB's Dutch Investment Climate Committee.
He is a much sought-after guest speaker and writer on real estate investments, tax policy, tax governance, ESG and other topics that fall within his field of expertise.
Work highlights
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16-04-2025Valor acquires a plot of land in Zwanenburg
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15-04-2025Valor acquires logistic property
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15-07-2022EPP– delisting
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16-12-2020Development and disposal to Xior
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01-04-2020Loyens & Loeff advised Heimstaden
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27-03-2019Loyens & Loeff advised Round Hill Capital
Contributions
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17-02-2025Tax in distressed situations
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28-11-2024Tax Trends and Developments for MNEs in 2025
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17-09-2024Budget Day 2024 - Real Estate Update
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08-03-2024Real Estate tax update - March 2024
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30-11-2023Tax trends and developments for MNEs
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19-09-2023Budget Day 2023: Real Estate Update
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27-02-2023New RETT proposal for share deals
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08-12-2022ATAD3 & Investment Funds
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15-03-2022Investing in real estate in the Netherlands
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04-02-2020Investment Climate Comparison 2020
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13-04-2019Band 1 en Tier 1 rankings voor 2019
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Bartjan Zoetmulder
Partner - Tax Adviser
London
Dutch, English

<p>Bartjan R. Zoetmulder, tax partner in the Investment Management practice group, heads up the tax team in Loyens & Loeff’s London office.</p>
Bartjan is an expert in (international) tax matters. His focusses on cross border real estate investments, real estate funds and platforms and project development. He serves mainly international companies and investment funds based in the UK, US, Asia and throughout Europe, although Dutch real estate enterprises are also among his clientele.
He founded the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) team and is active member of the APAC team with focus on Japan since Bartjan worked at the Tokyo office from 1995 to 1998 and was responsible for Loyens & Loeff’s Japanese practice in 2012 and 2013. He is an active member of the firm’s ESG team (tax governance and sustainability in real estate).
Bartjan was chairman of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs (NOB)) from June 2018 until June 2021. Between 2008 and 2016, Bartjan was already a board member of the NOB, where he held the role of chairman of the International Tax Affairs Committee. Until the end of 2017 he was also chairman of NOB's Dutch Investment Climate Committee.
He is a much sought-after guest speaker and writer on real estate investments, tax policy, tax governance, ESG and other topics that fall within his field of expertise.