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Professor Ghislain T. J. Joseph

Ghislain T. J. Joseph (gtjoseph@verhellen-joseph.eu) is one of the founding partners of the Law Firm of VERHELLEN - JOSEPH.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

1973-1974:

Research Associate, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation ( Amsterdam )

1975-1976:

Associate Lawyer, Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly ( Brussels ), international law firm

1977-1990: Tax Partner, KPMG Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. ( Brussels ), international accounting and tax advisory firm
1990-2000:

Tax Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue ( Brussels ), international law firm

2000-2003:

Managing Partner of INTERFINco b.v. c.v.b.a. ( Brussels ), Belgian firm providing tax advisory services

2003-current: Partner, VERHELLEN-JOSEPH ( Brussels ), Belgian law firm

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

  • Member of various organizations in the legal, tax and accounting profession, e.g., Brussels Bar (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten bij de Balie te Brussel), Beroepsvereniging voor Accountants en Belastingconsulenten - Antwerpen, International Fiscal Association, Universitaire Stichting/Fondation Universitaire)
  • Professor of international taxation at VLEKHO Business School (Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel - HUB), Brussels ( www.vlekho.wenk.be )
  • Author of several articles on Belgian and international taxation

OTHER EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES

1976: Laureat of the Prize of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Trade (Cairo, Egypt, 1978)
1976: Interne of the United Nations (UN Headquarters, New York )
1993-current: Member of the Editorial Board of The International Tax Journal, New York
1995-2000,
2003-current:
Member of the Brussels Bar
1995-current: Advisor to The American European Community Association (AECA-Belgium asbl/vzw )
1999-current: Vice-Chairperson of the Special Technical Advisory Group for the Helen C. and Otto Rammel Memorial Fund of The World Association of Former United Nations Internes And Fellows, Inc. (WAFUNIF), New York ( www.wafunif.org )
2001-current: WAFUNIF Observer Representative to the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
2006-current: Director of The World Association of Former United Nations Internes And Fellows, Inc. (WAFUNIF), New York ( www.wafunif.org )

EDUCATION

  • Licentiaat in de Rechten, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels), 1973
  • Licentiaat in het Economisch Recht, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels), 1977
  • Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Michigan School of Law ( Ann Arbor , Michigan , U.S.A. ), 1975
  • Degree in Taxation (Certificat ) from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales ( Brussels ), 1980

LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES

Mother tongue: Dutch

Fluency in French and English ( written and spoken )

Good working knowledge of German

SELECTION OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES

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