Ton van Doremalen

Ton advises both local and international clients in relation to operating their businesses, cross-border investments and activities in a tax efficient and compliant manner.

Ton's practice encompasses advice on cross-border tax structuring and tax advice relating to M&A transactions for clients such as Gulf-based corporates, sovereign wealth funds, private equity investors, high net worth individuals and family offices.Ton also advises corporate clients from Europe, North America and Asia on their inbound Middle East inbound transactions and investments, projects and company set-ups.

From a local business perspective, Ton is involved in providing tax advice relating to VAT in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman as well as to direct taxes, including corporate income tax and withholding taxes, across the Gulf countries. Most recently Ton has been advising many local and international businesses on the new UAE federal corporate income tax.  

Ton has over 20 years of experience specializing in tax structuring involving jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the UK and the UAE, and he has been working out of Dubai for the last 7 years.