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Customs & Trade Regulatory Law Firm

Being in control

Welcome at Customs & Trade Regulatory Law Firm. In the dynamic world of international trade it is crucial to have control on the import and export of goods. Enterprises are facing globalization of international trade. International competition is increasing and new products, production countries and markets are constantly arising. Crisis and opportunities alternate, innovation is almost unbridled.

Complex regulations on global, European and national level are increasing. In addition, governments intensify their supervision and the power of authorities is increasingly extended. These circumstances make control on the import and export of goods very complicated.

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How we work

How can you keep seizing the opportunities in the domain of international trade and customs regulations? How do you avoid unnecessary delay in the logistic process? How do you ensure that you are not surprised with unfavorable consequences after you have imported or exported your goods? And above all: how do you ensure that you are not paying too much? In short: Are you in control?

The answers to these questions require both essential knowledge of law and regulations and experience with European and national authorities and their policy.

CTR Law can assist you because CTR Law has both: the knowledge and the experience!

CTR Law combines over forty years of experience of specialist knowledge and an extensive national en international network.

Our approach is working together with you on sustainable and integrated solutions thad add value through increased process efficiency, lower cost and less risks. To ensure that you are and remain “in control”.

About us

CTR Law is a Dutch customs advisory firm, founded by André Jansen.

André is a civil and tax lawyer. During his career of over forty years he worked at the Dutch Tax Authority and at various international accountancy and law firms.

He started his career in 1974 with the Dutch Tax Authority. From 1992 until 2002 André worked as a tax advisor at Loyens & Loeff and KPMG Meijburg, after which he joined DLA Piper as a partner of the international practice group Tax.

Within DLA Piper he was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the EMEA Regulatory Group and head of the EMEA Tax Investigations and Disputes Team. As one of the four partners, in 2007 he founded PadbergSpanjaart advocaten and joined Kneppelhout & Korthals after the merge in March 2010.

André specialises in fiscal and non-fiscal regulatory governing the import and export of goods, e.g. import and export control, customs and excise duties, anti-dumping duties and VAT.

He advises both national and international clients in the above mentioned fields. In addition he advises on due diligences, pre-audits, tax audits and compromise agreements with customs and VAT authorities and the Ministry of finance. As a result of his many years of experience André has a extensive network of national and international relations. André is of counsel at Kneppelhout & Korthals, a law firm based in Rotterdam. At Kneppelhout & Korthals he represents his clients in tax-relaxed objection and appeal proceedings before Dutch courts and the European Court of Justice.

André is Global Customs Manager at Transfer Pricing Associates, based in Amsterdam.

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Expertises

⚬  EU Customs Law
⚬  International Trade
⚬  Import control
⚬  Export control
⚬  Import & Export regulatory
  risks and investigations

⚬  Customs value
⚬  Tariff classification and BTI’s
⚬  Origin
⚬  Anti-dumping duties
⚬  Excise duties
⚬  VAT (import & export)

Contact

Contact us
CTR Law André Jansen
aj@ctr-law.com
+31 6 55 815 974

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