Japan Business Network (JBN) - Belgium

We partner Japanese companies in growing their business to success.

PwC Belgium has its main office in Brussels, where the EU is headquartered, and is engaged in day-to-day client services. Led by Japanese-speaking professionals, the PwC Belgium Japan Desk is expanding our services to provide many Japanese companies with their European headquarters in Belgium with a wide range of related services not only in Belgium but also throughout Europe by working closely with PwC member firms in each country.

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Our Major Services

PwC Belgium has established a support system that enables us to handle various service areas centred on assurance, tax and legal affairs, and advisory. 

Specifically, we mainly provide the following services to Japanese companies.

Assurance

  • Financial statement audits
  • Actuarial work
  • Capital market transaction audits
  • Financial regulatory advisory services
  • US-SOX and J-SOX advisory services
  • Risk management advisory services
  • Internal audit advisory services
  • Sustainability reporting services

Corporate tax

  • Corporate tax advice
  • Corporate tax compliance
  • Support for building an international organisation
  • Finance and treasury (F&T) services
  • Tax risk assurance
  • Tax litigation resolution
  • Transfer pricing and global functional restructuring (value chain transformation)

Indirect tax (VAT)

  • VAT declaration, VAT payment and refund compliance support
  • Indirect tax (VAT, customs) consultation and advice
  • Examining the impact of indirect taxes on M&A, divestitures and internal restructuring
  • Dealing and assisting with unresolved issues and disputes with relevant tax authorities

HR services

  • Establishment of appropriate salary standards
  • Review of labor management and personnel system
  • Appropriate remuneration design for executives
  • Pension planning and compliance
  • Personnel management system construction support

Deal advisory

  • Transaction advice
  • M&A advice
  • Business recovery services
  • Business valuation and financial modeling

Legal

  • Corporate group structuring (domestic and cross-border)
  • Corporate simplification and business transformation projects
  • Pre- and post-transaction reorganisation
  • M&A advice, negotiation support and document drafting
  • Advice on joint venture structures and participation
  • Legal due diligence
  • Advice on commercial contracts
  • Corporate secretarial compliance and corporate governance support
  • Employment law compliance, best practices and benchmarking
  • Establishment, operation and reform of employee retirement benefit plans
  • Real estate legal advice
  • Commercial litigation and tax litigation resolution support
  • ​Legal structuring and advice from a legal perspective
  • Restructuring and relocation advice for cross-border organisations (including Brexit matters)
  • Data protection and cyber security advice

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