Welcome to the website of Willem Stevens

Independent counsel on legal, tax and corporate governance issues,
arbiter and mediator.

Willem Stevens is a member of the Amsterdam bar counsel.

He serves on the (supervisory) board of corporations and (non profit) institutions. He is guest lecturer corporate governance for executive management programs at Erasmus University, Rotterdam and Nyenrode Business University, Breukelen.

Supervisory Board
AZL N.V., Stichting Exploitatie Nederlandse Staatsloterij (vice-chairman), Stichting Holland Casino, Brit Insurance Holdings N.V. (non-executive director) and a trustee of the Heerema Trust.

Supervisory Council
Foundation Diabetes Research Netherlands (chairman).

Director
Michelin Finance B.V. (managing director), Foundation Preferred Shares WAVIN N.V. (chairman), Foundation UniQure BV (chairman), Foundation Priority Shares ANTEA Participaties, VEROZ Foundation, platform for entrepreneurship in the healthcare sector (chairman), EFER, European Forum for Entrepreneurship Research, Chamber of Commerce Nederland-Israel, Harvard Law School Association Council (Cambridge, USA), Harvard Law School Association of Europe (Governor), The Concertgebouw-fund (vice-chairman), Pasman Stichting (chairman).

Advisory Board
National Health Authority (Nza), Meyer Monitor B.V. (International Advisory Board), IBB B.V., Ivy Circle Netherlands (chairman), New Board Program of Nyenrode Business University, Foundation ArtZuid.

Other Functions
Willem Stevens is chairman of the tax commission of the Christian Democratic Party (CDA) and board member of its scientific institute (CDA Wetenschappelijk Instituut). He is a director of the Royal Netherlands Association of Sciences (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen).

Memberships
Netherlands Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten)
Netherlands Tax Advisors Association (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs)
International Bar Association
International Fiscal Association

Education
Master of Laws, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., USA
State Tax Academy, Rotterdam
Master of Laws, Leyden University

Publications, speeches and interviews
A summary of publications, speeches and interviews can be found on the Dutch website www.willemstevens.nl