Hallo
you may have heard that i have left linklaters to start cee tax management - a new, prague-based, tax advisory company with a central and eastern european focus
contemplating on my relationship with central and eastern europe, it dawned on me that the events that have taken place in this region over the past 27 years correspond to milestones in my own life. To illustrate this, i have created a simple timeline to show you what i mean
can you see synergies or just coincidences?
i will let you be the judge
best regards
henk goossen
cee tax management
tel.: +420 602 348 911
fax: +420 225 000 555
prague city center
klimentská 46, 110 02 prague 1
czech republic
in 1977 czech dissidents sign charta 77, which will give rise to a period of breaking changes
in 1977, henk starts law school, hoping to be part of these changes
between 1989 and 1990, the central and eastern european countries reject the communist rule and embrace the free-market democracy
in 1990, henk goes to the USA believing his studies of international tax law will contribute to the developments in the region
in 1993, czechoslovakia splits into the czech republic and slovak republic, two independent countries
in 1993, henk moves to the czech republic and begins to apply newly acquired skills
in 2002 the eu council decides on enlargement, accepting 10 new member states including Poland to join
in 2002 henk starts travelling extensively to Warsaw and works mostly on Polish deals
in 2003, hungary opts to join the european union and expand its economic power
in 2003, henk decides to move to budapest to get to know the country and to find out its needs
in 2004, eight CEE countries officially join the EU to add shine to the EU flag stars
in 2004, henk returns to prague to start cee tax management, hoping that his experience in the region will help to preserve that shine