{"id":620,"date":"2020-03-05T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/?post_type=insight_resource&#038;p=620"},"modified":"2020-06-25T06:15:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T06:15:29","slug":"thomson-reuters-mena-hot-seat-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"insight_resource","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/resources\/resource\/thomson-reuters-mena-hot-seat-episode-2","title":{"rendered":"Thomson Reuters MENA: Hot Seat Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Tax and Trade: 2020 and Beyond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 28px 0;position:relative;\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MENA Hot Seat Episode 2 - International Tax and Trade: 2020 and Beyond\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8nnM8cgn7j0?start=4&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>In Episode 2 of our video series, we discuss global tax and trade trends with&nbsp;<strong>Thomas Vanhee, Partner at Aurifer<\/strong>, and get his view on the challenges and opportunities that will shape business going forward.<br>To get more insight on key issues such as digitization, protectionism and Brexit \u2013 catch the conversation in&nbsp;<strong>the video above.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the interviewee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Thomas-Vanhee-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Thomas-Vanhee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Thomas-Vanhee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Thomas-Vanhee-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Thomas-Vanhee.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thomas Vanhee<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<strong>Partner,<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>Aurifer Middle East Tax Consultancy&nbsp;<\/strong>&amp;<strong>&nbsp;Affiliate Professor of Tax Law<\/strong>.&nbsp;Thomas founded Aurifer, a boutique tax firm established in Dubai, after a decade of working at tier 1 tax law firms in Brussels and Paris, and after having been seconded with Deloitte in the Gulf.&nbsp;He has been involved in several high-profile deals and have worked for blue chip and quoted companies and institutions in various sectors. In recent years Thomas has also been heavily involved in tax policy in Europe and the Gulf. Recently, he has been assisting businesses in assessing their readiness for the introduction of VAT on 1 January 2018.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is also teaching VAT at Paris Sorbonne Abu Dhabi in the first tax LL.M of its kind in the Gulf. 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