As a committed and solution-oriented lawyer, Tim’s practice focuses on international trade, trade regulatory and corporate compliance matters addressing customs, economic sanctions and export controls. He has in-depth experience regarding international sanctions and export control regimes (Russia, Crimea, Middle East). His practice further includes EU customs compliance (customs classification, origin, customs valuation/transfer pricing) and the compliance aspects of trade regulation (free trade agreements, antidumping).

Tim is also a part-time lecturer on export controls and EU customs law at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Erasmus University Rotterdam. the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors and the Antwerp Tax Academy. He is a frequent guest speaker at international conferences. He founded the LinkedIn Group “Union Customs Code (UCC)”, a group for customs and international trade professionals to discuss the UCC and its significant changes to EU customs law (>2800 members).

Tim is a contributor to a specialist Dutch journal on customs law and nominated in the Lexology Index to Trade & Customs Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal. Clients describe him as “one of the most outstanding lawyers in the Netherlands”, say sources, who describe him as “fantastic, not only in customs but in export controls as well”.

‘In the Netherlands, Kneppelhout is the only firm with a full-fledged Customs International Trade & Regulatory practice, and I am happy to be part of that.’

• Advising senior management on international supply chain projects at the intersection of customs, international trade and VAT.
• Advise on (international) export control and sanctions legislation (including setting up internal compliance programmes).
• Conduct internal investigations on export control, sanctions, customs, excise and VAT to identify risks and legal obligations and risks.
• Guidance on export control, sanction, customs, and excise matters in various M&A processes.
• Training management teams and staff on Trade & Customs compliance (incl. export control & sanctions).
• Represent clients in cases and files at Dutch customs and ministries, courts of law, the European Commission and its advisory committees, and the Court of Justice of the EU.

In his spare time, Tim enjoys travelling, sports and reading.