Dr. Ineke A. Koele
"She is able to be analytical ánd creative, and she is a people person" - Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2019
Koele Tax & Legal Perspecta is founded by Dr. Ineke A. Koele. She is a passionate multi-faceted (tax, foundation and estate) lawyer with an exploring mind and 30 years of experience, who excels in creating lasting strategies for her clients' needs. Sensitive to content and context alike, Ineke integrates a sharp legal analysis with a genuine personal and pragmatic approach.
Her perspicacious view explains her focused expertise on Private Clients, Non-Profit Organizations and Social Enterprises. where she is able to make a difference to her clients. She is known for her thought leadership and creative problem solving in complex and international cases.
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International appointments and awards
The quality of her international work has been acknowledged with numerous appointments:
In 2004, she was appointed Academician of the International Academy for Estate and Trust Law. In 2012, she was appointed TEP of the Society of Trust and Estate Planning (STEP). And in 2015, Ineke was elected International Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a first for the Netherlands.
Furthermore, as a leading Private Client lawyer, Ineke has been praised by clients and peers in international rankings for years. For the sixth consecutive year, she is the only female tax lawyer elected by Chambers in Band I (Top Ranked, highest category) of the High NetWorth Guide for the Netherlands. She was also ranked among the Private Client International Powerwomen Top 100 by CityWealth in 2019 and among the Who's who/ Lexology Private Client Thoughtleaders List several times through 2024. In the year 2021, she received the Citywealth IFC Silver Award Global Advisor of the Year in the Succession Planning/ Trusts category. In 2023, Ineke received the honour of receiving the Top 100 Tax Professionals Award from Citywealth, while in 2024, she ascended to Citywealth's global Top 50 Tax Professionals Leaders List, having also previously received the Career Achievement Award in 2024 for her female network leadership.
Speaker, author, teacher
Ineke is also a regular speaker at Dutch and international forums, both at academic institutions, associations, as other types of conferences and lectures (see Program). She regularly publishes exclusive and innovative articles in Dutch and foreign journals (see Publications).
In her spare time she plays golf, ice skates, sails, and plays the piano.
Education and experience
Ineke graduated in both tax and civil law (cum laude) from the University of Groningen in 1989 and obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht in 2007. She finished a specialist degree in Estate Law for Lawyers (cum laude) in 2015 at the Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk. In 2018, she obtained her Harvard Certificate in the Program on Negotiation ('Negotiating Difficult Persons and Situations' and 'Leveraging Emotions'). In 2020, she obtained her certificate as a Legal Mediator and was later accredited as IMI Mediation Advocate and Advisor (cum laude). In 2022, she obtained a Specialist Certificate Mediation for Family Businesses (Hoefnagels Academie) where she is also one of the teachers.
Ineke has 30 years of experience as an attorney specializing in tax, wealth and estate matters. She is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors (NOB), the Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA), the Dutch Association of Tax Attorneys (NVAB). She is also an active member of the Society of Trust and Estate Planning (STEP), the International Bar Association (IBA), as well as of a number of international “invitation only” organizations (see International Appointments).
Dr. Koele has registered the following legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar's register of legal practice areas: Tax Law and Estate Law. Based on this registration, she is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.
Independent collaboration
Over the years, Ineke has established a wide network of Dutch and international experts, the Koele Wire, that collaborate on the specific issues of her Private Clients and Non Profit Organizations. She continuously invests in the optimization of this network.
By engaging individuals in the Koele Wire, perspectives are broadened, enriched and sharpened where necessary or desirable. This way of working creates dream teams of highly experienced, independent professionals on specific topics without the hassle of a large organization with its own interests.
Examples of such practice-proven dream teams are KoeleVanMinnen, with colleague Rinze van Minnen in the field of tax conflict management and litigation, and Procompanion for the Family Business. with colleague Dr Fred Schonewille in the field of conflict management and ‘balancing interests’ in family businesses.
