She worked for more than 23 years at PwC, as an expert in indirect taxation, during which she developed extensive and consolidated experience in international operations, restructuring, audits and VAT cost optimization procedures.

During last 9 years with PwC, Yolanda led the Indirect Tax practice for the Financial Services industry in Spain, being a great specialist in the banking, insurance, private equity and asset management industries. 

Likewise, she has been the local head for the area of electronic invoicing, and has led different digitization projects, homologation of billing software and automation of processes related to both Compliance and VAT reporting like SII and Veri*factu. She is also expert in both DAC7 (digital platforms) and Payment Services Providers reporting obligations, respectively. 

Yolanda Cano was partner at the VAT department in bln palao abogados.

Emmanuel is a French indirect taxes lawyer. After 10 years in Big Four firms he established his own tax law practice in 2000. His firm focuses on three main areas: Advising large multinational firms on supply chain and IT, VAT & customs related issues, outsourcing of indirect tax compliance in the EU and litigation. The clients are mainly from the pharmaceutical, aeronautics, energy and engineering sectors. Emmanuel is Vice-Chairman of the International VAT Association and deputy representative of the IVA to the European Commission’s VAT Expert Group and member of the VAT Committee of the French tax lawyers association as well as member of the Community Relay of the e-invoicing French government project. 

Andrew is a highly experienced Indirect Tax professional with over 20 years of expertise. Since 2019, he has served as Head of Indirect Tax at Zalando Group in Berlin, where he leads the company's indirect tax strategy and operations. His extensive career includes 12 years in Indirect Tax with the Big Four, based in London and Berlin. Following this, he held significant roles based in the Netherlands and Luxembourg. He then returned to Berlin to build and develop the Zalando Indirect Tax team, supporting Zalando's growth into Europe's leading online fashion and lifestyle seller and marketplace. Andrew and Zalando are active members of the EU Commission VAT Expert Group, contributing valuable practical insights to policy developments.

Raymond is an international VAT consultant located in the Netherlands. He is frequent speaker at international seminars and conferences, organizes trainings for companies, the Federation of Dutch exporters, the Chamber of Commerce and the International VAT Expert Academy [IVEA]. He is the secretary to the board of the International VAT Association. His focus is on the international supply chain. 

Hannes is head of his firm’s VAT department and specializes in providing comprehensive advice to companies operating within Austria and across borders. His main areas of focus are general tax law, corporate transactions and all matters related to Austrian and European VAT law. Owing to his years of experience in European VAT law, Hannes is in high demand as an advisor for many international companies operating or intending to operate across borders. He is a sought after lecturer at numerous seminars and symposiums, holds workshops in companies and educational institutions and regularly publishes on special tax law issues, especially those relating to VAT law and his specialist areas. He is a certified tax advisor and auditor and has been a partner at LeitnerLeitner since 2006. On 1 October 2014, Hannes was appointed a member of the European Commission’s VAT Expert Group. 

David is professor at the University of Leipzig. In 2013, he completed his habilitation on the subject: "Neutrality of legal forms in public law” (venia legendi: public law, especially tax law and public economic law). David is a contributing author to many publications, including “Rau/Dürrwächter“ (a commentary on the German VAT law). 

He is also engaged as a tutor in the fields of European tax law and State Aid law. Since October 2016 David has worked as a legal secretary at the European Court of Justice at the cabinet of advocate general Kokott. 

Laura advises clients on all German and international VAT issues. Her special focus is the financial services sector. Her work also includes advising on VAT compliance, accompanying external audits, implementing Tax Compliance Management Systems and representing clients in legal proceedings. She regularly holds seminars on VAT issues and publishes articles on the subject.

Ronny advises clients on all VAT matters in Germany and abroad. He specializes in cross-border VAT consulting connected to international VAT law and regularly lectures at professional events and in-house client VAT training sessions. As a former auditor and as a result of his experience in the corporate tax department of a DAX-30-group, Ronny has accumulated extensive knowledge of and experience in the types of VAT issues, which present themselves to businesses on a daily basis. He is also a member of various national and international VAT research groups and VAT clubs. 

Atanas specializes in consulting on cross-border VAT issues and offers his clients advice on both German and international VAT matters. His particular focus is on the optimization of cross-border supply chains and processing schemes. His work also includes advising on VAT compliance and representing clients in legal proceedings, including appeals. His clients range from individuals to international groups.

Atanas’ special focus areas are the e-commerce, mechanical and plant engineering and automotive sectors. Atanas holds a doctorate in insolvency and tax law and is a lecturer at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences. He regularly holds lectures and in-house trainings on VAT topics and is the author of numerous publications. 

Fernando is the Director of Spanish VAT Services, an independent Spanish VAT advisory firm. He is President of the Madrid VAT Forum Foundation and of the board of the International VAT Association. He has served on the EU Commission´s VAT Forum for the period 2018-2022 and he is currently a member of its VAT Expert Group. 

Tomasz is author of commentary to the VAT Act (16 editions) as well as numerous publications in Polish and international professional magazines. Representing MDDP in the works of the VAT Expert Group set up by the European Commission. Member of the board of the Centre of Tax Documentation and Studies Foundation (founded by University of Łódź and IBFD). Considered a leading VAT expert in Poland by the Chamber's Global, International Tax Review, Rzeczpospolita and others. In 2021 received the the ITR EMEA Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the year’ award. 

Markus advises both corporate groups and medium sized businesses regarding all national and international VAT matters. His special focus areas are automotive and electronic business, crypto token and blockchain-based business models, educational and event-related services, and M&A. Markus offers valuable support in introducing and implementing tax compliance management systems, advises clients with respect to German and international VAT compliance and, when required, represents clients in legal proceedings, including appeals. Markus supports companies in digitizing their VAT compliance using KMLZ ITS GmbH’s tools and advises on the introduction of ERP/SAP systems. Markus holds a doctorate in VAT law. He regularly lectures at tax advisor associations and is the author of numerous publications. As an “advisor’s advisor” he provides VAT advice to accountants, tax advisors and lawyers. In addition, he is a member of various VAT working groups.

Matthias advises both corporate groups and medium sized businesses on all national and international VAT matters. His special focus area is e-commerce, online gambling, e-mobility and the travel sector. Matthias offers valuable support in introducing and implementing tax compliance management systems, advises our clients with respect to German VAT compliance and, when required, represents clients in appeal and legal proceedings.Matthias holds a doctorate in VAT law and regularly lectures at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He also regularly holds lectures and leads in-house VAT trainings and is the author of numerous publications.

Christian advises our clients on all aspects of national and international VAT issues and specializes in customs and excise duty matters. His particular focus is import VAT related issues and the optimization of cross-border supply chains and processing schemes. He also accompanies external audits and represents our clients in dealings with the tax authorities and before the tax courts. Christian has extensive experience in conducting SAP VAT audits and customs reviews.

His clients range from individuals to international groups. Prior to joining KMLZ, Christian spent several years working in the VAT department of a large tax consultancy firm. He regularly lectures on VAT and customs related topics, as well as publishing comments, articles and annotations in these areas.

Andrea is the Head of Tax (Direct & Indirect Tax) at Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany. She is an experienced in-house VAT professional and leads the VAT and direct tax expert team which deals with EU and non-EU tax issues. Andrea established the first tax department inside the Panasonic group, worldwide. Andrea has extensive experience in merger & demerger group activities. She previously worked, for several years, at Deloitte in the International AT Department in Düsseldorf and prior to that operated her own business in Berlin (as an executive consultant). 

Justyna is an Indirect Tax professional with 15 years of practical experience in IT, petroleum and tobacco industries. Over those years, Justyna participated in various projects like: VAT package implementation, preparing businesses for VAT introduction in UAE, setting up a new ERP system for multinational company or dealing with VAT implications deriving from the companies merger.

After successful implementation of VAT quick fixes and several  CTC requirements across Europe, currently owning VAT advisory role in Bolt - the first European mobility super-app.

Stijn is a partner at Tiberghien. As the head of the VAT, customs and excises department, Stijn is a key figure within the Tiberghien tax practice.

The department handles a diverse range of VAT related issues. Because of this, Stijn also developed an extensive experience in real estate, finance, the public and non-profit sector, logistics and international trade. He specializes, amongst other practice areas, in specific VAT issues for the public sector, real estate projects, public-private partnerships, import/export transactions, financial services, VAT audit and litigation.

Stijn works both on a national and an international level and represents Tiberghien in various international VAT network groups.

He is the author of various articles on VAT in tax newsletters. He is responsible for updating the Tiberghien tax manual for indirect taxes. He is also a regular speaker at internal and external tax seminars.