* About the firm

Seerp Gratama, graduated from the University of Utrecht in 2008 with a Bachelor’s degree in Dutch Law and a Master’s degree in International Tax Law. After an internship at both KPMG and Loyens & Loeff, he joined Loyens & Loeff in Amsterdam, a leading law firm in the Netherlands. He was involved in the field of international corporate restructuring for large multinationals, private equity firms and real estate funds. In 2012, he switched to the Dutch corporate services provider market and joined Intertrust in April 2013.

Whilst heading a North America team within Intertrust, Seerp became an expert in the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (“Wwft”) and Supervision of Trust Offices Act (“WTT”) as well as Know Your Client (“KYC”) measures in general. In 2020 Seerp founded Athemis, a company specialized in anti-money laundering (AML) solutions and provides (part-time) compliance officers to various organizations within the Netherlands.

Rene Hofman graduated in Business Economics at the HEAO in Amsterdam. He also has a degree at Hofam and is studying Accountancy & Finance at the University of Salford (UK).

He started his career as assistent accountant at Foederer in lelystad where he worked for more than 6 years. He then worked for more than 20 years as a Manager Finance & Control and CFO at several industrial companies and in the banking industry.

Rene has held several Directorships with companies in miscellaneous fields of industry and is still Managing Director of his own tax and accounting firm and therefore well known with corporate governance structures.

Rene has a long in-depth experience in accounting and business advisory services to both international and Dutch clients. Rene specializes in accounting and business advisory services.

Rene holds a bachelor in Business Economics and will graduate in 2022 as an MSc. in Accounting & Finance.

At KC Accounting, Lotte works as Office Manager and in her position, she manages the day to day office operations and supports the team where necessary.

Rutger Koelewijn graduated in Business Economics at the Free University (VU) in Amsterdam. He started his career as an external auditor at EY Amsterdam office, EY London office and EY Willemstad / Curacao office, respectively, where he worked for more than ten years in the financial industry (banks and insurance companies) and in the general business practice.

He then worked for more than ten years as CFO with a large international wholesale and retail company in the food industry in the Caribbean and as Managing Director Finance and Operations of both an onshore bank and an offshore bank in Curacao, respectively.

In the last ten years before joining, Rutger worked as an accountant and advisor with a large accounting firm in The Netherlands rendering accountancy and business advisory services to small and medium sized companies, entrepreneurs and professionals.

Rutger has held several Supervisory Directorships with companies and foundations in miscellaneous fields of industry and is therefore well known with corporate governance structures.

Rutger has a long in-depth experience in rendering auditing, accounting and business advisory services to both international and Dutch clients and has broad experience with corporate governance. Rutger specializes in corporate structuring and other business advisory services.

Rutger holds a master in Business Economics and is further registered with the Dutch Institute of Chartered Accountants (NBA) as a Dutch ‘RegisterAccountant’ (RA) and with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) as an Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

Ceriel Coppus graduated in Tax Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He started his career at Deloitte where he worked in the international tax practice and the international M&A practice.

Ceriel has an in-depth experience in multinational group restructurings and joint venture investments. Ceriel has a profound knowledge of cross border investment structures and strengthened his international tax practice with a focus on the global reorganisations and private equity transactions

Ceriel is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors (NOB), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Fiscal Association (IFA). Ceriel is the Dutch contributor to Lexis Nexis publication “International Corporate Procedures”.

Andrey Loponov graduated in Finance Economics at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. From 2006 Andrey worked at EY, KPMG, Mechel in Russia and at X5 Retail Group N.V. in the Netherlands and per November 2018 he joined KC Legal.

Andrey is head of the Accounting Department where he is responsible for preparing supervising and reviewing of complex Dutch GAAP and IFRS financial statements. He also advises clients on complex accounting issues.