Karine Bellony
Founding Partner

Studies and work experience

After law studies at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and after a first professional experience in the notary sector, Karine decided in 2001, to specialize in VAT and Customs.
Within the Peugeot Citroën group in France, she took over, for 7 years, the responsibility of the GEFCO’s Tax Representation department, and then of the Customs’ department.
After another 3 years spent as VAT Director with PwC Luxembourg, she joined, for a year, the group Kuehne+Nagel as Senior Vice President VAT.
In 2011 she founded the company VAT Solutions in Luxembourg. In 2018, to meet the growing demand of its customers, she set up the first subsidiary of VAT Solutions in France.

Thanks to her experience, Karine provides long-term assistance to her international customers regarding intracommunity VAT and Customs issues, both in Luxembourg and other EU countries.
Active member in several professional associations, Karine regularly takes part in conferences and also delivers training sessions, especially in Masters II programmes of business schools specialised in logistics in Paris.

Publications

ACE Revue (Kluwer) – June 2018 : « entre Douane et TVA : point de friction ? »
Collective work (Larcier) « La Fraude à la TVA » – 2017 : « L’assujetti TVA raisonnable , ou le comportement en bon père de famille face au risque de fraude à la TVA »
Chapter 22 of the 4th edition (2016) of AMCHAM guide «  Doing Business in Luxembourg » : Tax Law overview : VAT and customs
Collective work (Larcier) « Patrimoine et œuvres d’art » – 2016 : « Le Freeport Luxembourg »
ACE revue (Kluwer) – June 2013 : « Le Port Franc au Grand Duché de Luxembourg »

Spoken languages

French, English (fluent), German (intermediate)