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Nike tells EU judges that singling out Dutch taxes to make a ‘political’ point was unlawful

By Natalie McNelis
  • 25 Jan 2021 10:28
  • 25 Jan 2021 10:28
Nike told EU judges today that the European Commission’s 2019 decision to open a state aid investigation into tax breaks allowed to the company by the Netherlands was "fatally flawed." 
The Dutch tax rules were used by hundreds of multinationals, and singling out Nike without even “doing its homework” was

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Natalie McNelis

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Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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