EMEA subject matter specialist focused on global restructurings, M&A, and spin-offs
Experienced in complex stakeholder management across advisors, business functions, and C-suite
Led EMEA tax workstreams on global, high-value restructurings
Seattle
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Willy van Exel is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Seattle. She works in the Global Corporate Transaction Tax and Advisory practice and brings 15 years of global corporate restructuring experience across various industries.
Ms. van Exel is an EMEA subject matter specialist, focusing on global mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, and split-offs, including post-merger integration, holding company restructuring, operational and supply chain planning, and cash repatriation planning. She is uniquely experienced in managing the (often competing) priorities of a broad range of transaction stakeholders, including third-party advisors and counsel, clients’ internal business functions, and the C-suite. Ms. van Exel’s cross-functional, collaborative approach helps manage tax and business risk and ensures smooth implementation.
Prior to joining A&M, Ms. van Exel spent 15 years with EY’s International Tax and Transaction Services practice, where she worked on some of the largest and most complex transactions in the market.
Ms. van Exel earned a bachelor’s degree in tax law from Utrecht University and a master’s degree in international and European tax law from the University of Amsterdam. She is fluent in Dutch and English.
On 24 June 2026, the European Commission published its “Tax Omnibus” proposal (“Proposal”) — a single proposed Council Directive amending six EU direct tax directives, with an estimated EUR 6.6 billion in annual compliance cost savings.
On June 24, 2026, the European Commission published a proposal to recast the Directive on Administrative Cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC) as part of an ambitious tax simplification package designed to simplify existing EU tax rules and reduce compliance for businesses.
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On 24 June 2026, the European Commission published its “Tax Omnibus” proposal (“Proposal”) — a single proposed Council Directive amending six EU direct tax directives, with an estimated EUR 6.6 billion in annual compliance cost savings.
