Mr Mario Fernandez > DLA Piper Denmark > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper Denmark Offices
Oslo Plads 2
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
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Mr Mario Fernandez
Work Department
Tax
Position
Mario Fernandez is an experienced VAT specialist and has, for more than 20 years, dealt with international VAT and VAT on transactions (M&A). He provides advice to Danish and international companies, Danish pension funds and financial institutions, equity funds and venture funds.
Mario is widely experienced in managing and driving major transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, due-diligence processes, reorganisations, real-estate transactions, as well as handling aspects of Danish and international VAT planning, including VAT in a financial model.
He is also widely experienced in advising enterprises on partial VAT deduction, including treatment of VAT, payroll tax, procedures for VAT-group registration and cross-border transactions. In addition, Mario provides advice on regulatory, technical and VAT-related issues within betting and gambling, including land-based and online gambling.
Mario represents the Association of Danish Law Firms on the VAT liaison committee of the Danish Tax Agency and is a part-time lecturer in VAT law at the University of Copenhagen.
Moreover, he is Chairman of the Executive Committee of Landbased Gambling Association Denmark.
Career
Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2025
Attorney, Director, DLA Piper Denmark, 2021-2025
Attorney, Lundgrens, 2015-2021
VAT Advisor, Deloitte, 2010-2015
VAT Advisor on M&A, KPMG, 2008-2010
Languages
English
Memberships
The Danish Lawyers’ Tax Law Association
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Tax
DLA Piper Denmark
offers comprehensive tax advisory services alongside a strong tax litigation practice. The team advises on direct and indirect tax matters, including corporate restructuring, transaction optimisation, international tax planning, and transfer pricing, with extensive cross-border capabilities and a broad international and domestic client base. The practice is led by Jakob Schilder-Knudsen, who has over two decades of experience advising on M&A transactions, restructuring, and real estate investments for Danish and international clients. Mario Fernandez, head of indirect tax, is a leading VAT lawyer with extensive expertise in local and cross-border transactions. Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson focuses on corporate tax, M&A, and restructurings, recently advising on high-profile transactions and cross-border tax structuring.