Mr Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson > DLA Piper Denmark > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Denmark
Oslo Plads 2
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark

Work Department

Tax

Position

Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson specialises in corporation tax, focusing particularly on mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, transactional risk insurance (W&I) and disputes with the Danish Tax Agency.

Ingólfur acts for a wide variety of Danish and international companies, private equity funds and real estate funds. He advises on all aspects of tax law in connection with the sale and purchase of enterprises, including due diligence, structuring and negotiation as well as the drafting of sale and purchase agreements and transfer agreements.

He also advises on the recovery of Danish withholding tax and regularly provides trusted advice in that respect to one of Europe’s major pension funds. Moreover, Ingólfur provides assistance to international clients in relation to their Danish branches.

Finally, he acts for a number of clients in tax disputes with the Danish Tax Agency.

In addition, Ingólfur is an editor at Karnov (the leading provider of compilations of Danish statutes) and acts as a liaison on citizens’ legal inquiries for the Embassy of Iceland in Copenhagen.

Career

Senior Associate, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2024

Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2023

Assistant Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2021-2023

Assistant Attorney, Lundgrens, 2020-2021

Consultant and Senior Consultant, Deloitte, 2016-2020

Languages

English, Icelandic

Memberships

The Danish Lawyers’ Tax Law Association

Education

Admitted to the Danish Bar, 2023
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 2016
BA Law, Reykjavik University, 2014

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Tax

(Leading associates)

Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson – DLA Piper Denmark

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.