DLA Piper Denmark

Tax

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 highlights

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

English

The Danish Lawyers’ Tax Law Association

Master (VAT and indirect taxes), Aarhus University, 2007 Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 1999