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DLA Piper Sweden Offices
Sveavägen 4
111 57 Stockholm
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Karin Attorps
Position
Karin Attorps has since 2000 been working as tax advisor and tax lawyer, with previous experience from both a business law firm and a Big 4 firm. Karin advises corporate clients, Swedish as well as foreign multinationals, regarding corporate income tax matters, tax controversy and advance tax ruling procedures. She advises on a wide range of tax matters focusing on tax structuring, often with a cross-border element, transaction related tax issues and spin-offs, refinancing, tax matters in relation to IPOs and other public offerings. Karin further advises on tax matters regarding incentive schemes and assists with review of corporate income tax returns. Her vast experience includes corporate clients from various sectors ranging from real estate to medicine technology, including aircraft, consumer, energy, finance, industrial manufacturing, pharmacy, private equity and telecom. The clients are mainly larger companies, but her experience also includes government- and municipality owned companies as well as founder-led companies and non-profit organizations.
Karin takes an active part in the Swedish tax community and is the vice chairman of the International Chambers of Commerce’s (ICC) Swedish tax committee and member of the editorial committee of the tax journal SkatteNytt.
Career
Partner, Advokatfirma DLA Piper Sweden KB (2022)
Partner, EY (2018-2021)
Partner, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå (2008-2018)
Associate/Senior Associate, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå (2000-2007)
Visiting lawyer, Wiggin and Dana L.L.P NYC (2004)
Languages
English, Swedish
Memberships
Member of the Swedish Bar Association
Education
LL.M, Uppsala University (1995-2000)
International Relations, Business law, Constitutional law, Ocean law, University of Miami (1998-1999)
French, Université de la Sorbonne (1995)
Lawyer Rankings
Sweden > Tax
DLA Piper Sweden’s tax practice in Stockholm handles a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters for domestic and overseas clients. Erik Björkeson
leads both the Swedish and Nordic tax groups, boasting considerable experience advising on tax issues in connection with cross-border structuring work and inbound investments. Björkeson is also well known for acting in complex tax litigation proceedings. Karin Attorps specialises in corporate income tax cases, counting leading Swedish companies as well as multinationals among her clients; she also has notable experience advising on tax matters concerning IPOs, refinancings, spin-offs, and incentive schemes.