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DLA Piper Denmark

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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.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Excellent co-operation and communication skills.’

  • ‘Deep transactional tax expertise.’

  • ‘Jakob Schilder-Knudsen stands out as the leading Danish tax lawyer when it comes to transactional and M&A tax. He should be the go-to tax advisor for anyone needing M&A tax advice.’

  • ‘Mario Fernandez has a great knowledge about the industry and has found some good solutions for us which have optimised our business.’

  • ‘The tax team as a whole is highly skilled and professional and they deliver excellent tax and VAT assistance in an easily understandable manner.’

  • ‘The team has great people skills and delivers stand-out advice in a down-to-earth manner. Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson has handled most of our tax-related work and is an exceptional tax lawyer. He is definitely one to watch for the future.’

  • ‘Jakob Schilder-Knudsen and his team provide a never-before-seen level of commitment and professionalism in all aspects of the work provided. I have presented them with numerous different cases and all of them have been executed to perfection.’

  • ‘I feel like I'm in very capable hands and the level of professionalism is very high compared to what I've experienced with other law firms.’

Key clients

  • Mdundo.com
  • Trinseo
  • Sampension
  • Axcel
  • Angelo Gordon
  • TotalEnergies
  • Uniqlo
  • Discovery Networks
  • ALD Automotive
  • Takeaway

Work highlights

Acted as Danish tax advisor to T-C Storage HoldCo AB in their NOK3.787m acquisition of the shares in Self Storage ASA.
Assisted the client on all Danish tax aspects related to their first-ever transaction in Scandinavia, when entering into an agreement to acquire the shares in Mercedes-Benz CPH.
Assisted HY24 with all Danish tax aspects related to the refinancing of their €200m joint venture with Everfuel in Denmark to finance the accelerated development of electrolyser capacity across the Nordics.

Practice head

Jakob Schilder-Knudsen

Other key lawyers

Mario Fernandez; Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson

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