DLA Piper Denmark

Tax

Mario Fernandez is an experienced VAT specialist, who has for more than 20 years dealt with international VAT and VAT on transactions (M&A) acting as an advisor 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, major due-diligence processes, restructurings, real-estate transactions, as well as handling aspects of Danish and international VAT planning, including VAT in a financial model.

Mario 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 online games.

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Chairman of the executive commitee of Landbased Gambling Association Denmark The Danish Bar and Law Society The Danish Lawyers' Tax Law Association

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