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Accura Advokatpartnerselskab

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Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s tax team is integral to the firm’s leading position in Danish M&A, offering second-to-none expertise across M&A, real estate, renewable energy, and fund formation. Collaborating closely with the firm’s broader teams, the tax department plays a pivotal role in large and complex deals. The team advises key clients in the private equity and venture capital sectors, implementing incentive programmes and structuring management reinvestments while excelling in real estate value taxes and disputes with tax authorities. Led by Poul Erik Lytken, who focuses on tax and VAT in M&A and real estate transactions, the team also includes Christopher Erik Oldenburg, specialising in the tax and VAT treatment of real estate and renewable transactions, indirect taxation, and EU VAT legislation.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Great combination of hands-on project management with a pragmatic approach to supporting their clients and consistently delivering a high-quality end-product within the timeline requested. It is clear that they have a high level of in-house expertise when it comes to all tax and structuring matters.’

  • ‘Poul Erik Lytken has incredible knowledge of tax law and structuring, but with a pragmatic approach to how to execute it into practice. Knows when to prioritise each project and will show up on short notice when needed.’

  • ‘Great collaboration skills and always to-the-point advice.’

  • ‘The team, as with the rest of Accura, appears quite focused on matters related to M&A-transactions and show particular strengths when it comes to M&A tax matters.’

  • ‘Poul Erik Lytken leads the team and advises clients in a quiet, unassuming and trustworthy manner.’

  • ‘The team is very pragmatic and solution-oriented. ’

  • ‘Christopher Erik Oldenburg is an absolute leading individual in the Danish market for indirect taxation. He is also very well-connected and very pleasant to be around.’

  • ‘Their team is highly qualified and it’s one of the best teams for tax work in Denmark.’

Key clients

  • Alm. Brand A/S
  • Danmarks Eksport- og Investeringsfond
  • ATP Ejendomme A/S
  • Dayforce, Inc.
  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
  • Nordic Real Estate Partners
  • CataCap
  • AP Pension
  • TopDanmark
  • Axcel

Work highlights

  • Advised energy company OK in connection with their acquisition of part of Danish grocery retail group Coop Danmark in a DKK2bn transaction.
  • Advised the Danish insurance company, Alm. Brand Forsikring A/S in connection with the sale of its energy and marine activities Energi & Marine to the Norwegian insurance company Gard for a total price of DKK1.6bn.
  • Advised the publicly listed US software company Dayforce, Inc. in connection with their acquisition of the Danish software company eloomi.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Poul Erik Lytken

Other key lawyers

Christopher Erik Oldenburg