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Tax
The team at DLA Piper has extensive experience in handling tax considerations in relation to corporate and capital market transactions. Practice head Jonas Aartun is a tax specialist who focuses on corporate tax, transfer pricing issues, financial instruments and international tax treaties. The group also includes corporate expert Preben Aas, who assists with tax issues relating to transactions both for individuals and corporations, and Ingvar Gjedrem, who joined the team in May 2023 from Advokatfirmaet PricewaterhouseCoopers AS.
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Key clients
- Azrieli Group
- Skanska Group
- IK Gruppen
- Quasar Data Center
- Volkswagen Møller Bilfinans
- Falck Renewables
- Cloudberry Clean Energy
- Marti AG
- First Mover Group
- Gasmann Eiendom
- AIG
- Euclid
- Compass Group
- Betonmast Eiendom
- OmniVision Technologies Inc.
- SkeidarLiving Group
- Univid
- Northern Green Hydro
Work highlights
- Advising Centennial on a complex tax matter involving tax losses carried forward of NOK160m in one of its subsidiaries, Vyke AS, which is engaged in VoIP business. The Norwegian tax authorities had denied the losses based on statutory anti-avoidance rules, resulting in tax litigation in Oslo Appeal Court.
- Advising Green Mountain on a range of complex tax issues, including the assessment of group structure and capitalisation of group companies.
- Advising Northern Green Hydro BV, a new set up with experienced international data center investors, on establishing a new High Performance Computing (HPC) centre in Norway, including advice on optimising the company structure, as well as comprehensive guidance on all tax, VAT, and customs matters related to the project.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jonas Aartun