Tax

Schjødt combine first class advice with broad commercial understanding. Our specialists provide advice to Norwegian and international corporations and investors, with particular emphasis on strategic tax planning, cross border issues, transaction structure and changes to corporate structures. We have excellent track record on tax disputes, including ground-breaking Supreme Court judgments.

We have built our tax practice around the needs of our clients, and advice national and foreign clients establishing or doing business in Norway, including energy and offshore industry, pharmaceuticals, utilities, technology, property, trade and extractive industry investors.

We have a significant market share advising multinational investors, including private equity and venture capital. Schjødt is one of very few firms providing specialist petroleum taxation services. Our tax specialists work closely with our other teams such as Real Estate, M&A and Litigation.

Our services include

Strategic restructuring planning and designing optimal tax structures
Sale, acquisition, mergers, spin-off's, IPO's and refinancing of companies
Surveying the accounting and equity effects of transactions
General and specialised corporate tax compliance, including petroleum and shipping taxation
Transfer pricing
National and international personal taxation
Executive and employee remuneration and incentive schemes
Succession planning and inheritance taxation
VAT
Customs and excise duties
Tax audit and tax disputes
Litigation