Tax
Europe Guide 2024 : Norway
Band 2
About
Provided by Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
Schjødt combines first-class advice with broad commercial understanding. Their 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. Their work includes tax disputes, including Supreme Court judgments.
Schjødt advises national and foreign clients establishing or doing business in Norway, including energy and offshore industry, pharmaceuticals, utilities, technology, property, trade, and extractive industry investors. They have a significant market share advising multinational investors, including private equity and venture capital.
Schjødt is one of the very few firms providing specialist petroleum taxation services. Their tax specialists work closely with other teams in real estate, M&A, and litigation.
Schjødt's tax 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 specialized 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
Chambers Review
Advokatfirmaet Schjødt has an active tax department with established transactional and litigation capabilities. It is well placed to advise on a range of tax matters including corporate restructuring mandates, VAT and tax-efficient transaction structuring. The practice also offers expertise in tax planning and transfer pricing issues, with clients stemming from a variety of sectors including oil and gas, technology, real estate and finance.
Work Highlights
- Schjødt's tax team advised Cermaq Group on its response to the newly introduced resource rent tax on aquaculture.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I'm extremely happy with their ability to handle multinational matters. They have strong professionals with the ability to communicate complex legal matters to non-legal executives."
"The team is very responsive, reliable and efficient, demonstrating a proactive approach."
"I'm extremely happy with their ability to handle multinational matters. They have strong professionals with the ability to communicate complex legal matters to non-legal executives."
"The team is very responsive, reliable and efficient, demonstrating a proactive approach."
Notable Practitioners
Cecilie Amdahl provides support to clients on income matters and transfer pricing issues. She is particularly active in the shipping sector.
"Cecilie has great depth, oversight and cleverness in her analysis and communication with all involved. She has a strategic approach."
Morten Sandli heads the practice from the firm's office in Oslo, advising on restructurings and transfer pricing issues. His clients include professional and financial services clients.
"Morten's legal advice is always delivered in a short timescale, with easy to understand explanations. He provides good solutions to protect us with a pragmatic approach."
"Morten is an outstanding resource and is very committed to our success. He converts complex tax matters into easily accessible information. He combines proactiveness, reliability and detail with commercial insights to clients."
Ranked Lawyers at
Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
Norway
Members
Provided by Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
Hugo P. Matre
Jana Katarina Johnsen
Morten Platou
Head of Department
Olav K. Eidsaa
Trond Larsen
Clients
Provided by Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
AF Gruppen ASA
Aberdeen Asset Management
Aker BioMarine ASA
Albright Capital Management
Attica Exploration AS
Cognite AS
DNB
Dolphin Drilling AS
Entra ASA
FMC Technology
Fredensborg AS
Magnora ASA
Morrow Bank ASA
Morrow Batteries ASA
Neptune Energy Norge AS
Nykode Therapeutics
Petrolia SE
Polaris Media ASA
Prosafe SE
SLB
Seetee AS
Tietoevry