Tax

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