Tax
Europe Guide 2024 : Norway
Band 3
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+47 23 89 40 00About
Provided by Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
Our tax practice assists Norwegian and multinational companies in connection with acquisitions and restructurings. We have worked on several of the largest transactions in Norway in the last years, and are regularly instructed by large international companies in cross-border transactions.
Our tax lawyers have close to 40 years of experience from being partners in PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is unique among the full-service law firms. In addition they have substantial in-house industry experience.
Our tax department is on a regular basis retained by leading international law firms.
We regularly advice on a broad range of tax structuring and transfer pricing matters, for Norwegian multinationals investing abroad and foreign companies investing in Norway. We work closely both with the our transaction teams, including tax due diligence, as well as our banking and finance teams and law firms in other countries. Regulation of tax in acquisition agreements has generally become increasingly complex and is particularly acute in the oil and gas sector. We also handle several large and complex cases/disputes regarding company tax, petroleum tax, tonnage tax and VAT.
Several of our lawyers are Admitted to the Supreme Court of Norway. We have acted as co-defence counsel in the Norway’s largest tax dispute ever and in 2014 we were nominated by International Tax Review as “European Tax Disputes Firm of the year”.
Chambers Review
Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma regularly advises leading domestic and international clients, with a focus on transactional tax issues, as well as tax litigation. The firm is also active in areas such as tax structuring and transfer pricing, with experience in the real estate, oil and gas, shipping and finance sectors. It further assists with issues relating to property tax and VAT.
Work Highlights
- Arntzen de Besche advised GoFundMe on the tax and VAT implications of its activities in Norway.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I find them knowledgeable and receive balanced responses. I collaborate with them in a way similar to a colleague, on a seamless basis."
"I find them knowledgeable and receive balanced responses. I collaborate with them in a way similar to a colleague, on a seamless basis."
Notable Practitioners
Eyvind Sandvik heads the practice from the firm's office in Oslo and routinely advises on international taxation matters and restructurings. He additionally handles transfer pricing as well as tonnage tax disputes.
"Eyvind has been important in terms of our dialogue with the tax authorities."
"Eyvind acts as if he was part of our internal team, understands our expectations and adapts his responses to match our client's needs."
Ranked Lawyers at
Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
Norway
Industries
Provided by Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
Aviation
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Oil & Gas
Real Estate
Shipping