Tax

Our Tax group assists Norwegian and non-Norwegian clients with tax advice and tax litigation. Our specialists within tax and VAT focus on building strong and lasting client relations.

Although our clients represent many industries we have a particular expertise related to energy – including renewables, offshore, technology and real estate. Our assistance covers all tax issues and in particular corporate tax, including the special tax regimes for petroleum, shipping and power production, international tax, transfer pricing – including MAP and APA, transactions and restructuring. When needed we benefit from a global network of CMS tax advisors, including a TPs practice in Paris with more than 200 specialists applying all recognized databases for determining and documenting group internal prices.

We assist with structuring and planning in transactions and are regularly a part of CMS’/CMS Kluge’s team assisting with transactions and listings. This includes compensation- and incentive models etc. as well as drafting and negotiation of tax clause and tax opinions.

For decades we have litigated a large number of tax cases, including a number of land-mark cases before the Supreme Court, covering a.o. transfer pricing, relations between owner and company and the borderline tax avoidance/evasion. We are normally engaged on the administrative appeal level, which we find important in order to prepare the case for a possible court suit.

We are committed to providing specific and practical advice based on commercial understanding that creates value for our clients.