Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson
Ingólfur Örn Ingólfsson specialises in corporation tax, focusing particularly on mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, transactional risk insurance (W&I) and disputes with the Danish Tax Agency.
Ingólfur acts for a wide variety of Danish and international companies, private equity funds and real estate funds. He advises on all aspects of tax law in connection with the sale and purchase of enterprises, including due diligence, structuring and negotiation as well as the drafting of sale and purchase agreements and transfer agreements.
He also advises on the recovery of Danish withholding tax and regularly provides trusted advice in that respect to one of Europe’s major pension funds. Moreover, Ingólfur provides assistance to international clients in relation to their Danish branches.
Finally, he acts for a number of clients in tax disputes with the Danish Tax Agency.
In addition, Ingólfur is an editor at Karnov (the leading provider of compilations of Danish statutes) and acts as a liaison on citizens’ legal inquiries for the Embassy of Iceland in Copenhagen.
The Danish Lawyers’ Tax Law Association
- Ingólfur provided tax advice to European residential real estate investor Heimstaden in connection with Heimstaden’s EUR 9.1bn acquisition of Akelius' total property portfolio.
- Ingólfur acted for German real estate investment manager Patrizia on the EUR 52m acquisition of Danish outlet village Ringsted Outlet. Ingólfur advised on all aspects of tax law, due diligence and structuring and provided SPA assistance.
- Ingólfur regularly acts for some of Europe’s major pension funds and banks, providing trusted advice regarding the recovery of Danish withholding tax.
Senior Associate, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2024
Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2023
Assistant Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2021-2023
Assistant Attorney, Lundgrens, 2020-2021
Consultant and Senior Consultant, Deloitte, 2016-2020
Editor, Karnov (the leading provider of compilations of Danish statutes), since 2021
Liaison on citizens’ legal inquiries, the Embassy of Iceland in Copenhagen, since 2020