Taxes and duties

Taxation questions are often critical during the restructuring of a company, incentive schemes for employees, acquisitions, or the sale of all or parts of a company. Taxation issues can also be key during succession planning.

Our lawyers can assist in understanding regulations and finding suitable solutions to your challenges.

We can assist with:

• business transfers
• mergers, demergers and other equity transactions
• restructuring and reorganisation of companies
• succession planning
• incentive schemes for employees
• international employees
• international tax issues
• tax controls and tax audits
• tax complaints and tax proceedings before the courts

The team is ranked in Tier 4 by the ranking agency The Legal 500 (2024) and World Tax ranks it in Band 3 (2024) within Indirect tax, General corporate tax, Tax controversy and Transactional tax.

World Tax also notes that "Bull & Co is a versatile full-service firm with peer review endorsement. The firm advises on M&A transactions, commercial real estate, and technology with orientation in the audit and accountancy sectors. The firm assisted Arkon Energy, with the acquisition of cryptocurrency mining facility Hydrokraft AS. It also acted for Fasadgruppen with subsidiary acquisitions during a reorganisation phase."

Additionally, The Legal 500 notes in their 2024 edition that "Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS practice ‘always delivers‘ and advises on tax issues in the construction, aquaculture, real estate, technology and energy sectors. Leading the practice, Einar Heiberg is a seasoned litigator who specialises in general corporate tax, tax controversies and transactional tax work. The group also includes ‘brilliant tax lawyer‘ Jan Martin Fjellestad, who focuses on transactional tax and general corporate tax mandates, and the thorough, technical and commercial."

The Legal 500 quotes clients as follows:

"The Bull & Co tax team is great, knowledgeable, thorough and creative. The advice is very clear, and the team has very strong analytical skills. Extremely client service focused. This is a tax group that always delivers." (2024)

"Very good at solving practical tax issues. Customer intimacy is a key word." (2024)

"Solution-oriented and always available." (2024)

"Straightforward and efficient." (2024)

"One-stop shop, a law firm that prioritises the customer and can put together the expertise that ensures success in our transactions." (2024)

"Works 24/7 to ensure the customer’s success." (2024)