AI Issue 8 2017

Acquisition International - August 2017 27 Leading Adviser 2017 Awards: Leading Tax Adviser of the Year - Sweden have consequences. Svalner has a VAT department with broad expertise and long experience in most sectors. Good VAT advice demands knowledge of the industry, since it is necessary to understand the market in which the customer operates. The team help businesses to navigate and meet their obligations in the field of VAT and other indirect taxes (including advertising tax, alcohol tax and energy taxes). The variety of issues that the firm can help clients with are listed below: • Advice on transactions and restructuring • Mapping and analysis of flows of goods and services • Reducing VAT costs • Preventative steps to improve and rationalise VAT procedures • Rationalising processes for reporting and internal control • VAT representatives for foreign enterprises Svalner’s M&A and Private Equity Group offers expert advice covering all aspects of M&A deals and fund structuring. It has ample experience of complex deals, from both the adviser and the client perspective. The range of services includes: • Fund structuring • Acquisition and exit structuring • Tax due diligence • M&A insurance • Management participation programmes and incentive programmes • Ownership issues • Portfolio company management • Day-to-day advice Svalner offers tailored, tax-optimised transfer pricing models for international companies. For instance, what is the right price to charge for services supplied by a group company in Sweden to one elsewhere? The professionals at the firm have wide-ranging experience of the highly specific tax rules involved in these cases and are able to help with: • Implementing and structuring transfer pricing principles • Preparing tailored documentation • Benchmarking • Preparing intra-group agreements • Valuing intangibles • Financial solutions and models