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Poul Erik Lytken heads Accura's Direct & Indirect Taxes Team.
Poul Erik advises domestic and international businesses on VAT and tax matters, including in particular taxation of group and owner structures. He has vast experience of providing advice e.g. to international investors in connection with reorganisations, acquisitions and divestments in Denmark.
Poul Erik was previously employed with the Danish Ministry of Taxation, and he is renowned for being a very trustworthy advisor with an extremely detailed knowledge.
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Poul Erik Lytken is able to solve complicated issues in a timely manner. Poul Erik always ensures that all aspects are considered in order to provide the best possible tax advice. He has a unique ability to remain calm and provide good service even in hectic periods.
Tax - Legal 500‘Poul Erik Lytken has great industry knowledge and is without doubt a rising star in the market of corporate tax. He is heading Accura’s tax team with great expertise and is key to the success of Accura’s corporate practice.’
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken is always helpful, accessible and good at solving problems. You feel in safe hands when you involve Poul Erik Lytken.’
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Poul Erik Lytken offers significant experience in transaction-related tax advice, including VAT aspects. He offers further experience representing clients in disputes concerning exemption issues. He is described as "excellent" by commentators.
Tax - Chambers & Partners"Poul Erik Lytken is no longer just a big talent. He is now among the top three tax practitioners from my perspective. He is creative and fast thinking and at the same time very likable and easy to work together with. Due to the significant number of M&A deals running through Accura, Poul Erik has seen a much different structure and is both excellent from a theoretical and practical perspective."
Tax - Legal 500"Poul Erik Lytken is a rising star in the Danish tax market."
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken offers strength in transactions-related tax advice, including VAT aspects. He offers further experience representing clients in disputes concerning exemption issues. He is praised for his pragmatism, with one client noting that he provides "very solution-oriented and flexible advice," and adds: "He does not make things more complicated than necessary and is very reliable."
Tax - Chambers & PartnersPoul Erik Lytken is always helpful, accessible and good at solving problems. You feel in safe hands when you involve Poul Erik Lytken.’
Tax - Legal 500‘I know Poul Erik Lytken to be a particularly strong, pragmatic and commercially minded tax partner.’
Tax - Legal 500‘Poul Erik Lytken and his team is outstanding and market leaders within tax. The team have been involved in a number of high-end transactions over the years and the team serves market-leading private equity clients with (often) very complex corporate structures which require high-end expertise on the tax side.’
Tax - Legal 500‘Poul Erik Lytken has great industry knowledge and is without doubt a rising star in the market of corporate tax. He is heading Accura’s tax team with great expertise and is key to the success of Accura’s corporate practice.’
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken is able to solve complicated issues in a timely manner. Poul Erik always ensures that all aspects are considered in order to provide the best possible tax advice. He has a unique ability to remain calm and provide good service even in hectic periods.
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken is technically skilled and a great guy to work with.
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken is a seriously clever man!
Tax - Legal 500For a young partner, Poul Erik Lytken is as good as it gets. He has broad knowledge of both tax and VAT, which is rare, which he is able to combine to find solid practical solutions to even complex matters. And he surrounds himself with a great team of talented practitioners.
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken gets my best recommendations.
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken offers strength in transactions-related tax advice, including VAT aspects and joint taxation issues. He offers further experience representing clients in disputes concerning withholding tax and exemption issues. One source describes him as "always available," adding that he has the "ability to think outside the box and create alternative solutions."
Tax - Chambers & PartnersPoul Erik Lytken is singled out as a rising star, who is extremely reliable and able to advise on even the most complex tax structures.
Tax - Legal 500Poul Erik Lytken is described by a client as "timely and very service-oriented."
Tax - Chambers & PartnersPoul Erik Lytken is identified by clients as a "very gifted rising star who delivers a high quality of work."
Tax - Chambers & PartnersPoul Erik Lytken is "very talented."
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