EXPERIENCE
Anne Becker-Christensen focuses on corporate tax law and has considerable experience as a corporate tax advisor to Danish and multinational groups. She has been involved in a large number of acquisitions, reorganizations and cross-border transactions. Anne also has considerable knowledge and experience within in the area of EU tax law.
Anne’s past experience includes working as a corporate tax advisor with PwC and working as a legal officer at the Danish Tax Tribunal.
RECENT REFERENCES
- Prevailed in a tax case before the Danish courts concerning an employer’s liability for Danish expat tax
- Prevailed in tax case before the Danish courts concerning recovery of Danish dividend tax levied in breach in EU Law
- Prevailed in tax dispute with the Danish tax authorities concerning imposition of withholding tax on Danish sourced interest payments
- Prevailed in tax dispute with the Danish tax authorities concerning imposition of withholding tax on Danish sourced dividend payments
- Assisting multinational in an international reorganization
- Advising multinational on residence taxation exposure for foreign based entity
- Assisting multinational in migrating Danish company to another EU member state
RANKINGS
- 'Commended for incredible theoretical insight', Chambers Europe 2011
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, Copenhagen, 2011
- Senior Associate, Bech-Bruun lawfirm, Copenhagen, 2003 - 2011
- Corporate tax advisor, PwC 2000 - 2003
- Legal officer, National Danish Tax Tribunal, 1998 - 2000
- Admitted to the New York State Bar, 2000
- LLM, University of Washington, USA, 1997
- Master of Laws (cand.jur), University of Copenhagen, 1995
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
Tax Planning International 2013 volume 40, number 4 -> APRIL 2013
Tax Management International - Forum, volume 33, number 1, March 2012.
- Taxation by Denmark of Interest Income Realized by a Foreign Person,
- The fiscal conception of negligence - Liability for unpaid withholding taxes on dividends and interest payments, SU 2012
Tax Notes International 2011
- Tax Notes International 2011
- Taxation of dividends and interest - Reflections on the issue of tax payer identification, hearing obligations and time limitations SU 2011.370
- Liability for unpaid withholding taxes on dividends, SU 2010.386
- Co-author of The Danish section of International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation's loose-leaf publications on taxation holding companies