Ståle is a tax partner in the Oslo office and is Head of International Corporate Tax in the law firm PwC Norway. He has more than 20 years of experience as a tax lawyer and is highly specialized in international and domestic corporate tax, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), international tax planning, transfer pricing and domestic-/cross border restructuring.
He is a well-regarded tax advisor for many multinationals in different industries and he also assists private equity clients in acquisition and sales structuring, buy-side/sell side tax due diligence and post deal services on a regular basis. Ståle is Attorney-at-Law and has a law degree from the University of Oslo (1995). He was admitted to the Bar in 2005.
Ståle is recognized as a notable tax advisor in Norway by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and International Tax Review. He was recognized as a leading individual in Norway together with 5 other individuals by Legal 500 in 2022. Ståle is also a regular guest writer of tax topics in one of the largest financial newspapers in Norway. As an example Ståle has assisted several multinational clients in business restructuring and IP migration projects.
Among other things, he is currently engaged in a dispute with the Norwegian tax authorities in a tax audit where a multinational group was challenged by the Norwegian tax authorities following a transfer of IP (“ramp-down”) from Norway to the UK after an acquisition of two Norwegian companies.
