Karin Attorps

Partner
Lawyer
Karin Attorps
Location
Stockholm
Services

Karin Attorps has since 2000 been working as tax advisor and tax lawyer, with previous experience from both a business law firm and a Big 4 firm. Karin advises corporate clients, Swedish as well as foreign multinationals, regarding corporate income tax matters, tax controversy and advance tax ruling procedures. She advises on a wide range of tax matters focusing on tax structuring, often with a cross-border element, transaction related tax issues and spin-offs, refinancing, tax matters in relation to IPOs and other public offerings. Karin further advises on tax matters regarding incentive schemes and assists with review of corporate income tax returns. Her vast experience includes corporate clients from various sectors ranging from real estate to medicine technology, including aircraft, consumer, energy, finance, industrial manufacturing, pharmacy, private equity and telecom. The clients are mainly larger companies, but her experience also includes government- and municipality owned companies as well as founder-led companies and non-profit organizations.

Karin takes an active part in the Swedish tax community and is the vice chairman of the International Chambers of Commerce's (ICC) Swedish tax committee and member of the editorial committee of the tax journal SkatteNytt.

Qualifications
Professional background
Partner, Advokatfirma DLA Piper Sweden KB
2022-
Partner, EY
2018-2021
Partner, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå
2008-2018
Associate/Senior Associate, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå
2000-2007
Visiting lawyer, Wiggin and Dana L.L.P NYC
2004
Education
LL.M, Uppsala University
1995-2000
International Relations, Business law, Constitutional law, Ocean law, University of Miami
1998-1999
French, Université de la Sorbonne
1995
Membership
Member of the Swedish Bar Association 2005 - 2018 (resigned when joined the audit firm EY) and since 2022
Experience
Selected experience
Advising corporate clients from various sectors ranging from real estate to medicine technology, including aircraft, consumer, energy, finance, industrial manufacturing, pharmacy, private equity and telecom
Representing mainly larger companies, but her experience also includes government- and municipality owned companies as well as founder-led companies and non-profit organizations
Ranking
Legal 500
Ranked in Legal 500 in Tax 2023
Chambers
Ranked in Chambers Europe in Tax 2024
ITR World Tax

Named Highly Regarded by ITR World Tax 2023

Euromoney's Women in Business Law
One of the world's leading female practitioners in tax