Malene Overgaard is a tax partner with 25 years of tax experience gained at leading law firms in Denmark and Big Four accounting firms. She joined Schjødt’s Copenhagen office three years ago. Her primary area of practice spans a broad range of Danish and international tax law, including M&A taxation and tax structuring. She has extensive experience advising on tax-exempt restructurings and tax domiciliation for both companies and individuals. Her experience also encompasses issues relating to majority shareholders and the transfer of tax residence, as well as employer obligations, cross-border employee taxation and social security. Malene specialises in business succession — both for private enterprises and corporations — covering the tax and legal dimensions and has advised on numerous successions of large family-owned businesses with valuations of up to DKK 730 million and turnovers ranging from DKK 80 million to DKK 2.2 billion.

Malene Overgaard is a tax partner with 25 years of tax experience gained at leading law firms in Denmark and Big Four accounting firms. She joined Schjødt’s Copenhagen office three years ago. Her primary area of practice spans a broad range of Danish and international tax law, including M&A taxation and tax structuring. She has extensive experience advising on tax-exempt restructurings and tax domiciliation for both companies and individuals. Her experience also encompasses issues relating to majority shareholders and the transfer of tax residence, as well as employer obligations, cross-border...

Publications

Corporate Tax and Tax Controversy Law Guide

Co-author of the Denmark - Market Insights and Denmark chapters in the Corporate Tax and Tax Controversy Law Guide , published 22 September 2026 , alongside Frederik Dahlstrøm .