Ebbe Melchior is Partner, Board Member and Head of Tax at Grant Thornton Denmark.
With more than 35 years’ experience, Ebbe advises owner-managed businesses and SMEs across a wide range of industries. He combines deep technical expertise with a practical, commercial approach that helps clients navigate complex tax challenges and achieve their strategic objectives.
Ebbe specializes in both domestic and international tax advisory services and has significant experience of:
- Corporate and business taxation, tax planning and optimization
- Restructuring (domestic and cross-border)
- Ownership transfers and succession planning for owner-managed businesses
- Employee incentive schemes and remuneration models
- Tax aspects of M&A transactions
- Property investments and R&D activities
Over the years, Ebbe has served on the editorial board of Karnov and is the author of “Hovedaktionæren”.
Sector experience
Ebbe has extensive experience advising clients across a diverse range of sectors, both in Denmark and internationally, including:
- Service and manufacturing industries
- Property investment and real estate
- Software, intellectual property and technology
- Medico and Life Sciences
- R&D and innovation-driven companies
- Transport and tonnage-taxed businesses
- Owner-managed businesses and SMEs
- Foundations and associations
Qualifications
- Member of the Tax Policy Committee, Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk Erhverv)
- Member of the Board of Grant Thornton Denmark
- Chairman of the Board, Mobako P/S
- Member of the Board, Rishøjgaard P/S
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Copenhagen
- Masters in Tax, University of Copenhagen
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