▁of ▁a ▁civil ▁case ▁brought ▁by ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁tax ▁authority ▁SK AT , ▁Shah ’ s ▁law y ers ▁rejected ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁against ▁him . ▁A ▁ 2 0 4 - page ▁defence ▁statement ▁said : ▁“ S olo ▁Capital ▁Part ners , ▁Mr ▁Shah ’ s ▁firm , ▁provided ▁clear ing ▁services ▁for ▁clients ▁to ▁eng age ▁in ▁law ful ▁and ▁legit imate ▁trad ing ▁strateg ies ▁that ▁were ▁conducted ▁at ▁all ▁times ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁Dan ish ▁law : ▁doing ▁so ▁was ▁neither ▁d ish on est ▁nor ▁un law ful . ▁“ This ▁case ▁has ▁caused ▁significant ▁embar rass ment ▁to ▁Sk at ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁government ▁generally , ▁particularly ▁because ▁divid end ▁ar bit rage ▁trad ing ▁is ▁a ▁widely ▁known ▁and ▁wh olly ▁legit imate ▁trad ing ▁strategy . ▁“ Other ▁European ▁govern ments ▁have ▁taken ▁steps ▁to ▁limit ▁such ▁trad ing ▁activity . ▁Sk at ▁is ▁attempting ▁ret ros pect ively ▁to ▁am end ▁Dan ish ▁fis cal ▁law ▁and ▁to ▁cover ▁up ▁or ▁rem edy ▁Sk at ’ s ▁earlier ▁failure ▁to ▁limit ▁such ▁trad ing ▁activity ▁and ▁thereby ▁attack ▁the ▁defend ants , ▁who ▁have ▁done ▁nothing ▁d ish on est ▁nor ▁il leg it imate .” ▁▁ ▁Shah ▁has ▁recognized ▁from ▁the ▁out set ▁that ▁his ▁Solo ▁companies ▁helped ▁to ▁raise ▁more ▁than ▁D K K ▁ 8 ▁billion ▁from ▁Den mark ▁in ▁this ▁regard . ▁But ▁he ▁has ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁everything ▁was ▁legal , ▁and ▁has ▁made