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Banking & Finance

Denmark

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Provided by Jacob Nygaard

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Jacob is a partner in Plesner's Banking and Finance team. As a leading practitioner, he has been involved in a wide range of financing matters, including commercial real estate transactions (residential, logistic, hotel, and development projects), complex national and cross-border M&A transactions, financing public M&A transactions, fund financings (including subscription facilities, NAV facilities, and hybrid credit facilities), asset finance (ships and aircraft), and energy and infrastructure projects involving conventional energy (oil), new energy (PV and wind), district cooling systems, and transportation.

Jacob also has great experience in receivable and supply chain finance, inventory finance, financial restructuring, and non-performing loans. He provides guidance on debt structuring, senior and mezzanine facilities, Danish mortgage credit facilities, intercreditor agreements, security agreements, bond documentation, and receivables purchase agreements.

He has for the past over 15 years advised a broad range of major Danish and international lenders (including banks, debt funds, and pension funds), private equity funds, and industrial clients on financing and strategic transactions, both national and cross-border.

Jacob has a Master's degree in Law from the University of Copenhagen. He has previously worked at Danske Bank and Saxo Bank and as a deputy judge at the Maritime and Commercial High Court.

Jacob's engagement in a broad array of complex matters is based on a strong team effort by Plesner's Banking and Finance team. Lawyers from other Plesner teams are often involved to ensure that we come up with the best solutions possible. Clients ask for assistance from Jacob and the Banking and Finance team because of their strong commercial understanding combined with their ability to provide focused and carefully considered advice.

Plesner's Banking and Finance team is a leading adviser on banking and finance law in Denmark. We participate in the largest transactions, and our clients include the market's key players. Our specialists span all areas, including lending and debt capital market transactions, structured finance and derivatives, financial regulation, and financial restructuring.

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Banking & Finance - Denmark

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Jacob Nygaard frequently acts for prominent banks on cross-border transactions, including syndicated lending. He regularly advises on acquisition and real estate finance mandates, as well as refinancing deals.

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