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Europe Denmark Corporate/M&A

This section relates to transactions involving different companies, corporate governance, corporate restructuring, shareholder issues. This broad category covers both public company and private equity (including venture capital) matters. The chapter includes company acquisitions, dispositions and capitalisations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements, securities and governance matters. Also covers those transactions designed to help restructuring within companies and their subsidiaries by change of ownership. Priority is placed on primary representatives, those acting for buyers and sellers, whilst those acting for financial advisors, underwriters and the banks financing such transactions are also considered.

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Band 1
  1. Accura Advokatpartnerselskab
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    Accura Advokatpartnerselskab
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Accura houses a market-leading M&A practice, offering first-class advice to an impressive roster of clients, including several from the financial and manufacturing sectors. The team assists both domestic and international corporations with cross-border mandates involving acquisitions and divestments. The lawyers have particular experience acting for international private equity investors on the acquisition of Danish companies. Many of the firm's transactions have a strong focus on deals between the Nordic countries.
  2. Gorrissen Federspiel
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    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 1 |
    The team is recognised as an impressive department with notable experience, advising on high-profile public M&A. The team overlaps with the firm's capital markets team to assist clients with ECM transactions. It offers additional experience in handling distressed asset transactions and is well equipped to handle large-scale business disposals and demergers. The firm works with an impressive roster of international and domestic companies hailing from the energy, financial and retail sectors.
  3. Kromann Reumert
    1
    Kromann Reumert
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Kromann Reumert is an exceptional practice, advising international and domestic clients on multi-jurisdictional and regional deals. Its combined M&A and ECM practice covers large projects as well as mid-sized transactions. It also advises on due diligence processes, divestments and SPA agreements. The team represents clients in the financial, manufacturing and life sciences sectors.
  4. Plesner
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    Plesner
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 1 |
    Plesner is an excellent firm with an outstanding corporate practice, particularly focusing on transactional cross-border mandates. It handles a high volume of complex deals which often involve major domestic corporations and international investors. The team is well versed in handling public M&A and ECM mandates, acting for issuers and bookrunners on private placements as well as public tenders. It also advises on corporate structures, providing a full-service offering in transaction-related practice areas such as employment and competition law.
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Band 2
  1. Bech-Bruun
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    Bech-Bruun
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 2 |
    The team at Bech-Bruun is well regarded and particularly active in the private equity sphere. It advises on M&A across a range of industries such as energy, manufacturing, financial services, technology and retail. Public M&A is another area of expertise, given its experience in public tender offers. The firm acts for a notable client base on issues that frequently involve international elements.
  2. Bruun & Hjejle
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    Bruun & Hjejle
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 2 |
    The team is a respected corporate team handling mergers and acquisitions. It has notable expertise in assisting private equity firms with transactions. The team also receives instructions from banks and corporates from technological and energy industries on acquisitions and divestments. Offers additional expertise in public M&A matters.
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Band 3
  1. DLA Piper Denmark
    3
    DLA Piper Denmark
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 3 |
    DLA Piper houses an active corporate team advising domestic and international clients on acquisitions, sales and reinvestments. It is knowledgeable in small and mid-cap transactions as well as private equity deals. It often acts for corporates from the manufacturing and TMT sectors and works alongside the firm's competition team on transactional mandates.
  2. Horten
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    Horten
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Horten offers a well-regarded team, and is particularly experienced in corporate work involving the energy, manufacturing and IT sectors. It advises on a broad range of transactions, representing Danish and international companies, as well as private equity firms. The firm also counts many Danish municipalities among its clients. The firm acts on mergers, acquisitions and asset sales, and has experience advising clients on strategic investments.
  3. Lundgrens
    3
    Lundgrens
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Lundgrens has a strong profile in small and mid-market M&A transactions, often with cross-border considerations. Typical clients include both domestic and multinational private and listed companies, venture capital and private equity funds. It is active on deals involving the IT, engineering and energy industries. The firm also advises companies on divestments and investments.
  4. Moalem Weitemeyer
    3
    Moalem Weitemeyer
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 3 |
    The team at Moalem Weitemeyer is a well-established corporate practice that acts for domestic and international clients hailing from the technology, logistics and life science sectors. It handles sales and acquisitions for Danish and international private equity firms. It is also well placed to handle mergers and divestments.
  5. Poul Schmith
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    Poul Schmith
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 3 |
    The team at Poul Schmith is well regarded for its work on acquisitions, divestments and mergers. It assists clients with all the stages of corporate transactions, from negotiations through to commercial agreements, including investment and transactions. The firm is well placed to handle cross-border mandates and advises both private and public sector clients. The team is active in private equity-driven deals.
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Band 4
  1. Mazanti-Andersen
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    Mazanti-Andersen
    Corporate/M&A
    2023 | Band 4 |
    Mazanti-Andersen is an established team, handling mid-market transactions, investments and acquisitions for its clients. It is experienced at handling fund work, including fund closing. The team represents clients within a variety of sectors including manufacturing, life sciences, IT and retail.