International & Cross-Border Capabilities | Global

Accura has a transaction-oriented practice with strong experience of cross-border matters involving Denmark and the Nordic region. It excels across M&A, financing and capital markets, with strong groups specialised in competition and tax providing an impressive suite of transactional expertise. Recent work has seen the law firm representing foreign investors and global companies in mergers, acquisitions and divestments of Danish targets, and its strong real estate practice also attracts work involving pan-European property portfolio investments and cross-border financing.

Gorrissen Federspiel is one of the leading full-service law firms in Denmark and has a strong reputation for international work. It has a strong focus on advising Danish-headquartered clients on outbound work, taking advantage of relationships with top-end law firms in other jurisdictions. The law firm is often engaged in either a local or a co-counsel role on cross-border matters and demonstrates particular skill in coordinating Danish law-governed cases with international aspects. It houses UK-qualified individuals in Copenhagen who can support the team on English law-governed cases in cooperation with international law firms.

Kromann Reumert is marked out as an elite practice in Denmark which is considered a strong choice for international work due to its high reputation and experience on high-end matters. The law firm's typical role is acting for Danish clients with global business operations on larger multi-jurisdictional matters, often representing its clients in a lead or co-counsel role and partnering with other leading independent and international firms. The law firm has a UK office supporting clients with cross-border issues involving both UK and Danish law. The law firm is also a member of the Lex Mundi network, giving it a plethora of high-quality international connections to call upon.

An independent Danish law firm with an outstanding reputation across a wide range of practice areas, Plesner has a well-reputed international offering in both transactional and contentious areas. The law firm typically serves an even balance of Danish clients with outbound commercial activity and regional and international players as Danish counsel on inbound investments. It has a good network of relationships with foreign law firms and often coordinates matters in conjunction with those firms in a lead role on matters which span the Nordic region, Europe and beyond. Its bench strength in Danish matters also makes it a good local partner for international law firms.

With its deep bench strength in Denmark and a global network of relationship firms, Bech-Bruun is often instructed by international clients and foreign law firms on cross-border matters in Denmark. The law firm advises on a consistent flow of inbound work, often appearing in a co-counsel role with international law firms on multi-jurisdictional cases. The law firm also has capacity to advise Danish companies on outbound work and foreign investments, and its membership of the legal networks World Law Group, Taxand and TerraLex further contributes to the law firm's ability to pull in connections to assist with international work.

The law firm's strong track record of acting on high-profile, cross-border disputes includes representing Danish banks in the investigation of financial transactions in foreign markets and acting for international clients before the Danish Energy Board of Appeal in landmark energy disputes. It also has a good cross-border transactional practice, particularly in relation to multi-jurisdictional real estate portfolios.

Large international law firms with an on-the-ground presence in Denmark have traditionally been rare; however, DLA Piper has challenged that trend during recent years, by entering the market through a merger with an established Danish practice, LETT Law Firm. The practice now has a unique offering in the market, combining an expansive global presence with well-reputed practices in the USA and the UK and across Europe, Asia and Latin America, with a longstanding reputation for local Danish law expertise. DLA's coverage of the Nordic region, with reputable teams in Sweden, Finland and Norway as well as Denmark, also creates an attractive platform for clients.

Horten is an independent law firm with a broad Danish law practice, though it attracts the most praise internationally for its work in the transactional arena. The law firm has a strong history of advising clients alongside international firms, and most of its international activity centres on being Danish law counsel of choice on inbound work, praised for bringing an understanding of foreign market practices when acting on Danish aspects of multi-jurisdictional projects, and for international clients investing in Denmark.