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.

The law firm is frequently chosen as an adviser to international funds and corporates that need assistance with cross-border Danish transactions, including as part of large-scale global matters. Accura also assists Danish companies with cross-border issues, particularly in the Nordic states, Germany and the UK. It benefits from offices in the US, the UK, Singapore and Japan and often acts in a co-counsel role with leading global law firms, as well as having experience of coordinating transactions across Europe.

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.

While Gorrissen Federspiel excels across a wide range of industries and practice areas, the law firm stands out in cross-border shipping transactions, where it often acts in a lead counsel role when advising domestic and international shipowners as well as private equity funds. The law firm is especially active in the Nordic countries, as well as on cases involving Germany, the UK and the USA. Its client base also includes blue-chip Danish-listed companies and regional players.

Kromann Reumert is marked out as an elite practice in Denmark which is considered a strong choice for international work due to its strong 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.

With top-notch experience in M&A, disputes, banking and finance, capital markets and restructuring matters, the law firm often assists with cross-border transactions, recently taking on large-scale and mid-sized transactions involving other Nordic jurisdictions, the USA and Germany. It operates across a range of sectors, serving multinational companies in energy, banking, private equity and technology. It also represents Scandinavian banks and funds in financing cross-border acquisitions and outbound energy projects, particularly in the offshore wind space.

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.

The law firm's clients include global companies from the pharmaceutical, technology and retail industries. Other areas of international work executed by the firm include multi-jurisdictional IP disputes and significant energy projects in the Nordics and Eastern Europe.

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.

Bech-Bruun has a prominent standing in cross-border energy matters, especially in the offshore wind space, and it has a dedicated practice group focused on international renewable energy projects in New York. The lawyers are adept at advising a mix of blue-chip local and global clients on M&A, project financing and regulatory aspects of cross-border energy projects across Europe, Asia and the USA. Clients also like to use the firm for advice on cross-border competition issues, as well as various commercial and IP matters.

Bruun & Hjejle operates with a strategic focus on real estate, M&A and dispute resolution and has built up solid experience of international issues in these areas. A top-end player in the cross-border contentious space in Denmark, the law firm stands out in international litigation, arbitration and regulatory work, assisting clients with high-profile matters in the Nordics and beyond.

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.

DLA Piper has a unique offering in the market, combining an expansive global presence with well-reputed practices in the USA, 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.

The Danish team's traditional strengths in mid-market transactions, competition law and restructuring match up well to the strengths of the firm's wider global platform. It often serves clients from the IT and financial sectors on multi-jurisdictional matters, and the team is particularly noted for its understanding of the German market in relation to the latter. Sources frequently note that the DLA Piper network has strengthened the international capacity of the Danish practice, partly due to increased exposure and experience on inbound transactions referred from the law firm's overseas offices.

HortenDahl 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.

Horten has a strong track record in mid-market M&A transactions with cross-border components, particularly those involving other Scandinavian countries and Germany. The financing team is also noted for its good understanding of international variations in loan agreements, and the law firm acts for a number of foreign European banks on complex banking transactions. Sources also mention the firm's work on complex international disputes, particularly those concerning the financial sector.

Hafnia is a boutique Danish law firm, headquartered in Copenhagen. The firm provides Danish and international clients with specialist advice on shipping and trading, insurance as well as dispute resolution. Through Hafnia's extensive international connections, the firm is able to spearhead international mandates.

The shipping team at Hafnia is renowned for advising their clients on a range of matters, including contentious issues and commercial mandates that involve multi-jurisdictional considerations. Hafnia also has experience handling liability and negligence disputes with cross-border aspects.

Located in Copenhagen, Moalem Weitemeyer is an independent law firm with a prominent corporate M&A practice. Moalem Weitemeyer advises both domestic and international private equity and investment firms on cross-border mandates. The firm also has a notable practice in disputes and investigations, enabling Moalem Weitemeyer to handle contentious multijurisdictional matters.