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.

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.

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.

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.