The Legal 500

Bech-Bruun advises on secondary rights issues, share transactions and compliance. Søren Meisling, Regina Andersen and Peter Lyck represented the issuers on the successful IPO and listing of global bioscience company Chr Hansen Holding. Jørgen Reimer Jensen and Trine Damsgaard Vissing advised joint lead managers Nordea and SEB Enskilda on the Bavarian Nordic rights issue. On the debt side, Jensen acted on derivatives and fund raising, notably on the Norwegian and South American markets. Steen Jensen advised Amagerbanken on restructuring financial products.

Clients recommend Gorrissen Federspiel’s ‘first-class’ team. Klaus Søgaard wins praise for his ‘experience and high standard of work’, and Rikke Schiøtt Petersen advised the managers in the Chr Hansen Holding IPO. Tomas Haagen Jensen assisted the issuer in Jyske Bank’s DKK1.2bn rights issue. Finn Møller advised the issuer in DFDS’s DKK2.6bn transaction which involved a directed issue to the seller and a rights issue to existing shareholders. Henrik Thouber and Camilla Collet acted for the issuer in Jeudan’s DKK1bn rights issue.

Kromann Reumert ‘covers all areas in-depth’, representing Danish banks and corporate clients including Carlsberg and A P Møller-Mærsk. The team advised Danske Markets on Jeudan’s €132m rights issue; assisted Bavarian Nordic with a €42.26m rights issue; advised NeuroSearch on a €55.9m fully subscribed rights issue and advised TDC on the sale of its 64% shareholding in Invitel Holdings. Leading lawyers include ‘strong lawyer and forceful negotiator’ Christian Lundgren, Marianne Philip, Jørgen Kjergaard Madsen, Henrik Møgelmose, and Christina Bruun Geertsen.

Plesner’s ‘hardworking’ team, headed by Jørgen Permin, advised DONG Energy on its two €1bn bond series. Thomas Holst Laursen, ‘a tough negotiator with good business acumen’ and the universally respected Jacob Bier advised Swedbank in connection with its placing of shares. Bier also acted for A P Moller-Maersk in its investment in DFDS. Christian Kjølbye and his team assisted Mid-Europa Partners, and its lead counsel Shearman & Sterling LLP, in the conditional acquisition of TDC’s 65.66% stake in Invitel Holding. Birgitte Schøtt Knudsen leads a dedicated group that advises on derivatives, securitisations and structured capital markets products.

Clients appreciate Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s ‘pragmatic, entrepreneurial’ team. Lateral hires Jesper Schultz Larsen and Morten Jensen from Rønne & Lundgren are advising Ossur on its dual listing and DKK150m share issue. Poul Jagd Mogensen assisted Pandora with its €1.5bn IPO. Thomas Weincke and ‘excellent, thorough’ Karsten Pedersen are advising SEB Enskilda as arranger in the H+H International DKK470m rights issue and the Nordicom DKK100m share issue respectively.

At Bruun & Hjejle, Mogens Ebeling and Gitte Dehn Lansner10344 represented SEB Enskilda as sole lead manager in Cimber Sterling Group’s IPO. Lansner also represented the sole lead manager in Topsil Semiconductors’ rights offering. ‘Skilled, experienced negotiator’ Henrik Rossing Lønberg advised Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN on a €95m accelerated book-built share offering. Karsten Havkrog Pedersen, Karsten Kristoffersen and Caroline Stjernstrøm Nielsen advised Arbejdernes Landsbank on a $500m guaranteed senior unsecured notes offering. Henning Aasmul-Olsen joined from Danske Bank.

Lett Law Firm recruited Søren Brinkmann from Eversheds Advokataktieselskab, who wins plaudits for his ‘thorough, in-depth advice and international standards’. Group head Finn Overgaard and Ulrik Bangsbo Hansen represented PARKEN Sport & Entertainment in its DKK148m public offering. Kim Høibye is a recognised ‘authority on fund law, delivering high-quality service’, to Nykredit and Nordea Invest. Company law specialist Søren Jenstrup is recommended.

Hans Christian Pape leads Horten’s ‘responsive, business-minded’ team. Jim Oeksnebjerg advises on venture capital deals, including private placements for PhotoSolar, BioMonitor and Aquaporin. Jakob Kornerup advised Unity Technology on a cross-border venture capital investment by Sequoia Capital. Lise Lotte Hjerrild is ‘well-organised, capable, and quick to understand the issues’. Nicolai Horten, Nicolai Thorsted and Torsten Hoffmeyer are also recommended.

Marlene Winther Plas at Lind Cadovius advises Danish and international financial institutions and enterprises on bond and share issues.

At Moalem Weitemeyer Bendtsen, the ‘strategic, pragmatic and ethical’ Dan Moalem, the ‘commercial, eminently trustworthy’ Claus Molbech Bendtsen and ‘diligent, responsive’ Christian Nielsen advised Kiwi Deposit Holdings on a mandatory takeover bid and Johnson & Johnson on a milestone R&D agreement. Lateral hire Christoffer Galbo from Kromann Reumert wins praise for his ‘excellent commercial and financial sense’.

At Nielsen Nørager, Morten Eldrup-Jørgensen11111 performed a verification of the prospectus published in connection with the Columbus IT Partner shares issue, and assisted Sunstone Capital with its take over of the administration of biotech funds previously managed by Bank Invest.

At Philip Law Firm, Henning Hansen’s clients include Netop Solutions and Realkredit Danmark.

Lars Petersen at Rønne & Lundgren’s clients include banks and listed companies.