The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a second tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s Kim Toftgaard and Thomas Skjellerup advise on acquisition or property finance, derivatives and securitisation. Skjellerup and Susanne Harms assisted Ratos with obtaining financing from Nordea Bank Danmark for the acquisition of HusCompagniet. Skjellerup and Morten Jensen produce ‘careful work and understand clients’ needs’.

Within Capital markets, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a second tier firm,

Kim Toftgaard and Thomas Skjellerup head Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s ‘service-minded, dedicated’ team. Among recent instructions, Toftgaard advised Jyske Bank on its $8bn Euro medium term notes programme, and Jesper Schultz Larsen advised Ossur hf on its delisting from NASDAQ OMX Iceland. Morten Jensen assisted Arbejdernes Landsbank on a public offer of DKK750m tier 1 capital and DKK250m bond listing on the Irish Stock Exchange’s Global Exchange Market. Thomas Weincke and Karsten Pedersen are also recommended.

Within EU and competition, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a third tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s ‘competent, dedicated’ team is headed by Jesper Fabricius, ‘a top expert who dares to challenge the rules’, who is assisting Stofa with merger filing for its acquisition of Canal Digital Danmark’s cable TV business. Christina Heiberg-Grevy successfully represented Falck Danmark against two municipalities regarding procurement of firefighting services, and handled the merger filing for Lundbeckfond Invest and KIRKBI Invest’s joint acquisition of Falck.

Within Employment, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a third tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s practice head Anja Staugaard Jensen ‘puts herself out to meet the needs of clients’. Anne Marie Abrahamson successfully represented BMC Software regarding former employee stock options rights. The team handles transactional support and standalone matters for clients including A. P. Møller-Mærsk. Catrine Søndergaard Byrne joined Eversheds LLP.

Within Energy, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a third tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s Henrik Juul Hansen assisted Inter Pipeline Fund with the acquisition of DONG Energy’s Danish oil terminals, and senior partner Kåre Stolt advised DCC Energy on its acquisition of Gulf Denmark. Regular clients include Chevron, pipeline operator Enbridge, German utility company EWE, Vattenfall, DONG Energy and General Electric.

Within Information technology, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a second tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s ‘highly skilled’ seven-lawyer practice is led by René Thornfeldt, who is singled out for his ‘deep commercial insight and understanding of IT transactions’. Jeppe Brinck-Jensen handles contentious matters. Highlights included advising Ilva and the municipality of Greve on IT outsourcing projects. International clients include Alcatel-Lucent, Sapient and Ericsson.

Within Insolvency, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a second tier firm,

Jesper Trommer Volf and his team at Accura Advokatpartnerselskab are representing FS Finans regarding Estatum Group and Landic, and Volf and Karsten Kielland are representing Nykredit Bank regarding major claims against Aktiv Wind in liquidation and are increasingly acting for Nordea Bank and Jyske Bank. The team is working with a German law firm on an increasing number of Danish-German insolvency issues.

Within Intellectual property, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a third tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s ‘service-minded, flexible’ team advises on patents, trade marks and design contracts and licensing, and IP due diligence. Practice head Jeppe Brinck-Jensen represented Haldor Topsøe in an R&D agreement with the University of Copenhagen and, together with Thomas Weincke, is representing Merck Sharp & Dohme regarding parallel imports. René Thornfeldt and Dan Ermose are recommended for their ‘excellent advice and fast response times’. Christina Type Jardorf advises Dechra Pharmaceuticals and others on trade marks. Recent recruits include Charlotte Kunckel from Poul Schmith Law Firm and European trade mark attorney Gitte Bauditz Christensen.

Within Media and entertainment, tier 4

At Accura Advokatpartnerselskab, Jeppe Brinck-Jensen’s media and entertainment group advises TV production companies and newspapers, representing SDI Media Group in a dispute over subtitle rights. Marie Balle-Christiansen is assisting Claus Meyer Holding in negotiations with a TV production company; and Bezzerwizzer Nordic with a new online gaming website.

Within Mergers and acquisitions, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a first tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab has a prolific transactional practice, and its lawyers show ‘fantastic commercial understanding’ and ‘find the best solutions for their clients’. Senior partner Kåre Stolt assisted Danica Pension, A.P. Møller – Maersk and PFA Pension with the divestiture of the majority stake in Denmark’s largest private hospital group. Jacob Vinther advised Kirkbi, the Lundbeck Foundation, PFA Pension and the management of Falck during the acquisition of Falck, and acted for Tokyo-based Kyocera on the acquisition of Unimerco Group. Thomas Weincke and Thomas Kræmer assisted FSN Capital on its acquisition of Huscompagniet, and Jesper Schultz Larsen advised William Demant Holdings on buying Otix Global.

Within Real estate and construction, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a first tier firm,

Henrik Groos and Jon Dyhre Hansen lead Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s practice, which provides ‘precise, direct’ advice particularly for real estate transactions and construction contracts. The team assisted PensionDanmark and ATP with the acquisition of three Debenhams department stores, and represented Fornebu Projektutvikling in selling a DKK230m development site to Steen & Strøm. Lars Bruun advised the listed Canadian energy infrastructure business Inter Pipeline Fund in its DKK2.6bn takeover of DONG Energy Oil Terminals. Other clients include state-owned FS Ejendomme.

Within Tax, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a second tier firm,

Ole Schmidt heads Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s group, which advises on corporate tax, M&A and transactional tax structuring, investments and funds. Schmidt and Malene Overgaard assisted an international consortium of buyers with structuring the acquisition of Falck. Niclas Holst Sonne assisted PensionDanmark Ejendomme and ATP Ejendomme on its acquisition of three Magasin stores. Lene Pihl joined from MAQS Law Firm.

Within Telecoms, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is a second tier firm,

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s clients include Telia Stofa and Telecenteret. The ‘hardworking, efficient’ René Thornfeldt, who stays ‘on top of all the details’, has been assisting Ericsson with contracts and settlements, and advised Alcatel-Lucent Danmark on Banedanmark’s billion-kroner tender for a GSM-R system for national railway coverage. Jeppe Brinck-Jensen is also recommended.