Mr Karsten Pedersen > DLA Piper Denmark > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper Denmark Offices
Oslo Plads 2
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
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Mr Karsten Pedersen
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Karsten Pedersen is primarily engaged with M&A and advises a large number of Danish and foreign private equity funds and industrial enterprises in connection with Danish and international business transactions and investments, including with respect to structuring of transactions, strategic considerations, due diligence exercise, mergers and demergers, establishment of joint ventures, drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation, etc.
In addition to his activities within M&A, Karsten advises a large number of corporate clients on general issues of commercial and company law, including shareholder relations, drafting of commercial contracts as well as handling of commercial relations and financing, etc.
On the public side Karsten advices within capital market law, including in relation to acquisition and delisting of listed enterprises, raising of capital, initial public offerings (IPOs) and private placements.
Karsten is an active member of DLA Piper’s global Hospitality & Leisure sector team. Through this team, DLA Piper provides advice to a wide variety of clients within the sector, including leading global, regional and national hotel and holiday resort operators, sports and leisure providers, online gambling operators, music venues, hotels and restaurants, etc.
Since 2010, Karsten has ranked high on the top 10 list of most active M&A lawyers in Denmark.
Languages
Danish, English
Memberships
- The Danish Bar and Law Society
Education
- Admitted to the Danish Bar (2005)
- Master of Law, Aarhus University (2002)
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)DLA Piper Denmark
fields a team of ‘highly skilled professionals’ and is known for its ‘extensive experience in commercial, corporate, and M&A matters’. Alongside handling the full suite of matters, the group has seen increasing activity in international inbound and outbound mandates. acting for internationally-based private equity and venture capital sponsors and industrials. Based in Copenhagen, practice co-head Jens Krogh Petersen is a key name for all things related to M&A, investments in enterprises and restructurings. Fellow co-head and Aarhus-based expert Kristian Tokkesdal assists private equity funds and industrial enterprises in connection with Danish and international business transfers and investments, while Michael Vinther
has substantial experience in the M&A space and spearheads critical cross-border mandates. Karsten Pedersen cis praised as being ‘in a class of his own’, while John Emil L. Svenson focuses on representing blue-chip companies and high-end international private equity clients.