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Gorrissen Federspiel

AXELTORV 2, 1609 COPENHAGEN V, DENMARK

Tel:: Work +45 33 41 41 41
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Aarhus, Copenhagen

Chantal Pernille Patel

Tel:: Work +4533414230
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Web:: www.gorrissenfederspiel.com

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Capital markets, corporate/M&A

Position

Partner. Chantal Pernille Patel advises on aspects of corporate law focussing on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions as well as securities regulation. Chantal has advised clients in a number of public and private offerings of equity, M&A, structured sales processes, public tender offers for listed companies and general corporate matters, including compliance with securities laws.

Career

Gorrissen Federspiel 2009 -
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2017
Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP 2014 - 2015
McKinsey & Company, Management Consultant 2007-2009

Languages

English

Member

The Danish Bar and Law Society

Education

Admitted to the Danish Bar 2012
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen 2007
New York University School of Law 2005

Denmark

Capital markets

Within: Capital markets

Gorrissen Federspiel is 'very experienced' and adopts a 'hands-on approach' across debt capital markets (DCM) and equity capital markets (ECM) work. Rikke Schiøtt Petersen heads the team and is 'always available' with 'very good advice'; he recently advised Nets on its voluntary public takeover by Evergood 5. Other recent mandates include Chantal Pernille Patel assisting Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets with the disposal of its stake in Copenhagen Airports to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and ATP, Klaus Søgaard acting for GreenMobility on its IPO on Nasdaq First North Copenhagen, Anders Ørjan Jensen advising Danske Bank as bookrunner on H+H International’s rights issuance and admission of new shares on Nasdaq Copenhagen, and Tobias Linde handling Nykredit Realkredit's bond issuance. Niels Heering, Michael Jensen, Tobias Linde, Morten Nybom Bethe and Mikkel Fritsch are also key names to note.

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