Thomas Kaas > Kromann Reumert > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Kromann Reumert is well-regarded among Danish banks, major international financial institutions and private equity funds, routinely advising on complex matters including acquisition and leveraged finance work, corporate-based financings, structured and secured financings, real estate financings, and derivatives issues, among others. Two lawyers jointly head up the department: international financing expert Thomas Kaas and Peter Schiøler Skaaring, who specialises in financing transactions. Kaas is a go-to name for all aspects of complex transactions including investment grade lending, leveraged finance matters and workouts. From the firm’s London base, Mette Riber Rasmussen advises both lenders and borrowers on finance and other banking matters as well as restructurings, including investment grade lending, leverage d finance issues and ship finance mandates. Kim Rasmussen and Jakob Bernhoft left the practice to join Poul Schmith in August 2023.

Kromann Reumert‘s large-scale capital markets group represents leading Nordic and international financial institutions and investment banks on cross-border transactions, with noted strength in work across the banking, life sciences, industrial, energy, telecoms and IT sectors. ECM partner Christian Lundgren is recognised for his expertise in takeovers and IPOs in the Danish market, alongside regulatory matters in the space, while Christina Bruun Geertsen is frequently engaged on both issuer and underwriter-side mandates. Peter Schiøler Skaaring and Thomas Kaas head up the debt capital markets team, while Jens Steen Jensen is the key point of contact for regulatory issues. Esteemed practitioners Marianne Philip and Henrik Møgelmose advise international industrial clients on public issuances, and financial institutions on IPOs and stock exchange regulatory matters, respectively. Rune Morthorst is the key name at senior associate level.

Kromann Reumert’s broad practice covers all areas of shipping and transport law, including both contentious and transactional work, including sale and purchase of ships, building contracts and M&A transactions within the shipping industry, alongside ship financing and restructuring of shipping companies. Practice head Jakob Rosing specialises in a broad range of contentious matters, specifically those regarding marine and transport insurance. The ‘high calibre’ Thomas Kaas has over 26 years’ experience advising on shipping mandates, focusing primarily on sale and purchase of ships, newbuilding contracts, tax leases and ship financing.