Mr Jesper Aabenhus Rasmussen > Kromann Reumert > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Kromann Reumert
5 SUNDKROGSGADE
2100 COPENHAGEN
Denmark

Work Department

M&A, Outbound Legal, Corporate and Foundation Law.

Position

Partner.

Career

Jesper Aabenhus Rasmussen advises on general corporate and commercial law and on M&A, particularly in cases involving German/Danish issues. Jesper serves as a board member in various owner-managed and family-owned businesses and in several Danish foundations.

Having advised owner-managed and family-owned businesses and their owners for decades, including on acquisition, sale and succession planning, he has developed profound knowledge of, and insight into, all issues and aspects related to such businesses.

For more than 20 years, Jesper has been holding board positions, often as chairman, in various owner-managed and family-owned businesses, and he chairs the boards of several Danish foundations.

He has profound knowledge of Danish and international commercial law and deep insight into Danish and international commercial matters from his employments in British and German law firms, which – combined with his commercial and dynamic approach – contributes to effective and successful completion of transactions and contract negotiations.

Jesper has particular expertise and experience in providing legal advice to owner-managers and owners of family businesses in sales transactions. He has deep insight into and substantial experience in Danish-German legal relations and cross-border negotiations/transactions.

Since 2003, he has been responsible for Kromann Reumert’s German Desk.

Jesper became a partner in 1996.

Languages

English, German, The Scandinavian Languages.

Memberships

Chairman or member of the boards of various businesses and foundations
Chairman of the Danish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Copenhagen Chapter
Member of the Danish Management Society’s Group 38 for top executives.

Education

Qualifying examination as German attorney (Rechtsanwalt), 1997
Employed in a German law firm 1994-1995
Master of Laws (LL.M), Kings College, London University, 1993
British Council Scholarship in London 1992
Attorney 1990
Master of Laws (cand. jur.), Aarhus University 1987