Mr Jens Steen Jensen > Kromann Reumert > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Kromann Reumert Offices

Kromann Reumert
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2100 COPENHAGEN
Denmark
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Mr Jens Steen Jensen

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+45 38 77 43 46 jsj@kromannreumert.com View profile

Work Department

Financial Services, Capital Markets, M&A, Corporate and Foundation Law.

Position

Partner.

Career

Jens Steen Jensen is primarily engaged in financial regulation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, foundation and capital markets law.

For more than 25 years, Jens has advised Danish and foreign financial undertakings on financial regulation and M&A and represented them vis-à-vis the authorities. He also advises such financial undertakings on business transfers, including portfolio transfers and restructurings, company and shareholder issues, compliance and corporate governance.

Jens has assisted in some of the largest and highest-profiled M&A-transactions within the Danish pension and insurance sector.

In addition, his clients include various Danish and foreign industrial undertakings which he advises on M&A, restructurings, company and shareholder issues, and corporate governance. Jens also advises commercial foundations.

Jens heads our financial sector group and our corporate and foundation law expert group.

He solves problems by applying his in-depth knowledge and thorough expertise. He is recognized as one of the leading advisers on financial law and for his creative mindset and ability to achieve results.

Languages

English, The Scandinavian Languages.

Memberships

External lecturer at CBS Executive/University of Copenhagen on the work of board members in financial undertakings
External lecturer at CBS Executive (board leadership training programme)
External lecturer at CBS Executive (commercial foundations)
Member of the Disciplinary Board of the Danish Bar and Law Society
Member of the Danish Corporate Law Association
Member of the Danish Association for Banking and Finance Law
Member of the International Bar Association
Member of the Legal Expert Panel of the Confederation of Danish Industry
Former chairman and member of the board of law district 1, Copenhagen, 2013-2019
Former member of the Danish Bar and Law Society’s panel of experts on corporate law, succession and M&A
Former external lecturer in the subject of mergers and acquisitions at the law school, 2003-2004
Former external lecturer in the subject of corporate governance at the University of Copenhagen, 2001-2004
Former lecturer in the subject of constitutional law at Aarhus University, 1993-1995.

Education

Admitted to practise law, 1999
Master of Laws (cand. jur.), Aarhus University, 1996
Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo, 1994
Stagiaire at the European Commission, 1994.

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Capital markets

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.

Denmark > Insurance

Kromann Reumert’s well-established insurance practice sees work in all areas of insurance law and is noted for its knowledge of the pension, life and non-life insurance sector. M&A-related insurance matters, portfolio transfers, and the establishment of insurance companies are other core focuses of the department. Jakob Rosing is noted as ‘very responsive, and provides clear and concise advice’ and heads the practice alongside Jens Steen Jensen, who works primarily with Danish and foreign insurance and pension companies. Esteemed practitioner Jens Rostock-Jensen specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration in the insurance arena.

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