Lars Bunch > Plesner > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

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Lars Bunch

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+45 36 94 11 36 labu@plesner.com

Work Department

Corporate Law; Foundations; Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Position

Lars Bunch is head of Plesner’s Corporate Law team.

Lars primarily works in the following areas:

  • Corporate law and corporate governance
  • National and cross-border company reorganisation
  • Change of capital
  • Formation and dissolution of companies
  • Companies with public owners
  • Foundation law – commercial and non-commercial foundations

Before joining Plesner, Lars worked with the Danish Business Authority for more than 15 years, ending as a deputy chief executive. Lars was head of the foundation law office and the corporate law office for more than ten years. During that period he was involved in all major transactions and legal proceedings involving aspects of corporate law or foundation law.

Lars was also responsible for the drafting and interpretation of the new Danish Companies Act which entered into force on 1 March 2010 and was subsequently responsible for the drafting of the new Danish Act on Commercial Foundations and implementation of the Act.

Lars is the chairman of Dansk Forening for Selskabsret (a Danish corporate law association).

Lars has long experience in handling cases but also in drafting of new legislation and administration of legislation and he has vast experience of all aspects of corporate law.

Lars advises commercial foundations and non-commercial foundations on all aspects of foundation law and atypical undertakings such as autonomous public undertakings.

Lars is the author of several books and articles on corporate law and foundation law, including the annotated Danish Companies Act which is regarded as a leading corporate law textbook. Lars is also a popular keynote speaker and lectures on corporate law and foundation law.

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Plesner acts on a broad suite of transactions encompassing all aspects of corporate, commercial and M&A work, emphasising cross-border issues and commercial contracts; the group is also active in acting for private equity houses. Hans Hedegaard heads up the M&A and private equity team; Lars Bunch leads for private funds & corporate work; Jacob Ørskov Rasmussen handles commercial, franchise and international trade mandates; and Simon Krogh heads up the private investment funds team. Thomas Holst Laursen is a key name for all aspects of M&A and capital markets work, while Christian Th. Kjølbye is an important point of contact for restructurings, disagreements between owners and shareholders, post-M&A claims under warranties, earn-out disputes, non-compete obligations and purchase price adjustment claims. Henrik Rossing Lønberg remains in-demand by private equity funds and blue-chip corporate clients, while Tina Kang is another name to note within the group for all aspects of transactional work.

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