Jakob Echwald Sevel > Plesner > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Plesner Offices
37 AMERIKA PLADS
2100 COPENHAGEN
Denmark
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Jakob Echwald Sevel
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Jakob Echwald Sevel is a partner in Plesner’s Banking and Finance team.
Jakob advises on all aspects of banking and finance law. Jakob specialises in banking and finance law, securities and capital markets as well as private equity, and he has advised on numerous financing, derivative and capital markets transactions as well as on a large number of regulatory and compliance issues relating to all types of financial services companies.
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Banking and finance
(Leading individuals)Plesner‘s ‘highly skilled’ banking and finance practice group is well-known for advising on acquisition financings and cross-border transactions involving Danish targets, and assisting banks, financial institutions and investment funds with financial regulatory requirements and infrastructure finance work. Søren Thyssen Valerius heads up the team and focuses on lending and capital market transactions, including acquisition financings, corporate lending, infrastructure, project and asset finance matters and financial restructurings. Banking and finance specialist Jakob Echwald Sevel is a go-to name for financing arrangements, products and complex transactional work, while Rasmus Mandøe Jensen‘s demonstrable experience in the space includes handling multi-layered, high-yield and leveraged transactions and debt capital markets work. Henrik Kure, who has been notably active in green and renewables financing, and associate Emil Hedegaard Mikkelsen are additional important ports of call within the group.
Denmark > Capital markets
Praised as an ‘outstanding’ capital markets team, Plesner acts on the full suite of both issuer and underwriter-side mandates including accelerated book-builds, IPOs, and securities listings. ‘Incredible lawyer’ Thomas Holst Laursen and M&A expert Nicolai Ørsted jointly head up the equity side of the practice and are key points of contact for IPOs, public takeovers, ABBs, PIPEs, rights issuances and corporate governance work. For debt capital markets transactions, Søren Thyssen Valerius and Jakob Echwald Sevel lead in conjunction with Henrik Kure. Henrik Laursen comes recommended for his cross-border ECM practice, which emphasises IPOs and public M&A. Janus Jepsen was promoted to the partnership in early 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance Denmark
- Capital markets Denmark
- Leading individuals Denmark > Banking and finance
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