Flemming Pristed > Poul Schmith > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Poul Schmith Offices
Kalvebod Brygge 32
1560 København V
Denmark
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Flemming Pristed
Work Department
Flemming Pristed provides advice to Danish and international clients on financial regulation and sustainability (ESG). He also advises on business-critical legal matters in banking and financial law, and M&A. Flemming draws on his long-standing experience as a general counsel in the financial sector and the IT industry when providing advice. Flemming is the co-author of the Danish text book Sustainability Law (in Danish "Bæredygtighedsret) (Djøf Forlag), and he is a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law at University of Copenhagen in the subjects banking and financial law and sustainability law.
Position
Partner, Attorney
Career
2023-
Poul Schmith
2020-
Guest teacher, banking law, financial regulation and sustainability law, University of Copenhagen
2021-2023
Partner, Sirius advokater. Head of the firm’s practice area of financial services and compliance
2019-2021
Partner, PEDERSTED Law Firm
2016-2019
Member of the Danish Financial Complaint Board (Det finansielle ankenævn)
2013-2018
Group General Counsel, Danske Bank
2013-2018
Member of the Legal Committee of Finance Denmark
2007-2013
General Counsel, KMD
2004-2007
Legal Counsel, Attorney, KMD
2001-2004
Kromann Reumert Law Firm
Education
2013-2018
Participant in the legal committee of the European Banking Federation
2012-2013
IMD – Building on Talent
1996-2001
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Banking and finance
Poul Schmith’s team handles a broad range of cross-border transactional and regulatory work, with strength in leveraged, mezzanine, fund and receivables financing matters; the firm has also expanded its offerings into the venture financing and sustainable financing markets. The practice is led by the ‘exceptionally competent’ Peter Hedegaard Madsen, who is an expert in financial regulations and funds. Kim Rasmussen
is an esteemed practitioner for takeovers and structured financing work, and Jakob Bernhoft has expertise in all types of financings, bond issuances and securitisation mandates. Flemming Pristed is a specialist in financial regulations and spearheads the team’s sustainable finance and investment work.