Kim Rasmussen > Poul Schmith > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Poul Schmith
Kalvebod Brygge 32
1560 København V
Denmark
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Work Department

Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and Foundation Law, Financial Services, Insolvency and Restructuring, M&A.

Position

Partner, Attorney

Career

Kim Rasmussen is a partner at Poul Schmith/Kammeradvokaten and specialises in banking and finance law.

Kim Rasmussen represents Danish and international banks as well as large corporations in connection with corporate finance and banking matters and restructurings including, in particular, syndicated loans, acquisition finance, structured finance, bond issuances including  EMTN-programmes, derivatives and banking restructurings.

Languages

English, French, The Scandinavian Languages.

Memberships

Member of the Danish Bar Association
Member of the New York Bar Association.

Education

Admitted to the New York Bar
Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University School of Law, 1990
Admitted to practice law 1989
Master of Laws (cand.jur.) from University of Copenhagen, 1986

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Banking and finance

(Hall of Fame)

Kim RasmussenPoul Schmith

Poul Schmith advises a broad client base including major Danish financial institutions, national pension schemes and funds, government investment funds, and credit institutions on the entire suite of complex transactional and regulatory banking and finance work. Jakob Bernhoft heads up the practice group, having joined the firm from Kromann Reumert alongside Kim Rasmussen, and lends his expertise to complex debt capital financings, including acquisition financings, mezzanine financings, bond issuances and securitisation work, among others. Pre-eminent Danish practitioner Rasmussen is a go-to name for syndicated loans, acquisition and structured finance work, bond issuances, including EMTN programmes, derivatives, and banking restructurings. Peter Hedegaard Madsen is a financial regulatory and funds expert, known for his specialist knowledge of the intersection between EU and Danish financial regulation.