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Poul Schmith Offices
Kalvebod Brygge 32
1560 København V
Denmark
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Peter Hedegaard Madsen
Work Department
Peter Hedegaard Madsen advises government, regional and local authorities as well as private and public undertakings, funds, trusts and organisations mainly with a focus on company law, trust law, compliance and financial regulation issues. He has broad experience with regard to the application and interpretation of EU law provisions regulating financial services and products and advices on the establishments of companies, trusts, joint ventures, partnerships etc., and the sale and purchase of assets and undertakings between public and private parties. Moreover, Peter advices on compliance issues in both the public and the private sector, including purchase and development of digital systems and tools.
Position
Partner, Attorney
Career
2017
Partner-in-charge of our department of Digitalisation & Regulation
2016
Partner, Poul Schmith
2014
Junior Partner, Poul Schmith
2010
Poul Schmith
2009
The Danish Ministry of Business and Economic Affairs (Capital Injection Task Force)
2005
Poul Schmith
2004
The Danish Ministry of Justice
2003
The Legal Service of the EU Commission
Languages
Danish
English
Education
2015
PRINCE2® certified
2012 – 2013
High Potential Programme, The Legal Adviser to the Danish Government/Poul Schmith
2011
LL.M, International Financial Law, King’s College, London (distinction)
2005
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Banking and finance
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.