Mr Martin Christian Kruhl > DLA Piper Denmark > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Denmark
Oslo Plads 2
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Martin Christian Kruhl deals primarily with financial regulation, compliance, M&A and company law.

Martin has assisted enterprises in obtaining authorisation under the Danish legislation concerning alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) and provided advice on the sale/purchase of enterprises to equity funds and industrial buyers.

Moreover, he lectures at Aarhus University in the subject Regulation of financial businesses and on the Elite Module of the master’s programme in law. He is the author of several books and articles on financial regulation and company law, including books on shareholders’ agreements, limited partnership companies, investment funds and alternative investment fund managers. Martin is the specialist coordinator of the anti-money laundering course at the assistant-attorney programme operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society.

Martin is the partner in charge of DLA Piper Denmark’s depositary services department, which is today the largest Danish depositary for property funds, and he is also in charge of the development of the affiliated company Nordic Compliance Services A/S.

Martin was previously the Money Laundering Reporting Officer of DLA Piper Denmark and, as such, he had the overall responsibility for compliance with anti-money laundering rules and for monitoring the firm’s activities, procedures and whistleblowing system.

Languages

Danish, English

Memberships

  • Nordic Network for Company Law
  • The Danish Association for Company Law

Education

  • Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (accounting) (2011)
  • Ph.D., University of Aarhus (2011)
  • Admitted to the Danish Bar (2010)
  • Master of Law, University of Aarhus (2006)
  • BSc in Business Administration (Law), Aarhus School of Business (2003)

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Banking and finance

Asset finance, acquisition finance, project finance and financial regulation work are the core pillars of DLA Piper Denmark‘s banking and finance team, which is also well-known for its securitisation practice and acts on behalf of investors and issuers on a broad range of cross-border matters. Joachim Kundert Jensen leads the ‘extremely skilled and solution-oriented team’ with his expertise lying in large finance transactions relating to significant assets and M&A. Martin Christian Kruhl primarily specialises in financial regulation, and is noted for his expertise in AML regulations and international sanctions. Nicolai Rothemejer Hansen is the key name at associate level.