Lawyers

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen

Work Department

Capital Markets and Corporate / M&A

Position

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen is a partner and co-head of the Corporate M&A and Capital Markets practice group of Gorrissen Federspiel and is recognised as a leading capital markets lawyer in Denmark.

Being exceptionally experienced and highly skilled in public M&A and ECM deals, including major Danish IPOs, Rikke focuses on capital markets transactions, public and private M&A and corporate restructurings as well as advisory work on securities law and corporate law aspects, corporate governance and executive remuneration.

Her clients include corporates, private equity funds, investment banks and institutional investors.

Career

Gorrissen Federspiel 1996 - Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2006 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York 2001-2002 The EU Commission, DG IV Competition, Brussels and Danske Mejeriers Fællesorganisation, Brussels 1994-1995

Languages

English and Scandinavian.

Memberships

Member of the Danish Committee on Corporate Governance and of the Danish Commerce and Companies Appeals Board, both established by the Danish Ministry of Commerce and Growth Legal expert appointed to the Board of Directors of the Danish Financial Supervisory AuthoritySecretary, Securities Law Committee, International Bar Association

Mentions

Denmark

Capital markets

Leading partner
Denmark

Commercial, corporate and M&A