Lawyers

Peter Ketelsen

Peter Ketelsen

Work Department

Capital Markets, Corporate and Foundation Law, Foreign Direct Investments, M&A.

Position

Partner.

Career

Peter Ketelsen specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), transaction-related stock exchange law, company law, fund regulation, and general commercial law. Peter became a partner in 1997.

Peter advises Danish and international industrial and financial businesses as well as private equity funds on the sale and purchase of businesses, including by auction and through minority investments. He also advises on business combinations and joint ventures. His company law-related work includes articles of association, and capital and shareholder matters.

Peter has advised on privatisation processes and succession, as well as the regulation of commercial foundations, and general commercial law matters such as cooperation agreements.

In providing advice to clients, Peter aims to achieve their objectives and meet their needs through his expertise, commercial insight and understanding, and often considerable experience within the relevant areas of advice. Among other things, he focuses on quality, predictability, dialogue, and an informal tone.

Languages

English, The Scandinavian Languages.

Memberships

Member of the Company Law Committee of the Association of Danish Law Firms Member of the Danish Company Law Association Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) Teacher of Master Classes offered in cooperation with Foreningen til udvikling af bestyrelsesarbejde i Danmark (Denmark’s Association for the Development of Board Work).

Education

Admitted to practice law, 1992 Master of Laws (cand.jur.) from the University of Copenhagen, 1989.