Mr Kristian Tokkesdal > DLA Piper Denmark > Aarhus, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Mr Kristian Tokkesdal

+45 33 34 07 10 kristian.tokkesdal@dk.dlapiper.com View profile View profile

Work Department

Corporate M&A

Position

Kristian Tokkesdal specialises in M&A and provides advice to a large number of Danish and international private equity funds and industrial enterprises in connection with business transfers and investments.

Kristian has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts, and is also a member of Danske Advokaters fagudvalg for kapitalmarkedsret (specialist committee on capital market law, the Association of Danish Law Firms). In addition, Kristian is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s Corporate M&A Practice Group in Aarhus.

Kristian acts for both sellers and buyers in connection with mergers and acquisitions. He advises on all legal aspects throughout the process, including the negotiation of terms, due diligence, reinvestment, shareholders’ agreements, sale and purchase agreements and closing. He has acted for clients such as Solix, Maj Invest, Norvestor, Cloudberry. Kristian provides advice especially to owner managers in relation to the sale of enterprises and has, over a number of years, accumulated considerable knowledge of the particular aspects that are key to sellers of such enterprises.

In addition, he advises on issues of company law, including establishment, capital raising, conclusion of shareholders’ agreements and reorganisation of companies. Kristian is also widely experienced in advising on the structuring and organisation of commercial agreements, including drafting and negotiating contract documents.

Kristian is a professional board member and serves on the boards of organisations such as Schultz Seating Group A/S, Danish family foundation Mads EG Damgaards Familiefond, NG Zink A/S and the Contino Transport Group.

Career

Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2018

Partner, Delacour, 2010-2018

Partner, Abel & Skovgård Larsen, 2007-2010

Attorney, Gorrissen Federspiel, 1997-2007

Languages

English & Danish

Education