DLA Piper Denmark

Corporate M&A

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

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 responsible for the management of the affiliated company Nordic Compliance Services A/S.

Martin is the Money Laundering Reporting Officer of DLA Piper Denmark and, as such, he has the overall responsibility for compliance with anti-money laundering rules and for monitoring the firm’s activities, procedures and whistleblowing system. Martin regularly provides financial regulatory advice to several financial and institutional clients, including ATP, Visa, Amazon, UBS, Royal Bank of Scotland.

He has particular experience in the AIFM legislation. He acted for DEAS Group in 2013 in obtaining Denmark’s first authorisation under the AIFM legislation and has since advised a large number of Danish as well as non-Danish enterprises on obtaining authorisation to manage alternative investment funds.

Martin also regularly provides AIFM advice to a large number of managers, including Koncenton, Obton, Core Property, Fokus Asset Management, Kristensen Properties, Prime Office.

Martin has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions involving financial businesses and assists in e.g. due diligence and authorisation procedures in relation to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Martin lectures at Aarhus University in the subject Regulation of financial businesses and on the Elite Module of the master’s programme in law.

Moreover, Martin was previously the specialist coordinator of the anti-money laundering course at the assistant-attorney programme operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society. Martin has in-depth knowledge of the anti-money laundering rules and advises a large number of clients on this area.

Martin has authored more than 40 articles on financial regulation and company law and has written books on topics such as shareholders' agreements, limited partnership companies, investment funds and alternative investment fund managers.

​Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2017

​Partner, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 2016-2017

​Attorney, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 2010-2016

​Assistant Attorney, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 2006-2010

Danish, English

Nordic Network for Company Law

Right of audience before the Danish High Courts, 2015 Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (accounting), 2011 PhD, Aarhus University, 2011 Admitted to the Danish Bar, 2010 Master of Law, Aarhus University, 2006 BSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law, Aarhus School of Business, 2003