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Anette Moll Berg advises especially on intellectual property rights, focusing on trademarks and designs as well as on marketing law and commercial contracts.
Anette has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is recognised by The Legal 500.
She caters for clients particularly within retail, fashion and design, but also for clients in other sectors such as the industrial and technology sectors, the life science sector and the food industry. Anette primarily advises clients working in design, fashion, arts and crafts, etc. on issues of trademark and copyright law.
Her clients include Danish luxury lighting design company Louis Poulsen and she is its regular trademark advisor, handling trademarks, designs and copyright interests as well as advising on IP infringements etc.
Anette assists clients in the selection and design of trademarks, in registration strategies relating to trademarks and designs as well as in the use and enforcement of rights. Anette also provides advice on issues of marketing and consumer law. Finally, Anette assists in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
Anette lectures in IP and marketing law and has authored a chapter on design law in Danish Intellectual Property Law I (published in Danish only), Gads Forlag and DIFI, 2019.
Managing Partner, Los Angeles office; Co-Chair, Food and Beverage subsector; Co-Chair US Product Liability, Mass Torts & Class Actions Litigation Group; Member of DLA Piper's Executive Committee
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Arthur Csatho mainly works within the insurance, finance, securities trading, IT and logistics sectors. He works mainly with issues relating to contracts, M&A, regulatory and disputes, often with cross-border implications.
Arthur has, in addition to his Swedish law degree, studied law in London, Germany and in the US and assists both Swedish and international clients. Arthur regularly organizes tailored training programmes and seminars for client companies.
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Artur Bugsgang specialises in tax law and has thorough knowledge of personal and corporate taxation (and thereby company law) as well as VAT and indirect taxes.
Artur's primary practice areas are tax law and company law as a result of the close interrelation between these two areas. He thus deals with aspects of company and tax law relating to the sale and purchase of enterprises, ownership transition, capital injection, mergers and demergers and any other general business advice in connection with the operation of enterprises. Additional practice areas are VAT and indirect taxes, particularly car registration taxes.
In 2018, Artur was given a fellow lawyers’ award, Sagførernes Auktioners Legat, in recognition of his contribution as a member of the Fiscal Affairs Committee (which i.a. prepares consultation responses to the Danish Ministry of Taxation) under the Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society.
Artur has authored various articles on tax, VAT and financial services in Danish and international tax journals. For more than 20 years, Artur was a part-time lecturer in tax law at the University of Copenhagen.
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Partner; Location Head, Boston Real Estate Practice
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Christian Benedictsen-Nislev is an experienced shipping and transport lawyer.
Christian advises Danish and international companies on all aspects of shipping, transport and international trade. His areas of expertise include shipbuilding contracts, the purchase and sale of ships and goods as well as financing, commercial contracts and corporate transactions.
As a qualified English solicitor, Christian has extensive knowledge of English law and the common law system, and he advises on legal matters in both civil law and common law jurisdictions.
Christian is a highly experienced litigator, defending clients' interests before the courts and in arbitration proceedings, e.g. in relation to disputes concerning shipping, transport law, insurance and listed companies' duty to disclose information. Among his clients are shipping companies and other transport companies, transport customers, public authorities, insurance companies and international funds specialising in the financing of dispute resolution.
Christian has completed an Executive MBA in International Shipping and Logistics. This has added a deep commercial understanding and strategic insight to the legal services provided by him.
Partner; Chair, Product Liability and Mass Torts practice; Chair, Atlanta Office D&I Committee;
Co-Chair, US Product Liability, Mass Torts & Class Actions Litigation Group
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Partner; Chair, New York Corporate Group; Chair, US Mergers and Acquisitions Group
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International Tax and Structuring; Tax; Tax Controversy and Disputes; Transactional Tax
Dayo is a Partner and Head of the Finance & Projects practice at the firm. He leads the Finance and Projects practice with particular focus on energy and infrastructure. His background lies in corporate / project finance and mergers and acquisitions, with experience covering the energy, aviation and banking sectors. He has over 20 years’ experience in the finance and M&A sector.
Dayo has carved a niche and created an industry reputation as the go-to contact for natural resources and energy projects and transactions as well as the financial services sector. His vast experience has seen him advise multiple Sponsors, Investors, Lenders (including DFIs, PE firms and others) on cross-jurisdictional transactions focused on energy and infrastructure projects in Nigeria. In addition, he regularly advises on mergers and acquisition transactions in the energy, infrastructure and financial services sectors
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Derwin Jenkinson is a partner in the Energy and Infrastructure Finance practice, based in the London office. He advises on a broad range of financing structures within loan and capital markets, including infrastructure M&A, project finance, and structured debt. Mr. Jenkinson’s extensive practice encompasses all forms of debt financing across the capital structure, including loans, private placement notes, project bonds, bond/bank combination financings including whole business securitizations, and project financings, as well as restructurings.
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Partner; Vice Chair, Private Equity Group, Mid-Atlantic
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Partner and co-head of Corporate/M&A practice and co-head of Energy and Natural Resources
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Partner; Member, US Executive and Policy Committees; Vice Chair, Private Equity Group, Southeast; Chair, Georgia Corporate and Securities practice; Managing Partner, Atlanta Office
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Hans Madsen deals primarily with commercial contracts – including negotiation, drafting and interpretation.
Hans has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and is advisor to a number of listed companies such as major Danish energy company Ørsted, leading satellite manufacturer GomSpace and leading Danish media company JP/Politikens Hus. He has a wealth of experience in complex, non-standard contracts characterised by long contract periods and by having to provide for unforeseen factors such as market developments, physical conditions and legislative action.
Hans focuses particularly on international contracts and assists Danish companies trading internationally as well as international companies operating in Denmark. Hans has more than 20 years’ experience in negotiating, drafting and interpreting major energy contracts, including joint operating agreements and exploration licences. Hans also provides advice on public law to public-sector organisations such as Danish transport provider Movia and the City of Copenhagen.
He advises on the scope of local government mandates and also advises public authorities on the interpretation of the Danish Open Administration Act in connection with requests for access to documents, i.e. the situations in which an authority is obliged to provide copies of documents and the documents it is obliged to provide copies of. Finally, he advises public authorities on the rules relating to the public works spending cap.
Hans holds an LLM from New York University and is co-editor of the energy-law section of Tidsskrift for miljø, a Danish environmental-law periodical published (in Danish only) by Djøf Forlag.
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Consumer Goods, Food and Retail; Healthcare; Industrials; Corporate; Private Equity; Technology
Henrik Frandsen is partner in DLA Piper Denmark Law Firm.
Henrik has many years of experience as legal counsel in the shipping, transport and logistics sectors, particularly in relation to maritime law and logistics.
He is admitted to the Supreme Court and has extensive litigation experience (court and international arbitration matters) and is the preferred legal counsel for several shipping companies and freight forwarders. On a regular basis, Henrik acts a legal counsel to shippers, receivers of goods or other parties involved in commercial trade in disputes concerning container demurrage, freight contracts, etc.
Henrik provides quick, solid and no-frills advice to shipping lines, freight forwarders, and port-related companies on all legal aspects of shipping, transport, and international trade, including the sale and purchase of vessels, commercial contracts, arrest of vessels etc.
Additionally, Henrik advises Danish commercial ports on various issues related to operations, lease agreements and other contracts, crane regulation, and damage to quay and installations cause by collision etc.
Henrik is also assisting the Association of Marinas in Denmark and several Danish marinas with the removal and sale of abandoned yachts, payment collection and other legal issues related to the operation of a marina.
Henrik has a solid commercial understanding and strategic insight with a broad network with foreign clients and lawyers.
Henrik has been teaching in maritime law and shipping for almost 20 years at Aarhus Business College.
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Jacob Thomsen specialises in insurance law, the law of damages, procedural law and dispute resolution. He has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is a certified arbitrator. Jacob provides trusted advice to Danish and foreign insurance companies and business enterprises on insurance matters and dispute resolution.
Jacob is particularly experienced in commercial and product liability insurance, product recall insurance, property and contents insurance as well as transaction insurance.
Jacob has been involved in resolving several disputes before arbitration tribunals and the Danish courts concerning insurance coverage as well as contractual and non-contractual liability. In that relation, he has gained extensive experience in handling complex cases concerning contractual liability, product liability, management liability and accountants’ liability.
Jacob has co-authored publications published in journals such as Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical). He has lectured in the law of damages at continuing legal education courses for attorneys.
Jacob Christiansen has vast experience in the legal affairs of the energy sector and municipalities. He has been in charge of a substantial number of reorganisations within the energy sector, including the carve-out of municipal utilities in a corporate form and mergers, demergers, transfers as well as the conclusion of strategic alliances between energy companies. Within this area of practice, Jacob also provides general advice concerning all matters encountered by the players in the energy sector and assists the trade organisations of the energy sector on an ad-hoc basis. Within the municipal field, Jacob Christiansen regularly advises a number of municipalities on the specifics of municipal law, including in relation to the formation of municipal companies.
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Jakob Nielsen has vast experience in various areas of real property, focusing on project development, transfer of property, construction law and business rent law as well as housing associations. In this respect, he has inter alia assisted professional housing and commercial property developers and real estate companies with the acquisition and development of property, contractors and technical advisors in the drafting of contracts and conduct of litigation and arbitration cases, as well as housing associations with advice on matters concerning operations, articles of association and accounts. He further conducts a number of cases before the city and high courts within housing cooperatives law matters, including the pricing of cooperatives.
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Partner in the Sports and Commercial Litigation departments. James acts for sporting bodies as well as sports men and women, he has extensive experience in resolving contractual disputes in a variety of sports including motorsport, football, athletics, cricket and rugby union.
James also has particular experience in advising on regulatory and disciplinary issues. He has acted for clients in proceedings involving the Football Association, the British Horseracing Authority, the Motor Sports Association and the Football League. James acts for event organisers and governing bodies in enforcing ticket terms and conditions to major sporting events. This involves advising clients on the process of obtaining interim injunctions against third parties selling ticket only and or hospitality packages to well-known sporting events taking place in England and Wales without authority to do so, and acting for clients in the ensuing court proceedings.
In addition, James has a substantial IP practice within which he advises and acts for companies and individuals in protecting their intellectual property, including advising on claims relating to copyright and trade mark infringement as well as in relation to pass off. He is a keen advocate of Alternative Dispute Resolution and in particular, mediation, having settled a number of matters through the ADR processes. James is a member of the British Association of Sports Law and has delivered lectures on topics including reputation management and basic contractual rights. James has also written extensively on legal issues in sport.
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Partner; Chair, New York Finance Practice Group; Subgroup Leader, Leveraged Finance
In addition to general business advice, Jan Snogdal deals especially with mergers and acquisitions as well as company law and serves on boards of directors. Through his board duties, Jan has accumulated considerable experience and knowledge of business affairs and is often involved in strategic considerations relating to mergers and acquisitions, ownership transitions, restructuring proceedings and turnarounds. Moreover, he has completed the INSEAD International Directors Programme and is certified in Corporate Governance (IDP-C).
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Partner; Member of the DLA Piper's US Executive Committee; Chair, US Real Estate Practice; Co-Chair, Global Real Estate Practice
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Partner; Chair, Emerging Growth and Venture Capital; Member, US Executive Committee
Partner; Managing Partner, San Francisco Office; Co-Chair, State AG Group
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Partner; Head of Real Estate and Land Use Practice, California
Partner; Head, Investment Management and RECM Practice; Co-Managing Partner, Chicago Office; Member, Executive Committee
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Partner; Chair, US Real Estate Practice; Co-Chair, US Real Estate Sector; Co-Chair, Global Real Estate Sector
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Managing Partner, Americas; Member, Global Board; Member, Executive Committee
Partner; US National Co-Chair of the White Collar Crime, Investigations, and Government Enforcement Group
Partner; Co-Chair, Corporate and Securities Litigation Practice
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Partner; Chair, US Affirmative Litigation Practice; Co-Chair, US Antitrust & Competition group
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John Emil Lyngfeldt Svenson is partner in DLA Piper’s M&A group and he is recognized as one of his generations’ most active M&A lawyers in Denmark and the Nordics. John is specialized within M&A and cross-border transactions and he provides advice within all phases of a transaction process. He advises Danish and international businesses, private equity funds, pension funds, venture capital sponsors and financial institutions within M&A, corporate governance and general corporate law.
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Jon Lauritzen has acted as advisor to persons called to testify before various commissions of inquiry: the Danish commission of inquiry regarding the tax affairs of former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her husband, the Danish commission of inquiry regarding stateless persons, the first Danish commission of inquiry regarding Tibet, the Danish commission of inquiry regarding the Danish customs and tax administration (SKAT) and the second Danish commission of inquiry regarding Tibet. Furthermore, Jon has been appointed to provide legal advice to the Subcommittee of the Standing Orders Committee of the Danish Parliament regarding the assessment as to whether there are grounds for instituting an impeachment against former Danish minister Inger Støjberg. He has been appointed by the Danish Parliament as prosecutor in the 6th impeachment in Danish history. Jon is extremely skilled in advising IT and technology-driven enterprises and is a certified IT attorney. He has a wealth of experience in advising on GDPR and the combination of data protection and employment law and an abundance of experience in providing general advice within commercial law. Moreover, Jon is an experienced lecturer and has e.g. lectured external DPOs on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). He is highly recognised for his talent in combining law with a commercial approach to his clients’ business and needs and he also has a unique appreciation of technology and its link to law.
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Jørgen Flodgaard deals with commercial law focusing, especially with the establishment of companies, including innovation companies and board duties. He has more than 25 years of experience in providing legal advice to small and medium-sized enterprises.Jørgen is also involved in the administration of bankrupt estates, as well as restructuring of companies.
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Partner; US Chair and Global Co-Chair, Private Equity practice
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Karsten Pedersen is primarily engaged with M&A and advises a large number of Danish and foreign private equity funds and industrial enterprises in connection with Danish and international business transactions and investments, including with respect to structuring of transactions, strategic considerations, due diligence exercise, mergers and demergers, establishment of joint ventures, drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation, etc. In addition to his activities within M&A, Karsten advises a large number of corporate clients on general issues of commercial and company law, including shareholder relations, drafting of commercial contracts as well as handling of commercial relations and financing, etc. On the public side Karsten advices within capital market law, including in relation to acquisition and delisting of listed enterprises, raising of capital, initial public offerings (IPOs) and private placements. Karsten is an active member of DLA Piper’s global Hospitality & Leisure sector team. Through this team, DLA Piper provides advice to a wide variety of clients within the sector, including leading global, regional and national hotel and holiday resort operators, sports and leisure providers, online gambling operators, music venues, hotels and restaurants, etc. Since 2010, Karsten has ranked high on the top 10 list of most active M&A lawyers in Denmark.
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Partner; Co-Location Head, Chicago Real Estate Practice
Partner; Co-Chair, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Product Liability Sub-practice Group
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Kristian Skovgaard Larsen specialises in construction law.
Kristian has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is recognised by The Legal 500 and IFLR1000. Moreover, Kristian is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s Real Estate Practice Group in Aarhus.
Kristian assists construction-industry players, particularly construction-owner organisations and construction companies, in connection with construction works both in Denmark and abroad. He advises on the tendering, negotiation and completion of construction projects of varying scale, complexity and duration.
His advice is based on the General Conditions applied in the Danish construction industry, AB/ABT/ABR 18, and FIDIC for international projects. In addition, Kristian specialises in the drafting of contracts as well as dispute resolution within the construction industry.
He has conducted more than 100 arbitration proceedings before the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board and more than 200 expert surveys. Moreover, he was an acting high-court judge at the Danish Western High Court in 2015. In addition, Kristian has authored a number of legal articles.
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Partner; US Vice Chairman, Chair of US Disputes Practice; Member of the Global Board; and Member of the US Executive Committee
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Partner; Chair, US Employment practice; Managing Partner, Dallas Office
Partner and head of Insurance and Reinsurance sector
DLA Piper LatAm Special Projects Co-Leader, Insurance
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Mark Rasdale is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Commercial & Technology Group. Mark is also a member of our India Group. His practice covers a wide range of technology and IP focussed commercial transactions and data protection law. Mark has particular experience in technology development, procurement and licensing deals, including managed services, systems integration, data centre services and technology and business process outsourcing. He is also involved in strategic legal due diligence and transitional services arrangements in relation to corporate acquisitions, disposals and restructurings. Mark’s experience includes acting for international technology and consulting service providers, both in private practice and as an in-house lawyer, in Ireland, and in London where he practised for a number of years.
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Marlene Winther Plas specialises in IT law and data protection and has more than 20 years’ experience in technology-related law. Marlene has in-depth knowledge of all major aspects of business law, including the legal and commercial challenges facing Danish and foreign enterprises. She is a qualified mediator and arbitrator and assists Danish as well as non-Danish enterprises and public authorities in the resolution of IT and commercial disputes.
Marlene is a certified IT attorney and specialises in IT law, assisting clients in eg the negotiation and preparation of complex IT contracts (supply contracts and systems procurement for the private and public sectors), IT outsourcing, development projects and major technology transactions. Marlene also deals with dispute resolution and litigation regarding IT supplies. Furthermore, Marlene has vast experience in data protection and data protection compliance projects and provides assistance to Danish and foreign enterprises and public authorities regarding compliance with data protection rules. Marlene is, moreover, head of DLA Piper Denmark’s IPT team and in-house Data Protection Compliance team. Since 2001, Marlene has been involved in political and professional activities within the legal sector. In 2008, she assisted in establishing the Association of Danish Law Firms and was its vice-chairman up until 2016; she also sat on the Committee of the Association of Danish IT Attorneys for a number of years.
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Partner; Head of Venture & Growth Lending; Chair, West Coast Finance Practice Group
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Mehrteab Leul Kokeb is a renowned senior law professional with almost three decades of experience with core competence in Project Finance and Corporate matters. He has assisted multiple clients developing infrastructure projects in the country which includes the government of Ethiopia, Sponsors and Lenders. Record high privatization and M&A transactions are also part of his latest credentials.
He is also well-known for his skills in providing multidimensional legal services to individual and corporate clients; proficiency in achieving excellent results in a transaction, corporate issues; and his elocution during trials. In addition, he has ample experience in managing court cases as well as dealing with contractual disputes, arbitration, unlawful competition, liquidation, and employment matters.
Currently, Mehrteab is the Managing Partner and he is active primarily in financial services, litigation & dispute resolution and corporate matters
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Partner; Co-Chair, US Telecom Practice; Co-Chair, Global Telecom Regulatory Practice
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Michael Vinther focuses on M&A and Corporate & Commercial. Michael has more than 25 years’ experience in M&A and, during his career, he has been legal advisor in a vast number of transactions.
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Mikala Berg Dueholm advises on all aspects of public procurement, public contracts and complaints. She provides advice on EU and national procurement rules to municipalities, regions, utilities and other bodies applying public procurement. Her advising spans the choice of tendering procedure, completion of the tender proceedings, contract drafting, professional feedback concerning incentive mechanisms, the possibility of subsequent amendments of contracts awarded in a tendering procedure, access to documents, dispute resolution and complaints relating to tendering processes. Mikala has extensive experience in procurement processes relating to complex services, including strategic partnerships within the areas of construction, IT contracts and assortment tenders as well as complex tendering procedures such as negotiated procedures, competitive dialogues and design competitions. She has particular experience in advising on procurement projects within the areas of transport, building and construction, IT as well as soil contamination and raw materials. Furthermore, Mikala represents tenderers in connection with the submission of tenders or subsequently in connection with complaints and access to documents. She has conducted a number of cases concerning the procurement rules before the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement and the courts. Mikala understands the political machinery and is skilled at operating in politically driven organisations.
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Partner; Co-Chair, US Telecom Practice; Co-Chair, Global Telecom Regulatory Practice
As a partner in Akin Gump's financial restructuring group, Naomi’s practice focuses on cross-border restructurings, insolvencies and workouts as well as finance and alternative credit transactions and distressed investing, most recently in China, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Indonesia, Korea, London, Japan, Singapore, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Having practised in Australia, London and Asia, Naomi has been involved in a number of complex and high-profile restructurings with a particular focus on schemes of arrangement, including representing creditor groups of Noble Group Limited, PT Bumi Resources Tbk and Winsway Enterprises Holdings Limited.To learn more about Ms. Moore, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/naomi-elizabeth-moore.html.
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Nicholas Lerche-Gredal is a partner in the Corporate M&A group and is highly experienced and specialized within cross-border private and public M&A and capital markets transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, restructurings and spin-offs. He advises on all phases of the transaction and investment process, including all aspects of structuring of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, incentive schemes, shareholder matters and W&I insurance and is experienced within the venture debt space. Furthermore, also advises on capital markets matters, including public M&A transactions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and rights issues, corporate bonds, securities law, general disclosure requirements, verification processes and corporate governance.
Partner; Chair, Boston Intellectual Property and Technology Practice
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Nina Wedsted focuses on employment and labour law.Nina provides advice as well as dispute resolution services within employment and labour law. She has extensive experience in dealing with incentive schemes, share option agreements, dismissals and non-competition and non-solicitation clauses and in advising the managements of businesses.Nina provides advice on all aspects of employment and labour law to Danish as well as non-Danish clients within various sectors, such as the financial sector, the maritime and transport sectors, the wind power industry, the IT industry and consultancy firms and pharmaceutical companies.Nina has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and the Danish Supreme Court and has long-standing experience in conducting proceedings before the general courts as well as before special courts, including arbitral tribunals and the Danish Labour Court. Nina has also acted as an arbitrator.Moreover, Nina is a member of Fagudvalget for ansættelses- og arbejdsret (committee on employment and labour law) under the Association of Danish Law Firms, where she devised and launched a master programme in employment and labour law aimed at lawyers dealing with this area.For a number of years now, Nina has been lecturing on HR law for the Association of Danish Law Firms, the Association of Danish Lawyers and Economists (DJØF), the Danish Technological Institute, etc.
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Per Vestergaard Pedersen is partner in DLA Piper Denmark Law Firm.
Per provides advice and assistance to national and international enterprises and public authorities.
His main areas of work and specialisation are:
Logistics, transport, shipping and supply chains
Trade of goods and provision of services and agreement thereon
Commercial agreements and matters
Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters and related legal, regulatory, contractual and compliance matters
Sanctions and export control and related legal, regulatory, contractual and compliance matters
Electronic and digital documents, agreements and transactions
Energy and natural resources, including hydropower, other renewable energy, minerals and mining and oil and gas
Telecommunication and electronic communication networks and services
Space and satellite activities
National and international trade and investment
National and international governmental and public matters
International law, public international law, law of the sea and space law
Per Astrup Madsen is a certified insolvency lawyer and specialises in advice within the field of insolvency, which requires comprehensive knowledge of Danish as well as international insolvency rules and the affairs of the business sector in general.
Per has extensive experience within all aspects of insolvency law, including restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings and special situations arising in this regard, including advice on dealing with any personal secondary effects of the crisis. Per also advises and negotiates with creditors on composition, merger, sale, etc.
Furthermore, Per provides assistance to distressed enterprises through the Early Warning programme sponsored by the EU and the Danish Government.
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Holding offices as a court-appointed trustee or restructuring administrator
Liquidating solvent enterprises
Advising owners/management in connection with enterprises in distress, including on restructuring/reorganisation and on any liability for continued operations and potentially voidable transactions
Advising purchasers in connection with the acquisition of business activities or assets from a bankruptcy estate
Representing creditors as regards the filing and adjudication of claims and dealing with non-performing loans
Advising on and negotiating arrangements with creditors on behalf of insolvent enterprises and individuals
Advising on cross-border insolvency issues
Representing mortgagees and other chargees, including as regards taking possession of assets subject to company charges and receivables charges, and secured claims
Representing creditors in avoidance proceedings in a bankruptcy estate due to the bankruptcy of the debtor or a contracting party
Representing advisors faced with a claim for avoidance or a claim for damages or compensation
Collecting receivables, focusing especially on uncovering any hiding of assets
Conducting proceedings before all Danish courts and arbitration tribunals, particularly in relation to the above
Per is, moreover, Head of the Finance, Projects and Restructuring practice group in DLA Piper Denmark and has also been appointed to the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court.
Per is also an active member of DLA Piper’s global Hospitality & Leisure sector team. Through this team, DLA Piper provides advice to a wide variety of clients within the sector, including leading global, regional and national hotel and holiday resort operators, sports and leisure providers, online gambling operators and gambling establishments, hotels and restaurants, etc.
Per Buttenschøn is an established attorney in the area of insolvency law and has an extensive knowledge of and experience with all aspects of insolvency law. Per is the trustee of a number of companies in bankruptcy. Per specializes in distressed accounts and handles all aspect of this area (restructuring, bankruptcy, compulsory sales, realizing of mortgages and securities, realizing of guarantees and guarantors, etc). Per advices both private companies and financial institutions on the legal position in cases of bankrupt companies, including restructuring and voluntary arrangements; however, also on the legal position in bankruptcy, especially in cases of avoidance proceedings being required. Per is on the board of several companies and trusts. Per is a certified arbitrator and acts as an arbitrator within all legal disciplines. In addition, Per has been appointed to the panel of insolvency lawyers set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency. Per is appointed assistant administrator at the Probate Court in Aarhus.
Pernille Sølling has vast experience in a number of practice areas and focuses particularly on insurance and the law of damages as well as litigation and arbitration.
Pernille is a leading expert within pension law and provides assistance to the major Danish pension companies. She advises on all aspects of insurance and pension law, including regulatory and contractual matters, disputes relating to coverage, insurance fraud, occupational pensions, financial issues as well as insurance conditions.
Pernille has conducted a vast number of legal proceedings before the Danish courts. Her expertise encompasses arbitration proceedings, including before the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board. Moreover, Pernille has experience of conducting legal proceedings abroad.
In addition, Pernille is an external examiner at the conduct-of-lawsuit test in the Danish junior-lawyer programme at the Association of Danish Law Firms. Pernille is recommended by Legal 500, Expert Guides and Who’s Who Legal Insurance & Reinsurance.
Peter Schäfer advises at the interface between law and business and has profound commercial and financial appreciation of his clients’ needs. Peter Schäfer sits on several boards of directors and also acts as a trusted advisor to a number of large Danish enterprises.
Peter Schäfer’s activities are wide-ranging, but he deals extensively with the legal issues of the construction industry, project development and the sale and purchase of commercial properties. Moreover, he is particularly skilled within aviation and finance. During his career of more than 20 years as a lawyer, he has provided assistance in a vast number of large transactions.
Peter Schäfer is Chairman of the Board of Directors of DLA Piper Denmark.
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Peter Ihrfelt works mainly with M&A and private equity. Peter has extensive experience of both domestic and cross-border transactions and he has acted in relation to investments within a large number of sectors. He also regularly serves as legal and strategic advisor to entrepreneurial businesses.
Peter is also very experienced in advising on investments in wind power and other types of renewable energy sources.
Peter heads DLA Piper's Energy sector in Sweden.
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Ricardo is an Associate Director in the International Arbitration practice area.
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Rune Hamborg provides advice on all aspects of Danish and EU competition law. Rune is highly experienced in advising Danish as well as non-Danish enterprises on competition law issues, including the conclusion of trade agreements, matters of criminal liability for breach of competition law and merger control. In addition, Rune deals extensively with issues relating to aviation, railway transport and the distribution of pharmaceuticals. Rune provides specialist advice to Copenhagen Airport, DB Cargo Scandinavia and Celesio / McKesson, etc. Rune has vast experience in lecturing on competition law and international law as well as on the code of conduct for lawyers. He also lectures at Dansk Institut for Immaterialretsuddannelse (the Danish institute for IPR education). Moreover, Rune has authored a number of articles on competition-law issues. Rune has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts.
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Since 1997, Sebastian Ingversen has been involved in business transactions, representing major Danish and foreign companies in connection with investments in and the sale and purchase of enterprises in Denmark as well as elsewhere in Scandinavia. He has vast experience in preparing, planning and carrying out due-diligence investigations and he also assists in optimizing and preparing enterprises for sale. In recent years, Sebastian has built up particular expertise in transfers within the energy sector.
Sebastian is solution-oriented, resourceful and an experienced negotiator with profound business sense and, as a result, he often spearheads DLA's transaction team.
Moreover, Sebastian provides advice within company law and commercial law in general, including real estate. In that capacity, he acts, as a key account manager, for a number of DLA's medium-sized and large clients, ensuring consistent as well as strategic advice.
Sebastian has lectured on company law and mergers and acquisitions at the junior-lawyer programme and the University of Aarhus. He also regularly lectures at in-house and external courses, primarily on mergers and acquisitions and company law.
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As a senior member of the London corporate practice and a member of the firm's Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Group, Steven has deep experience of a wide range of domestic and cross border corporate work, advising investment funds, corporates and investment banks on public and private mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings and other corporate transactions.
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Trine Hasselbalch is a partner in DLA Piper Denmark's Finance, Projects & Restructuring practice group and has an abundance of experience in advising Danish and international clients on the restructuring of distressed enterprises, including on maintaining the operations during insolvency proceedings, reorganisations, and transfers of an entire or parts of a distressed enterprise (distressed M&A). Moreover, Trine advises banks and other financial institutions on issues relating to legal charges and insolvency law. Trine has handled restructurings in all major sectors and been involved in several matters, including some with international aspects. Trine is head of DLA Piper’ Denmark’s Agriculture and Food sector team and has in recent years dealt with a vast number of agricultural matters, including restructuring of large agricultural enterprises, and has a wealth of experience in dealing with their operation and the special legal issues relating to charges. Trine also provides advice on contract and ownership relating to agricultural enterprises, including ownership transition. Furthermore, Trine focuses on the energy sectors. Trine assists a number of landowners and has in-depth knowledge of intensive negotiation processes and advising in connection with the construction, operation, and restoration of solar parks, including ownership structures, various lease agreements, and issues relating to agricultural law, etc. Trine is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s Hospitality and Leisure sector team and is also an active member of DLA Piper’s global team for this sector.. Through this team, DLA Piper provides advice to a wide variety of clients within the sector, including leading global, regional and national hotel and holiday resort operators, sports and leisure providers, online gambling operators, music venues, hotels and restaurants, etc. Trine is a certified insolvency lawyer and has been appointed to the panel of insolvency lawyers set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency. Trine is an experienced lecturer and speaker, and she has lectured at Aarhus University, the Association of Danish Law Firms, etc., on topics relating to agriculture and restructuring.
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Partner; Chair, International Employment practice
Partner; Co-Chair of DLA Piper's FDA Regulatory practice
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Partner; Co-Managing Partner, Northern California; Managing Partner, Silicon Valley office
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