Banking and finance

Plesner

Plesner’s team handles large-scale financing transactions and complex financial regulatory issues, with a strong emphasis on cross-border deals. The team’s varied workload includes advising on syndicated loans, secured term loans, project and asset-based financings, financial restructurings and receivable securitisations. The team recently led the financing for Novozymes on Denmark’s largest ever corporate merger. ‘Star practitioner’ Søren Thyssen Valerius heads up the team and leads on corporate lending, financing and financial restructuring work. Other key contacts include Jakob Echwald Sevel, who is a go-to adviser for complex regulatory matters; Henrik Kure, who spearheads the team’s green and renewables financing work; and Rasmus Mandøe Jensen, who is praised as a ’complete master of details’. At the associate level, Emil Hedegaard Mikkelsen focuses on acquisition and fund finance mandates.

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Testimonials

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‘With Plesner you can always rely on a close collaboration where you feel that the whole team works for you and try to accomplish the best possible result.’
‘We work with Søren Thyssen Valerius and Jakob Echwald Sevel. Søren is really experienced and provides thoroughly considered advice which is focused to the point. Jakob is excellent on complex loan transactions which require advice from other fields of law in addition to finance. The communication is always clear and the client knows exactly what is happening in the transaction.’
‘Emil Deleuran always provides the best possible solutions that take into account the relevant commercial and practical aspects. We are very fond of him.’
‘Plesner's banking and finance team takes into account the entire business of the client when recommending capital solutions. They are knowledgeable of new products and trends and often are the first to implement these on the market.’
‘Søren Thyssen Valerius is a star practitioner in his field. Very insightful, calm and focused on solutions.'
'Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is a rising star and a very tough negotiator. Complete master of details yet keeps a cool head and has a strategic mindset.'
‘Above all, competent and relevant advice. Attention and responsiveness to client needs. Proactively looking for the best solutions given particular client characteristics and needs. Benefiting from long-term relationship and knowledge of our company and stakeholders.’

Key clients

Danske Bank
Nordea Bank
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Jyske Bank
Nykredit
Aareal Bank
BlackRock
Goldman Sachs
J.P. Morgan
The European Investment Bank
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Novozymes (now Novonesis)
H. Lundbeck
EIFO (The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark)
Nordic Solar
Core Sustainability Capital
Citibank
Copenhagen Airports
Swiss Life Asset Managers
Danica Pension
Brødrene Hartmann
Norion Bank
A.P. Møller - Mærsk
Trill Impact
Agilitas Private Equity

Work highlights

Advised Nordea regarding systemic flaws in its debt collection system and processes.
Advised Nordic Solar in connection with its €300m strategic cornerstone investment from EIG Global Energy Partners.
Advised Swiss Life Asset Managers on its acquisition of a large Danish shopping mall.