Gorrissen Federspiel

Klaus Søgaard

In recent years, Klaus Søgaard has concentrated his legal work on listed companies, specialising in the work as a chairman and as an adviser on securities law issues. Klaus presides at the general meetings in a number of the biggest Danish companies, including Novo Nordisk, Vestas, Danske Bank, FLS, Tryg and GN Store Nord A/S. Over the years, he has handled general meetings with substantial conflicts. He also advises the listed companies about the disclosure requirements applicable to them.

Emily Nordin

Emily advises on a broad range of corporate law and capital market matters and is regularly involved in capital markets transactions and M&A transactions both in Europe and in the United States. Prior to joining Gorrissen Federspiel, she spent more than five years practicing as an attorney in New York at Hughes Hubbard & Reed and London at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Emily has considerable experience advising both issuers and underwriters, including on matters relating to high yield bond issuances and capital restructurings. She was admitted to the New York bar in 2013 and holds a master's degree from Columbia Law School and a PhD from the University of Antwerp.

Chantal Pernille Patel

Chantal Pernille Patel advises on a broad range of corporate law and capital market matters in particular in connection with capital  market transactions and securities regulation as well as M&A. Chantal has advised a wide spectrum of corporate clients as well as private equity funds and other institutional investors in a number of public and directed offerings of equity, corporate reorganisations, M&A, structured sales processes and public tender offers for listed companies. Chantal also has extensive experience in advising clients on general corporate law matters as well as Danish listed companies on Danish securities law aspects and corporate governance matters.

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen is a partner and co-head of the Corporate M&A and Capital Markets practice group of Gorrissen Federspiel and is recognised as a leading capital markets lawyer in Denmark. Being exceptionally experienced and highly skilled in public M&A and ECM deals, including major Danish IPOs, Rikke focuses on capital markets transactions, public and private M&A and corporate restructurings as well as advisory work on securities law and corporate law aspects, corporate governance and executive remuneration. Her clients include corporates, private equity funds, investment banks and institutional investors.