Horten covers the full spectrum of buying and selling mandates, including structured auction processes, mergers and demergers, restructurings, and ownership transitions as well as mandates involving distressed assets. The team also has a growing focus on representing private equity houses and venture capital entities within the energy and technology sectors. Practice head Frans Rossen is routinely engaged on national and international corporate acquisitions, while Thomas Francis Beckett advises investment banks, private equity funds and major financial institutions.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'The team is really client focused. They are very mindful of the client's objectives, constraints and totally adapt to the client's style and needs. Pragmatic, accessible, knowledgeable and very supportive. Simply superb.'

  • '‘Marie Funch Lind is very dedicated and hard working. She is efficient and reliable and quickly identifies the specific needs of the client.'

  • 'Hans Christian Pape is very knowledgeable and experienced. He is very business oriented and has a large network. He is business focused and will quickly identify the important issues to focus on from the client's perspective.’
  • 'Lise Lotte Hjerrild is excellent. Very pragmatic, calm and very solutions oriented.'

Key clients

  • Polaris (Det Danske Madhus)
  • Dansk Ejerkapital
  • Polaris Private Equity A/S
  • Polaris (Alliance plus)
  • Quantum Machines
  • Altrad investment

Work highlights

  • Advising the shareholders of the Danish-based company FFW on the sale to MarTech company JAKALA.
  • Advising Summa Equity on the acquisition of LogPoint.
  • Advising Danish private equity house CataCap on the acquisition of NLM Vantinge.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Frans Rossen

Other key lawyers

Lise Lotte Hjerrild, Thomas Francis Beckett, Hans Christian Pape, Marie Funch Lind