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Key contacts
Chairman: Anders Peter G. Christoffersen
Managing Partner: Jacob Skude Rasmussen
Partner: Anders Ørjan Jensen
Partner: Kenneth Kvistgaard-Aaholm
Partner: Charlotte Thorsen
Partner: Jesper Avnborg Lentz
Partner: Christoffer Fode
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

300

Languages

English, French, German, Spanish and the Scandinavian languages

Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
Corporate and M&A
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Firm overview

Gorrissen Federspiel is the leading full-service law firm in Denmark and advises companies, financial institutions and public authorities across all aspects of corporate and business law. Its goal is to support clients’ businesses and strategies through legal advice at the highest professional and ethical level, adapted to each client’s individual circumstances and requirements. Through the high degree of specialisation of its practice area teams, the firm's experts accumulate in-depth insight into both their field of practice and the industry sectors in which its clients operate. Clients benefit from specialist lawyers who create value for their organisation by solving legal issues based on solid knowledge of market practices, business strategies and commercial circumstances. The firm acts as trusted adviser to a large number of Danish and international clients, whom it has assisted on many of the largest and most challenging transactions and highest profile court cases in Denmark. The firm has strong international relations developed through its long-standing and close cooperation with some of the world’s leading law firms, banks, audit firms and insurance companies. It can therefore assure clients of professional advice at short notice exactly where they need it.

CSR Report

In 2018, Gorrissen Federspiel joined the UN’s Global Compact, which is the world’s most comprehensive initiative for corporate responsibility. We have since supplemented our CSR work with a focus on the global goals, defined by the UN as benchmarks for sustainable development towards 2030.

We published our first CSR report in 2018. In our CSR report you can read about our different CSR initiatives and how they support the UN Global Compact’s principles of social responsibility.

You can find our CSR reports below.

 

                                                                   CSR report 2021

             CSR Report 2022                                   CSR Report 2021

CSR report 2020      CSR report 2019

          CSR Report 2020                                    CSR Report 2019

Key transactional practices
  • Banking & Finance
  • Financial Services Regulatory
  • Project Finance
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Structured Finance
  • Debt Capital Markets
  • Equity Capital Markets
  • Corporate / M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Investment Funds
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
Sector expertise
  • Defence & Security
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Financial Services
  • Industrial Products & Services
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Private Equity
  • Professional & Business Services
  • Retail & Consumer
  • Transport: Aviation | Logistics | Rail | Shipping
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications
Other offices

Gorrissen Federspiel
Prismet, Silkeborgvej 2
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark

T: +45 86 20 75 00
E: contact@gorrissenfederspiel.com
W: https://gorrissenfederspiel.com/en

Address:
Axel Towers, Axel Torv 2
Hovedstaden
DK-160 Copenhagen
Tel:+45 3341 4141 Fax:+45 3341 4133 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://gorrissenfederspiel.com/en
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate
Danish law firm Gorrissen Federspiel has a history that goes back to the late 1800s. The firm has offices in the cities of Aarhus and Copenhagen. 

Through the firm’s long history, the team has acquired comprehensive high quality expertise in significant transactions within M&A, capital markets, restructuring and insolvency and project development. 



Highlights  


The firm advised Andel Holding on the refinancing of its existing facilities through a new DKK 18.8 billion syndicated financing, supporting the group's long-term strategy in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors.

The firm advised DMK Group on its merger with Arla Foods, creating what is expected to be the largest dairy cooperative in Europe. The cross-border transaction brings together more than 12,000 farmer-members and combines businesses with pro forma revenues of approximately €19 billion.


Key clients  

EIFO, Danske Bank, SEB, Nordea, Nykredit, Vestas, Encavis, Doral Energy, KKR, Equinor, Novo Nordisk & Novo Holdings, A.P. Møller, Cadeler 
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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Jyske Bank A/S - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Jyske Bank A/S
Underwriter
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Jyske Bank A/S - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Jyske Bank A/S
Issuer
KommuneKredit - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
KommuneKredit
Issuer
Nykredit - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Nykredit
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
KommuneKredit - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
KommuneKredit
Issuer
GN Store Nord A/S - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
GN Store Nord A/S
Issuer
Danske Bank Corporate Finance - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Danske Bank Corporate Finance
Issuer
Spar Nord Bank A/S - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Spar Nord Bank A/S, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Nykredit, Danske Bank Corporate Finance
Underwriter
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
KommuneKredit - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
KommuneKredit
Issuer
Nykredit - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Nykredit
Issuer
Spar Nord Bank A/S - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Spar Nord Bank A/S
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Nykredit - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Nykredit
Issuer
Kommune Kreditforeningen - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
Kommune Kreditforeningen
Issuer
Euronext NV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Netherlands
Bond issue
Euronext NV
Issuer
KommuneKredit - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Gorrissen Federspiel
Denmark
Bond issue
KommuneKredit
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M&A
Norton Rose Fulbright and Gorrissen Federspiel lawyers explain how the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation has added to uncertainty about deal notifications in the past year
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