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Head of Communications: Barbara Holden Lockhart
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

60

Number of partners

13

Languages

Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Mandarin, Turkish, Punjabi, Hindi

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

Moalem Weitemeyer is a leading Danish law firm specialized in Corporate M&A, Capital Markets, Private Equity, and Disputes & Investigations.

M&A is the core of our business. Our attorneys advise on the most comprehensive and complex transactions in the Nordics. We advise on all aspects of real estate, corporate and securities law. We are a leading Disputes practice. We bring a technical strength and a commercial awareness to our work that consistently achieves outstanding results, in and out of court.

Key transactional practices
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Competition
  • Financial restructuring
  • M&A, Private equity
  • Real estate finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Key practice contacts and recent case highlights

The firm’s attorneys are amongst the most experienced public and private M&A lawyers in Denmark and have advised on more or less all significant Danish public M&A transactions in the past decade. Moalem Weitemeyer has acted as advisers in a large number of the most comprehensive and complex transactions in Denmark in recent years, and provides advice on all types of corporate transactions, including private equity and venture capital transactions. The firm’s attorneys have created novel and innovative transaction structures that today are considered an integral part of how the law is to be applied, but were considered groundbreaking at the time of their inception. Clients include leading corporates, investment banks and private equity funds, including DSV Panalpina, FSN Private Equity Partners, Waterland Private Equity, and Triton Partners.

Sector expertise
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Shipping
Address:
Amaliegade 3
Copenhagen
1256
Tel:+4570701505 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://moalemweitemeyer.com/home
Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 3
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Accura
8 practice areas
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Gorrissen Federspiel
10 practice areas
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Kromann Reumert
8 practice areas
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Plesner
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bech-Bruun
8 practice areas
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Bruun & Hjejle
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
8 practice areas
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HortenDahl
10 practice areas
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Moalem Weitemeyer
7 practice areas
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Poul Schmith
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

Carsted Rosenberg
5 practice areas
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Notable

Bird & Bird
3 practice areas
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Lund Elmer Sandager
5 practice areas
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Active

DreistStorgaard Advokater
4 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 3
10 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Gorrissen Federspiel
10 practice areas
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Kromann Reumert
8 practice areas
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Plesner
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

Accura
8 practice areas
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Bech-Bruun
8 practice areas
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Bruun & Hjejle
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

HortenDahl
10 practice areas
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Moalem Weitemeyer
7 practice areas
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Poul Schmith
7 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 3
11 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Gorrissen Federspiel
10 practice areas
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Kromann Reumert
8 practice areas
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Plesner
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

Accura
8 practice areas
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Bech-Bruun
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Bruun & Hjejle
10 practice areas
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Moalem Weitemeyer
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

HortenDahl
10 practice areas
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Notable

DLA Piper
8 practice areas
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Elmann
5 practice areas
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Nielsen Nørager
7 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
19 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Accura
8 practice areas
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Bech-Bruun
8 practice areas
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Gorrissen Federspiel
10 practice areas
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Kromann Reumert
8 practice areas
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Moalem Weitemeyer
7 practice areas
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Plesner
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bruun & Hjejle
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Bird & Bird
3 practice areas
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HortenDahl
10 practice areas
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Poul Schmith
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

Lund Elmer Sandager
5 practice areas
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Tier 5

Elmann
5 practice areas
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Magnusson
3 practice areas
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NJORD Law Firm
7 practice areas
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Nielsen Nørager
7 practice areas
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SIRIUS advokater
3 practice areas
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Notable

Elverdam Law Firm
3 practice areas
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Skau Reipurth
4 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 4
18 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Bech-Bruun
8 practice areas
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Gorrissen Federspiel
10 practice areas
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Kromann Reumert
8 practice areas
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Poul Schmith
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Accura
8 practice areas
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Bruun & Hjejle
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
8 practice areas
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Plesner
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Holst
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Andersen Partners
3 practice areas
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Elmann
5 practice areas
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HortenDahl
10 practice areas
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Lund Elmer Sandager
5 practice areas
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Mazanti-Andersen Korsø Jensen & Partnere
5 practice areas
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Moalem Weitemeyer
7 practice areas
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Notable

NJORD Law Firm
7 practice areas
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Skau Reipurth
4 practice areas
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Sundgaard Advokater
2 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Established in 2008, the Danish law firm Moalem Weitemeyer is based in Copenhagen. The firm’s strength is catered to its reputable M&A practice, with its work for private equity firms being a consistent part of the firm’s practice. The firm also has a notably strong presence in banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency and capital markets. 

Highlights  

 

In M&A a notable example of the firm’s recent work includes advising DSV on its acquisition of the global freight and contract logistics business DB Schenker. The transaction value is $15.85 billion. The deal represented the second largest deal recorded by a Danish company and recorded as the largest deal in the global logistics sector.  

The firm also played a critical role with regards to Novo Holdings merger agreement with Catalent Pharma Solutions to acquire all outstanding shares of Catalent valued at $16.5 billion. This acquisition is recorded as one of the largest ever made by a Danish company.  

 

Testimonials  

Very high business acumen, hands-on advise, strategic sparring partners, legal experts” - Banking and finance  

 

Key clients  

DSV A/S, Valedo Partners, Polaris Private Equity, Nordic Alpha Partners, Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S, DNB Bank, Royal Unibrew, Valedo Partners, Danske Andelskassers Bank A/S, Vinga Corporate Finance, Polaris Private Equity, DSV A/S 

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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
Pandora - Secondary share offering
2020-05-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Secondary share offering
Dan Moalem, Henning Aasmul-Olsen
Pandora
Issuer
Chr Augustinus Fabrikker - Secondary share offering
2020-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Secondary share offering
Dan Moalem, Henning Aasmul-Olsen
Chr Augustinus Fabrikker
Issuer
FSN - Financing
2020-04-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
FSN
Borrower
Polaris Private Equity - Financing
2020-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
Polaris Private Equity
Borrower
Axcel - Financing
2020-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
Axcel
Borrower
APCOA Parking Holdings - Financing
2020-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
APCOA Parking Holdings
Borrower
JOOL Capital Partners - Financing
2020-12-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
JOOL Capital Partners
Lender
Valedo Partners - Financing
2020-04-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
Valedo Partners
Borrower
Danske Andelskassers Bank - Secondary share offering
2020-04-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Secondary share offering
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
Danske Andelskassers Bank
Issuer
RelyOn Nutec Group - Restructuring
2020-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Restructuring
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
RelyOn Nutec Group
Debtor
Shape Robotics - IPO
2020-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
IPO
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
Shape Robotics
Issuer
Rådhusapoteket - Insolvency
2021-02-25
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Insolvency
Thomas Weitemeyer
Rådhusapoteket
Insolvent entity
Copenhagen Jade - Insolvency
2019-11-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Insolvency
Thomas Weitemeyer
Copenhagen Jade
Creditor
Ride4Fun - Insolvency
2021-02-25
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Insolvency
Thomas Weitemeyer
Ride4Fun
Insolvent entity
Shoe The Bear - Restructuring
2020-09-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Restructuring
Thomas Weitemeyer
Shoe The Bear
Insolvent entity
DSV A/S - M&A
2021-08-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem
DSV A/S
Acquirer
Royal Unibrew A/S - M&A
2021-04-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem, Rasmus Juel Schiøtt
Royal Unibrew A/S
Acquirer
Triton Partners; Dantaxi 4x48 - M&A
2021-08-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem, Rasmus Juel Schiøtt
Triton Partners, Dantaxi 4x48
Acquirer
Waterland Private Equity; Consulting Holding BV - M&A
2021-01-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem, Tobias Bonde Frost
Waterland Private Equity, Consulting Holding BV
Acquirer
Polaris Private Equity; Designers Co A/S - M&A
2021-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem
Polaris Private Equity, Designers Co A/S
Acquirer
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