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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
Aras Corp - M&A
2021-12-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem
Aras Corp
Acquirer
Röko AB - M&A
2021-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Tobias Bonde Frost
Röko AB
Acquirer
Penta Infra - M&A
2021-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem, Rasmus Juel Schiøtt
Penta Infra
Acquirer
Röko AB - M&A
2021-07-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Tobias Bonde Frost
Röko AB
Acquirer
Li Enterprises LLC - M&A
2021-12-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem
Li Enterprises LLC
Acquirer
Vivo Capital RA; Samsara BioCapital; Eir Ventures - M&A
2021-02-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Mattias Vilhelm, Warnøe Nielsen
Vivo Capital RA, Samsara BioCapital, Eir Ventures
Acquirer
Waterland Private Equity Investments BV - M&A
2021-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Tobias Frost
Waterland Private Equity Investments BV
Acquirer
Kinnevik - M&A
2021-02-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Dan Moalem, Rasmus Juel Schiøtt
Kinnevik
Acquirer
True Gum - M&A
2021-12-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Mattias Vilhelm, Warnøe Nielsen
True Gum
Seller
JOOL Capital Partners AB - Financing
2021-07-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
JOOL Capital Partners AB
Lender
Great Hill Partners - M&A
2021-06-01
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Mattias Vilhelm, Warnøe Nielsen
Great Hill Partners
Investor
Lugard Road Capital - M&A
2021-02-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Mattias Vilhelm, Warnøe Nielsen
Lugard Road Capital
Investor
Pento - M&A
2021-12-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
M&A
Mattias Vilhelm, Warnøe Nielsen
Pento
Target
David Horn Solomon - Insolvency
2022-02-24
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Insolvency
Thomas Weitemeyer
David Horn Solomon
Trustee
Hesalight - Insolvency
2022-02-24
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Insolvency
Thomas Weitemeyer
Hesalight
Debtor
Ride4Fun - Insolvency
2022-02-24
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Insolvency
Thomas Weitemeyer
Ride4Fun
Trustee
JOOL Capital Partners AB - Financing
2021-02-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
JOOL Capital Partners AB
Lender
JOOL Capital Partners AB - Financing
2021-03-20
Moalem Weitemeyer
Denmark
Financing
Henning Aasmul-Olsen
JOOL Capital Partners AB
Lender
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