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Martin Christian Kruhl

DLA Piper

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Notable practitioner
Bar Admissions:
Denmark
Practice Areas:
Financial services regulatory
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Banking
Financial services
Investment management
Languages:
English
Biography

Martin Christian Kruhl deals primarily with financial regulation, compliance, M&A and company law.

Martin is the partner in charge of DLA Piper Denmark’s depositary services department, which is today the largest Danish depositary for property funds, and he is also responsible for the management of the affiliated company Nordic Compliance Services A/S.

Martin is the Money Laundering Reporting Officer of DLA Piper Denmark and, as such, he has the overall responsibility for compliance with anti-money laundering rules and for monitoring the firm’s activities, procedures and whistleblowing system.

Martin regularly provides financial regulatory advice to several financial and institutional clients, including ATP, Visa, Amazon, UBS, Royal Bank of Scotland.

Martin has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions involving financial businesses and assists in e.g. due diligence and authorisation procedures in relation to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • CLO/CDO
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Gaming
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Real estate
Association memberships
  • Nordic Network for Company Law
  • The Danish Association for Company Law 
Bar admissions
  • Admitted to the Danish Bar, 2010
Academic qualifications
  • Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (accounting), 2011
  • The University of Aarhus, Ph.D., 2011
  • The University of Aarhus, Master of Law, 2006
  • Aarhus School of Business School, BSc in Business Administration (Law), 2003
Address:
Aarhus
Tel:+45 3334 0842 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://denmark.dlapiper.com/en/people/martin-christian-kruhl