Gorrissen Federspiel‘s ‘highly professional’ capital markets practice frequently advises on the full suite of capital markets work including IPOs, public takeovers, and equity and debt issuances on behalf of a high-end client list that spans issuers, underwriters and sponsors, alongside investors and management. Assisting private equity funds pursuing dual track exit strategies as well as providing general advice to listed companies are further core specialisms of the team, which is headed up by public M&A expert Rikke Schiøtt Petersen. Pre-eminent capital markets practitioner Klaus Søgaard lends his expertise to IPOs, capital increases, M&A transactions and takeover bids of listed companies. Chantal Pernille Patel Simonsen‘s demonstrable experience includes handling spin-offs, listings, private placements, rights issuances and IPOs, among others. Emily Nordin is also recommended for transactional work.

Kromann Reumert‘s large-scale capital markets group represents leading Nordic and international financial institutions and investment banks on cross-border transactions, with noted strength in work across the banking, life sciences, industrial, energy, telecoms and IT sectors. ECM partner Christian Lundgren is recognised for his expertise in takeovers and IPOs in the Danish market, alongside regulatory matters in the space, while Christina Bruun Geertsen is frequently engaged on both issuer and underwriter-side mandates. Peter Schiøler Skaaring and Thomas Kaas head up the debt capital markets team, while Jens Steen Jensen is the key point of contact for regulatory issues. Esteemed practitioners Marianne Philip and Henrik Møgelmose advise international industrial clients on public issuances, and financial institutions on IPOs and stock exchange regulatory matters, respectively. Rune Morthorst is the key name at senior associate level.

Praised as an ‘outstanding’ capital markets team, Plesner acts on the full suite of both issuer and underwriter-side mandates including accelerated book-builds, IPOs, and securities listings. ‘Incredible lawyer’ Thomas Holst Laursen and M&A expert Nicolai Ørsted jointly head up the equity side of the practice and are key points of contact for IPOs, public takeovers, ABBs, PIPEs, rights issuances and corporate governance work. For debt capital markets transactions, Søren Thyssen Valerius and Jakob Echwald Sevel lead in conjunction with Henrik Kure. Henrik Laursen comes recommended for his cross-border ECM practice, which emphasises IPOs and public M&A. Janus Jepsen was promoted to the partnership in early 2023.

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab‘s robust capital markets practice is centred around representing Danish issuers, international investment banks and both investors and shareholders in connection with the full suite of capital markets transactions and regulatory issues. Anne Zeuthen Løkkegaard and Martin Allan Christensen  co-head the department; Løkkegaard is ‘highly recommended for her very solid knowledge of the ECM practice area’, while Christensen is a key name for listings, takeovers, secondary offerings, rights issuances and direct placements.

Adept at both equity and debt transactions, Bech-Bruun has a strong history acting on domestic offerings, public-to-private transactions and regulatory issues, including EU Market Abuse Regulation; the group also has noted expertise in the full range of listed transactions, including handling buybacks, combined rights and market issuances for listed financial entities. Capital markets and regulatory expert David Moalem jointly leads the department with Steen Jensen, who is recommended for takeover bids and P2P transactions.

Bruun & Hjejle represents Danish and multinational financial institutions, private equity funds and corporate clients on the full spectrum of both equity and debt capital market transactions. Bond and note issuances, private placements, sell-down transactions, public takeovers and IPOs are key pillars of the group’s practice in the space. Practice head Morten Jensen is experienced in advising on IPOs, rights issuances, private placements and sell-down transactions, while debt capital markets expert Anne Cathrine Ingerslev is praised as ‘very efficient and creative’ and acts on complex and high-profile bond issuances. Experienced practitioner Jesper Schultz Larsen‘s practice emphasises capital markets, M&A and private equity mandates.

DLA Piper Denmark frequently acts on the full suite of both equity and debt capital markets transactions, from takeovers and public M&A to bond issuances and secondary offerings. Practice group leader Nicholas Lerche-Gredal is an experienced M&A and private equity practitioner.

Horten acts on both underwriter and issuer-side equity and debt mandates, often advising on listings, de-listings, issuances, information obligations, and corporate governance work. Practice leader Lise Lotte Hjerrild has a demonstrably strong track record when it comes to IPOs, delistings, capital raises, and cross-border mergers and de-mergers of listed companies.

Capital markets work is a core focus of Moalem Weitemeyer with the team specialising in public-to-private deals, and equity and debt issuances; the team is known in the marketplace for its focus on representing listed companies. Finance and capital markets group head Henning Aasmul-Olsen frequently represents Danish and global companies and high-profile financial sponsors. Founding partner and M&A expert Dan Moalem is another key point of contact.