Accura Advokatpartnerselskab is well-known for its heavyweight transactional focus and acts on behalf of international financial institutions, private equity funds and the financial sector such as banks, accounting firms and pension funds on an entire spectrum of cross-border work in the insolvency and restructuring arena. M&A restructuring is a core specialism of the group, headed up by ‘outstanding insolvency practitioner’ Søren Aamann Jensen, a leading name for restructuring of failing businesses and within complex financing issues.

DLA Piper Denmark’s finance, projects and restructuring team is known in the marketplace for being ‘very skilled, business-minded and always ready to work on finding solutions for the clients and cases they are working on’. The specialist Nordic practice group routinely handles all aspects of cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. Three lawyers jointly head the department: distressed business expert Henrik Sjørslev and Jørgen Flodgaard lead alongside Per Astrup Madsen, who is a key contact for ongoing bankruptcy estates and in-court restructurings. Agricultural-sector restructuring specialist Trine Hasselbalch is another key member of the team.

Gorrissen Federspiel is frequently engaged on high-end Danish restructuring and bankruptcy matters, handling domestic and cross-border issues stemming from insolvency cases including out-of-court restructurings, debt workouts and liquidations. The group’s robust client list counts Danish and Nordic banks, alongside major international financial institutions. Practice head John Sommer Schmidt acts as liquidator, restructuring administrator and trustee for large, Danish bankruptcy estates as well as acting for financial institutions. Renowned insolvency lawyer Lars Grøngaard is known for his experience in assisting domestic and foreign creditors with the collection of their outstanding balances. Morten Hans Jakobsen is a key point of contact for restructuring and workouts, whilst Preben Jakobsen’s practice emphasises reorganisation proceedings and distressed M&A.

Kromann Reumert’s large-scale insolvency and restructuring practice group fields a deep bench of specialist practitioners, capable of handling complex insolvency, restructuring and estate administration mandates alongside offering broader transactional expertise, including in M&A and financing. Christian Jul Madsen and Teis Gullitz-Wormslev jointly lead the department. Madsen is a key contact for a broad range of issues, including restructuring, bankruptcy, liquidation, compulsory composition, voluntary credit arrangements and transaction-related agreements. Gullitz-Wormslev has extensive experience in the financing of businesses, including acquisitions and financing of various types of assets, and is praised as ‘calm and solution-oriented in difficult situations’.

Poul Schmith is well-known for its longstanding status as trust adviser to the Danish State, but also works on behalf of a robust private-sector client base on the full spectrum of complex insolvency matters, including inter-creditor agreements and debt restructurings, among others. Practice head Boris Frederiksen’s practice encompasses the entirety of insolvency law, and is praised as a ‘mastermind when it comes to strategy and a cool, straight hitting negotiator’. ‘Wonderful, cool-headed litigator’ Cathrine Wollenberg Zittan is an important point of contact for matters concerning asset tracing work, debt collections and cross-border insolvencies.

Bech-Bruun’s cross-border insolvency experience sees the team undertake work across various jurisdictions, including Germany, Greenland and China, on behalf of a client list that counts major domestic banks, government funds, international lenders and debtor clients including Danish corporates. Practice head Anders Hoffmann Kønigsfeldt advises on all issues related to insolvency law, in addition to reorganising and restructuring of businesses with financial difficulties. Troels Tuxen is a key player when it comes to company restructurings, acting as trustee in bankruptcy estates, out of court suspension of payment procedures and creditor arrangements.

Bruun & Hjejle has a strong track record advising on high-profile restructuring and insolvency cases in the Danish market, alongside dispensing specialist advice on challenging bankruptcy litigation proceedings. Members of the team are frequently appointed as administrators by the Danish Debt Collection Agency. Practice head Henrik Selchau Poulsen lends his expertise to a range of restructurings, suspensions of payments and bankruptcy compositions. At associate level, Rasmus Moliin is frequently engaged on matters concerning distressed real estate properties.

Horten is well-experienced on a full range of cross-border bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring issues, including distressed M&A and non-performing loans, creditor representation and compulsory liquidations, among others. Jan Bech is a key name in Aarhus, with his practice centred around restructuring of enterprises and arrangements with creditors and bankruptcy proceedings. Piya Mukherjee is highly specialised in all aspects of insolvency and restructuring, particularly debt restructuring and litigation of avoidance claims. Troels Tuxen heads up the practice.

The team fielded by Lundgrens represents Danish blue-chip companies, SMEs and private equity funds, as well as financial institutions and other lenders and management of businesses, on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency issues. Practice head Pernille Bigaard comes is praised as ‘one of the most experienced insolvency lawyers around’. Louise Krarup Simonsen is regularly appointed as court appointed restructurer or trustee of bankruptcy estates.

Mazanti-Andersen possesses the bandwidth to handle complex bankruptcy cases, both domestic and cross-border, on behalf of major Danish financial institutions. Practice head Peter Wedel Ranch Krarup has over 30 years' experience in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. Henrik B. Sanders' broad commercial practice includes dispensing advice to banks and creditors in relation to restructuring and insolvency mandates.

The ‘highly experienced’ team fielded by Plesner leverages its specific know-how to advise on the entire spectrum of restructuring and insolvency mandates, including large corporate insolvencies on behalf of major banks, investors and creditors. Lars Skanvig heads up the practice and is permanent trustee at the Maritime and Commercial High Court in Copenhagen. Skanvig's experience extends to domestic and cross-border bankruptcies, restructurings and liquidations. Michala Roepstorff has over 25 years' experience and comes recommended as an ‘excellent attorney and adviser’.

Jan Bruun Jørgensen, Rikke Licht Bøtcher and Anders Hvidberg Plum jointly head the Kolding-based insolvency and restructuring practice housed by Andersen Partners. Acting on behalf of Danish and international creditors, the team has experience as reconstruction administrators and trustees in bankruptcies, alongside debt restructurings, compulsory dissolution mandates, solvent liquidations and reorganisations, among others.

DAHL Law Firm has demonstrable experience in bankruptcies, including cases of a disqualification order, cases of avoidance and cases of board liability, as well as debt collection, forced sales, reconstruction and eviction mandates. Birgitte Jørgensen heads the practice and frequently acts as trustee of estates in bankruptcies and as a liquidator in cases of compulsory dissolutions of companies.

Elmann has a strong track record in all areas of insolvency law, including debt recovery, restructuring of companies, winding-up procedures and litigation and arbitration. Practice head Finn Lynge Jepsen represents both secured and unsecured creditors, receivers, business clients in the purchase and sale of assets of solvent companies, and is a permanent trustee with the Copenhagen maritime and commercial court. Janne Yde Sjørslev is a key contact for bankruptcy proceedings, compulsory-dissolution cases and restructurings.

Haugaard | Braad’s insolvency group assists with domestic bankruptcy and restructuring cases, as well as other creditor arrangements. The practice also has a substantial presence in compulsory liquidation proceedings. Anders Braad leads the team and is recognised for his experience handling court determined restructurings of agricultural farms.

Holst, Advokater has a strong transactional focus and sees work on insolvency mandates arising out of the construction and real estate, and agriculture sectors. Henrik Steen Jensen and Andreas Kjærsgaard Mylin head the practice group and are key points of contact. Jensen is experienced when it comes to acting as a trustee in bankruptcy estates, whilst Mylin has more than 25 years' experience working on restructuring and insolvency cases.

Lund Elmer Sandager routinely handles insolvency issues, restructurings, creditor arrangements and litigation, in both the private and commercial areas on behalf of a broad array of corporate clients and creditors; it is also regularly called on to act as administrator to private bankruptcy estates. Christian B Elmer advises banks and high-end commercial clients in connection with bankruptcy and reconstruction proceedings.

Moalem Weitemeyer‘s restructuring and insolvency group has a broad footprint that provides specialist advice on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency work; it also handles associated issues arising out of M&A transactions, disputes and real estate work. Practice leader Thomas Weitemeyer is appointed as trustee in several bankruptcy estates and acts as administrator in complex restructuring proceedings.

Praised for its ‘professionalism, expertise, and dedication to clients’, NJORD Law Firm advises companies acting as creditors on petitions for bankruptcies, and assists companies in distress alongside a full range of insolvency and restructuring matters. Practice head Anders Hammer Hansen represents financial institutions, employees and employee organisations when filing bankruptcy petitions and is appointed as trustee in several bankruptcy estates.

Schjødt Advokatpartnerselskab’s bankruptcy and insolvency practice group, headed up by Kristian Gustav Andersson and Victoria Grevit Eriksen, handles bankruptcy and insolvency cases. Andersson and Eriksen come recommended as ‘very skilled in handling complicated insolvency matters’ and both have considerable experience in the arena.

Sundgaard Advokater’s ‘highly skilled’ team is praised for its ‘great knowledge of insolvency’ and sees frequent work across all aspects of insolvency, including turnarounds, restructuring, and as court-appointed administrators in liquidations, bankruptcy, and winding up proceedings. Gunvor Sundgaard Happe, Agnete Brus Krusell, Thomas Torré Christiansen and Pierre Martin Ellegaard Adolfsen head up the team between Copenhagen and Hillerød.