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Denmark

Banking and finance

Bech-Bruun

Bech-Bruun is edging closer to being a tier one firm after a recent merger. The strategic move to absorb the highly specialised firm Philip & Partners according to one competitor "will give them access to a good portfolio of high net-worth clients".... [more]

Leading lawyers
Steen Halmind
Steen Jensen
Morten Krogsgaard

Mergers and acquisitions

Bech-Bruun

Peers are highly complimentary of Bech-Bruun's M&A team with many suggesting that the firm should move up a tier. "It is the top of its tier, a good firm of lawyers," says one peer.... [more]

Leading lawyers
Jacob Hjortshøj
Soren Meisling

Restructuring and Insolvency

Bech-Bruun

The biggest news at Bech-Bruun in the last 12 months has been its merger with fellow firm Philip and peers suggest that it could work well for the firm in restructuring and insolvency work. "I think this merger will serve them well in insolvency," says one partnerThe firm has three partners, in the forms of Erik Malberg, Michael Serring and Ole Borch among the 24 lawyers with special relations to the Copenhagen Bankruptcy Court, more than any other firm.... [more]

Leading lawyers
Ole Borch
Ulrik Holsted-Sandgreen
Lars Lindencrone Petersen
Michael Serring
Troels Tuxen


Langelinie Allé 35
2100 Copenhagen
Denmark

Frue Kirkeplads 4
8100 Aarhus C
Denmark

Representative Office, Shanghai
83 Loushanguan Road, suite 2630, 26/F
Shanghai, China

Tel: +45 72 27 00 00
Fax: +45 72 27 00 27
Email: info@bechbruun.com
Web: www.bechbruun.com

Managing partner: Randi Bach Poulsen
Email: info@bechbruun.com

Number of partners: 74
Number of other fee earners: 310

Firm profile:

Bech-Bruun is a market leader in Denmark, providing unparalleled expertise across every facet of business law, for the domestic and international corporate sector. We have the insight, business expertise and local knowledge to navigate the Danish commercial landscape, acquired through our focus on specific industry sectors, experience gained from in-house counsel positions and participation in industry organisations. We serve a diverse client base including leading listed and unlisted industrial and commercial companies and organisations in Denmark and abroad. Innovativeness, value creation and in-depth sector knowledge are key to us. We provide, therefore, customised, cost-effective, interdisciplinary services, drawn on a wealth of industry knowledge. We have, moreover, long-standing experience advising international clients on the Danish aspects of multinational transactions.

Areas of practice:

Banking and finance, Capital markets, Chinese Desk, Compliance and CSR, Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Employment , Energy and environmental law, EU and competition, Insolvency and restructuring, Intellectual property, Life science and medico, Real estate and construction, Shipping and insurance, Tax and TMT.

Languages spoken:

Chinese, English, French, German and the Scandinavian languages