Gorrissen Federspiel

Danish law firm Gorrissen Federspiel has a history that goes back to the late 1800s. The firm has offices in the cities of Aarhus and Copenhagen. 

Through the firm’s long history, the team has acquired comprehensive high quality expertise in significant transactions within M&A, capital markets, restructuring and insolvency and project development. 

Highlights  

 In a landmark M&A mandate, the firm advised bioscience company Chr. Hansen Holding A/S on its strategic merger with BioSolutions company Novozymes A/S, establishing a new entity called Novonesis. The transaction has been recorded as the largest statutory Meger in the Danish market valued at $25 billion.  

In more recent work, the firm advised, Nykredit, Denmark's largest credit provider and world's largest issuer of covered bonds, on the update of its €15 billion dual issuer EMTN programme as well as its programme for issuance of mortgage bonds. The firm’s engagement with the leading financial service provider illustrates the highly reputable role the capital markets team plays for major Danish issuers.  

Key clients  

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S, Novo Nordisk, AP Møller-Mærsk, CataCap, Matas, Danske Bank, Nordea Danmark, Nykredit, Carnegie Investment Bank, ABG Sundal Collier