DENMARK Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Morten Krogsgaard and Lennart Meyer Østenfjeld Moalem Weitemeyer Moalem Weitemeyer is a leading corporate M&A and transactional law firm based in Co- penhagen in Denmark. Transactions are the core of the firm’s business and it advises on the most comprehensive and complex deals. The banking and finance team collaborates closely with the public and private M&A teams on fi- nancing large acquisitions and M&A transac- tions. It also boasts strong real estate and re- newable energy transactional teams, with the banking and finance team having market-lead-
ing competencies in these areas. Additionally, the firm represents domestic and international lenders on complex finance transactions in the Danish market. Following a generational shift, the banking and finance team has expanded its expertise and now includes two partners and four associates. The firm recently represented DSV in securing financing for the EUR14.3 bil- lion acquisition of Schenker and the related debt capital market transaction.
Authors
Morten Krogsgaard heads Moalem Weitemeyer’s banking and finance practice and is a member of the firm’s board of directors. With more than 25 years of experience in domestic,
Lennart Meyer Østenfjeld of Moalem Weitemeyer is a specialist in corporate lending, leveraged finance and real estate finance in the Danish and international market. He was a
cross-border and international finance, he advises Danish and international lenders and borrowers on large finance transactions, including investment grade lending, acquisition financing, project financing (renewable), asset financing, debt capital markets, structured financing and regulatory capital. Before joining Moalem Weitemeyer in 2023, he led the finance and capital market practice at another Danish law firm, where he became a partner in 2008.
partner with Moalem Weitemeyer’s banking and finance group until 2019 and in the interim four and a half years, he was chief specialist counsel with Nykredit, the third-largest bank and largest mortgage lender in Denmark, where he specialised in corporate lending, leveraged finance and real estate finance. He holds an MBA with distinction from London Business School and has worked as a foreign lawyer for Shearman & Sterling’s (now A&O Shearman) debt capital markets (EMEA) group in London.
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