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Department: Banking and Finance
Head of Department: Thomas Skjellerup
No of employees in department: 16
Our department is headed by specialist Thomas Skjellerup and backed by key partner Christian Sahlertz, key partner Anne Cathrine Ingerslev, associate partner Morten Schultz and seven other highly qualified attorneys. Our banking and finance team work closely together with dual-experts from our other areas of expertise and offers specialised advice on all types of financing transactions and derivatives as well as regulatory advice to financial businesses and organisations, helping our clients to take advantage of favourable markets and achieve the best possible terms while managing risks and limiting costs. We excel in advising Danish banks, pension funds and other financial institutions as well as industrial investors and mortgage banks on complex transactions and regulatory matters.
Highlights from the past year include:
- Advising Altor and Goldman Sachs as lead counsel in connection with a senior debt refinancing of their acquisition - Hamlet Protein’s – credit facilities with Nordea Bank Denmark.
- Acted as legal advisor to BlackRock, world’s largest asset manager, in connection with their forward financing of a certain property portfolio.
- Advising TDC NET in connection with an issuance of EUR 500 million sustainability-linked notes under TDC NET’s EUR 3.5 billion EMTN Programme listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Chambers Review
Bruun & Hjejle's impressive practice advises banks, pension funds and financial investors on a variety of transactional and regulatory mandates. The law firm assists with the full range of acquisition, corporate, project and real estate financing. Lawyers in the practice are also knowledgeable in refinancing matters as well as debt capital markets transactions. Bruun & Hjejle is a strong choice for cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Work Highlights
- Bruun & Hjejle acted as Danish and English counsel to TDC Group and its owners in relation to the EUR1.4 billion refinancing of high-yield notes issued by DKT Finance.
Strengths
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"Bruun & Hjejle offers an amazing holistic and commercial approach."
"The law firm provides a strong team commitment and quick access to subject matter experts."
"Bruun & Hjejle are incredibly diligent in their analysis and crisp with their synthesis."
"There is a very high degree of availability at partner as well as associate level."
"The lawyers demonstrate a high level of flexibility and deep knowledge."
"Bruun & Hjejle offers an amazing holistic and commercial approach."
"The law firm provides a strong team commitment and quick access to subject matter experts."
"Bruun & Hjejle are incredibly diligent in their analysis and crisp with their synthesis."
"There is a very high degree of availability at partner as well as associate level."
"The lawyers demonstrate a high level of flexibility and deep knowledge."
Notable Practitioners
Thomas Skjellerup is active in a broad range of topics, including acquisition finance, real estate finance and refinancing mandates. His client base consists of international and domestic banks, private equity firms and asset managers.
"He is highly skilled within the areas of real estate and M&A. He offers satisfactory customer awareness and availability when needed."
"Thomas Skjellerup has strong financing skills."
"He has a great understanding of commercial aspects and is knowledgeable of the financing market."
"He is very skilled and pragmatic."
Advancing in the rankings, Anne Cathrine Ingerslev advises clients on refinancing, acquisition financing and debt capital markets transactions. She is noted for her expertise in structured finance and is dual-qualified to practise in England and Wales as well as Denmark.
"Anne Cathrine has expertise in UK law. She has a deep knowledge and interest in financing structures, is very knowledgeable in financial agreements and is very good at putting herself into the shoes of clients, finding practical solutions."
"Besides being very strong at handling complex problems, Anne Cathrine is also excellent at keeping a full overview of any additional considerations that could arise or that we need to be aware of as her overview and understanding of the entire business is very impressive and very appreciated."
"She has a very good commercial understanding and a clear focus on bridging technical legal matters to commercial aspects. She has the ability to provide legal structuring advice to solve actual commercial needs and expectations."
"Her technical skills are amazing. She is very detail-oriented, knows everything and understands clients' priorities and needs. Her negotiation skills are great too and she's great at finding compromises."
"She is hands-on, provides a really good overview on matters and pays much attention to clients."
Christian Sahlertz acts for prominent Danish clients including banks and other financial services providers. He primarily deals with acquisition and real estate financing mandates.
"Christian Sahlertz is commercially minded and pragmatic."
"He offers a great level of service, is very efficient and is quick at responding, ensuring progress on the transaction is made."
"Christian is pleasant to work with."
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Clients
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AIP
AP Møller Capital
Alm. Brand Bank
Ares
BlackRock
CVC
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Danske Bank
European Energy
GRO Capital
Goldman Sachs
NREP
Nordea Bank
Nordic Investment Opportunities
Nykredit
Orange Capital Partners
Pelican Self Storage Group
Permira Credit Solutions
Realkredit Danmark
Savills Investment Management
TDC Group
Industries
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Banks
Energy
Financial Services
Insurance
Pension funds
Real Estate Finance
Telecommunication