Jakob Echwald Sevel

Practice Areas

Jakob is a partner in Plesner's Banking and Finance team. He is a market-leading practitioner with considerable experience in complex transactions and regulatory issues. Jakob has more than 20 years' experience advising clients in the financial sector and on finance transactions.

Jakob advises on lending and debt capital market transactions, including acquisition financing, corporate lending, infrastructure, and project and asset finance. He advises on regulatory issues for financial institutions, oftentimes advising senior management on strategically decisive matters, and he also has substantial experience assisting lenders and borrowers in all stages of work-outs and debt restructurings.

Jakob has worked with a broad range of clients within the financial sector. He advises international and domestic financial institutions, corporations, direct lending funds, private equity funds, and government bodies. Jakob has a particular focus on institutional investors, including Danish pension funds.

Jakob holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Copenhagen and has studied at the University of Massachusetts and Duke University School of Law.

Jakob also holds a Master of Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.

Jakob's involvement in most matters necessitates teamwork and project leadership. Clients consistently seek out Jakob and the team for their ability to provide a clear set of priorities, clear communication, and a deep commercial understanding of their needs, including managing multidisciplinary teams.

Plesner's Banking and Finance team is a leading adviser on banking and finance law in Denmark. We participate in the largest transactions, and our clients include the market's key players. Our specialists span all areas, including lending and debt capital market transactions, structured finance and derivatives, financial regulation, and financial restructuring.