Senior Underwriter

• Nov 2022 - Present

Director, Attorney-at-law

• Jan 2020 - Oct 2022

From January 2020 to October 2022, I worked as a Director in Accura's banking & finance department, co-heading the investment funds and regulatory teams with particular focus on alternative investments and financial regulation. As a Director at Accura, my primary tasks included:• Investment in Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Advising the senior partners of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the global market leader within greenfield renewable energy investments, on their divestment of a 25 % stake to Vestas for a total consideration of EUR 500 million, including by providing structuring advice and assisting with the drafting of the transaction and co-ownership documentation.• Merger between Nets and Nexi. Assisting Nexi on the merger with Nets (which was the largest M&A-transaction in Denmark in 2020, valuing Nets at EUR 7.8 billion), creating the leading paytech provider in Europe, including by heading the regulatory due diligence team as well as the regulatory clearance process with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.• Acquisition of VP Securities. Assisting Euronext with its acquisition of VP Securities, the central securities depository in Denmark, including by advising on the highly complex regulation of central securities depositories and the integration of VP Securities into Euronext as well as heading the regulatory due diligence team and the regulatory. clearance process with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.• COVID-19 aid. Advising EKF, Denmark’s Export Credit Agency, on the establishment of their liquidity guarantee schemes in response to COVID-19, including by preparing the terms and conditions of the liquidity guarantees in accordance with the relevant executive orders. Show less

Attorney-at-law

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

From January 2019 to January 2020, I worked as an Attorney-at-law in Accura’s banking & finance department, specialising in financial regulation, asset management and alternative investments. As an Attorney-at-law at Accura, my primary tasks included:• Disputes. Advised Arbejdernes Landsbank on an on-going dispute with a payment service provider regarding conflicting rules under the Danish Payments Act and the Danish Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing Act, respectively.• Strategic investment in Sparinvest. Assisted Nykredit on its strategic investment in Sparinvest, including by advising on various complex integration issues and heading the regulatory due diligence team. Show less

Attorney-at-law

• Feb 2016 - Dec 2018

From February 2016 to December 2018, I worked as an Attorney-at-law in Kromann Reumert’s department for corporate transactions and capital & financial markets, specialising in financial regulation, asset management and fintech. As an Attorney-at-law at Kromann Reumert, my primary tasks included:• Drafting and negotiation. Assisted the European Investment Fund with the establishment of a compartment of the European Angels Fund which, together with various Danish business angels, provides equity and quasi-equity funding to innovative and technology-oriented companies in Denmark, including by providing structuring advice as well as drafting and negotiating limited partnership agreements with each Danish business angel.• Investments. Advised a Danish pension fund in connection with an investment in a biopharma and industrial research material company, including by reviewing and negotiating the commitment letter as well as being responsible for due diligence.• Ownership approval. Managed and supervised a team of younger associates in connection with the application for approval by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority of Hellman & Friedman’s acquisition of a qualifying (controlling) interest in Nets.• Product structuring. Assisted a Nordic financial institution in connection with its development of a new alternative investment product to retail investors in the Nordic countries, including by instructing and handling local counsel in Finland, Norway and Sweden.Further, I was responsible for all asset management related legal enquiries from two major Nordic financial institutions, acting as the one-point of contact for their asset management divisions, handling many of the enquiries independently without partner involvement while also delegating tasks to younger associates and supervising their work. Finally, I contributed to the development of new business, working closely with one of the partners to establish a new practice area focusing on fintech. Show less

Assistant Attorney

• Feb 2013 - Feb 2016

From February 2013 to February 2016, I worked as an Assistant Attorney at Kromann Reumert, initially in the banking & finance law department before moving to the corporate & commercial law department, where I began focusing on financial regulation, asset management and fintech.As an Assistant Attorney at Kromann Reumert, my primary tasks included:• Acquisition financing, leveraged financing and corporate finance. Assisted clients, both on the borrowing and lending side, with the preparation and negotiation of loan documentation for bilateral and syndicated term loans, revolving credit facilities, etc., as well as the related security packages and corporate documentation.• Bond issues. Involved in a large Danish listed company's issue of both fixed rate & floating rate notes that were admitted to trading on NASDAQ Copenhagen A/S, assisting with the preparation and negotiation of the prospectus, including the terms and conditions of the notes. • Fund formation. Assisted a Danish investment firm with the establishment of a direct lending fund that provides subordinated loan capital to borrowers in the Nordic region, including by preparing and negotiating the limited partnership agreement, the management agreement and the corporate documentation.• Issue of tier 2 capital. Involved in a Danish bank's issue of convertible tier 2 notes and subsequent capital increase, including by reviewing and negotiating the terms and conditions of the notes as well as preparing the corporate documentation. • Marketing of funds. Assisted managers with applying for authorisation to market alternative investment funds in Denmark.• Resolution under the BRRD. Assisted with the resolution of a Danish cooperative savings bank under the Bank Recovery & Resolution Directive, including by establishing a bridge institution taking control over the cooperative savings bank, cancelling the contributed capital and writing-down all relevant capital instruments of the cooperative savings bank. Show less

Student Intern

• Feb 2011 - Jan 2013

From February 2011 to January 2013, I worked as a Student Intern at Kromann Reumert in the corporate & commercial law department, where my primary tasks included: • Book writing. Assisted one of the partners with writing the Danish contribution to a pan-European book on the implementation of the Second Company Law Directive into Danish law.• Employer branding. Involved in an employer branding project, specifically targeted at the first-year students at the University of Copenhagen, co-writing two booklets on tort law and contract law, respectively, and giving a presentation to 100+ students on being a Student Intern at Kromann Reumert.• Various legal tasks. Assisted junior and senior associates with various legal tasks, e.g. legal analyses, writing of draft memoranda and preparation of various documents for mergers, acquisitions, etc. Show less

Legal Trainee

• Nov 2009 - Jan 2011

Bang + Regnarsen was a Danish/German law firm, founded in 1967, with offices in Copenhagen and Berlin. The firm provided legal services within a number of different practice areas relevant to businesses operating in Denmark and/or Germany, including corporate law, dispute resolution, insolvency, insurance, real estate, shipping and transportation. In January 2013, Bang + Regnarsen merged with MAQS Law Firm, the Danish division of which, in connection with a demerger from the Swedish division in January 2015, changed its name to NJORD Law Firm. From November 2009 to January 2011, I worked as a Legal Trainee at Bang + Regnarsen, where my primary tasks included: • Debt collection. Engaged with both general and mortgage-debt collection, including executions in the bailiff’s court. • Establishment in Denmark by manufacturer of baby equipment. Involved in a foreign client's establishment on the Danish market, assisting one of the senior partners with an examination of the rules and regulations regarding the production, marketing and sale of equipment for babies and small children in Denmark. • Various legal tasks. Assisted junior and senior associates with various legal tasks, including legal analyses, writing of draft memoranda, etc. Show less

Assistant Lecturer

• Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. The university is consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in the World and is generally perceived to be one of the leading research institutions in Europe. The University of Copenhagen has had nine alumni become Nobel laureates and is a member of the European University Association as well as the International Alliance of Research Universities. From September 2010 to December 2010, I worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Copenhagen in the compulsory undergraduate course European Union Law, where my primary tasks included: • Lecturing. Lectured students on the European Union, its institutions, the internal market, etc., e.g. through collective discussions. • Reviewing assignments. Reviewed student assignments based on previous exam papers. Show less

Student Assistant

• Jul 2008 - Nov 2009

The Palaces and Properties Agency was an agency under the Danish Ministry of Finance. The Agency’s principal function was to preserve, manage and maintain various castles, palaces, gardens and other cultural properties of the Danish State and to optimise their use. In connection with a change of government in October 2011, the Palaces and Properties Agency was closed down and the tasks assigned to the Agency were transferred to the Agency for Palaces and Cultural Properties, which, in January 2016, merged with the Danish Agency for Culture to form the Agency for Culture and Palaces. From July 2008 to November 2009, I worked as a Student Assistant at the Palaces and Properties Agency, where my primary tasks included: • Handling of tort claims. Handled all tort claims brought by and against the Agency. • Various legal and ad-hoc tasks. Assisted lawyers in the Agency's legal department with preparing draft memoranda, legal analyses and various ad-hoc tasks. Show less