Hans Hedegaard
Hans heads our Corporate Finance team, and in addition to advising on M&A transactions in general, he specialises in advising private equity funds and private equity owned businesses.
Hans has extensive experience from more than 25 years as a partner in our Corporate Finance team and has been involved in more than 100 transactions, both in Denmark and abroad - but always with an international angle to the transaction.
A number of Hans' private equity clients has had a buy and build strategy which, in addition to the core M&A advice, has also required extensive advice on corporate and contract law as well as incentive programmes and shareholder agreements.
The many transactions have covered a vast number of sectors, including industrial, retail, it, life science, shipping, financial institutions and automotive.
Hans' career originally started in our Insolvency Law and Restructuring team, and he has therefore also carved out a special niche in advising on matters involving M&A in relation to distressed assets.
Hans holds a Master's degree in law from the University of Copenhagen. Hans is admitted to the High Court of Denmark.
The transactions Hans and his team have been involved in have more or less without exception involved multidisciplinary and multinational teams of advisors. This requires great project management and straightforward legal advice - always combined with an understanding of the commercial realities of the transaction. We always strive to deliver this.
Selected cases
Wellvita Group acquires Natupharma A/S and becomes market leader in the Nordics
Aarstiderne sold to Dagrofa
7N sold to Polaris Private Equity
Puzzel to acquire Capturi
emagine to acquire Allgeier Experts
Digital Group acquires XDC Gruppen
Ford to divest Ford Motor Company A/S and its Danish import business to Nic. Christiansen Group
Copilot Capital acquires Danish SaaS company PriceShape
Jyske Finans acquires Opendo's private leasing and fleet management portfolio
Axcel-backed Tic elkas/Eegholm/Elcor group acquires Elektro Aros Elautomation
Ramboll to acquire K2 Management to strengthen global wind division
Standard Motor Products to acquire Nissens Automotive
Sampo plc announces a public exchange offer to the shareholders of Topdanmark A/S
Magellan Capital Holdings acquires majority stake in Danmarks Skibskredit A/S
Bridgepoint acquires MyDefence
Wegener to acquire the Danish steel business Ib Andresen Industri
Dürr Group sells Agramkow Fluid Systems A/S to Solix Group AB
Edenred to acquire Spirii
Solina group to acquire the premium culinary brands, OSCAR and Puljonki
Plesner advises on the successful sale of Parcel4You to Link Logistics
The largest merger in Danish history completed today
Capidea invests in Digital Group
Novozymes and Chr. Hansen obtains competition clearance in Phase I
SKAKO Concrete divests its Concrete division to Zefyr Invest IV
SAS enters into investment agreement as part of its reorganization process
Ahlsell has entered into an agreement to acquire Bacher Work Wear
Emerson invests in Frugal Technologies
General Atlantic acquires majority stake in Joe & the Juice
Deutsche Börse AG successfully completes takeover of SimCorp A/S
Nets enters into an agreement to divest its eID business to IN Groupe
Agilitas completes sale of the Reconor Group
Teledyne Technologies acquires Xena Networks
Plesner advised Nordic Solar with EUR 300m flexible credit facility
IK Partners to sell Løgismose
PenSam Pension divests subsidiary PenSam Forsikring
Funds advised by Agilitas complete the buy-out of NNIT’s IT infrastructure outsourcing business
Capidea divests Obsidian Group
AnaCap Financial Partners to divest Oona Health and Dansk Sundhedssikring for DKK 2.25bn
First Camp Group acquires CampOne
Novo Holdings and Industriens Pension participate in consortium developing The Railway District (Jernbanebyen) in Copenhagen
Erhvervsinvest acquires Danish company Estron
FSN Capital acquires Alvent A/S as part of the establishment of InstallatørGruppen
Realkreditkonsulenterne sold to financial advisory house NORTH
Eduhouse acquires the Danish company GoLearn
IK Partners and Løgismose Meyers Holding ApS to divest Meyers
SecureDevice acquired by Swiss IT Security Group
Novozymes and Chr. Hansen to combine and create leading global biosolutions partner
emagine Consulting to acquire Peak Consulting Group
Seapeak to acquire Evergas from Jaccar for USD 700 million
Noble Corporation completes business combination with Maersk Drilling
Mutares purchases Arriva Group's businesses in Denmark and Serbia as well as its bus business in Poland
Adelis Equity Partners acquires NetIP A/S
Agilitas signs agreement to back the buy-out of NNIT’s IT infrastructure outsourcing business
Enics AG merges with GPV International A/S
Egiss A/S acquires Refurb A/S
PGGM and EDF to acquire a minority stake in Norlys
FSN Capital to acquire a majority stake in Epista Life Science
Stokke acquires Evomove, the manufacturer of the Nomi highchair
Ahlsell to acquire Sanistål
Access Learning to acquire Bookboon Learning
"Excellent and precise work, great project management, and good commercial input" (2021/2022)