Jacob Nygaard

Jacob is a partner in Plesner's Banking and Finance team. As a leading practitioner, he has been involved in a wide range of financing matters, including commercial real estate transactions (residential, logistic, hotel, and development projects), complex national and cross-border M&A transactions, financing public M&A transactions, fund financings (including subscription facilities, NAV facilities, and hybrid credit facilities), asset finance (ships and aircraft), and energy and infrastructure projects involving conventional energy (oil), new energy (PV and wind), district cooling systems, and transportation.

Jacob also has great experience in receivable and supply chain finance, inventory finance, financial restructuring, and non-performing loans. He provides guidance on debt structuring, senior and mezzanine facilities, Danish mortgage credit facilities, intercreditor agreements, security agreements, bond documentation, and receivables purchase agreements.

He has for the past over 15 years advised a broad range of major Danish and international lenders (including banks, debt funds, and pension funds), private equity funds, and industrial clients on financing and strategic transactions, both national and cross-border.

Jacob has a Master's degree in Law from the University of Copenhagen. He has previously worked at Danske Bank and Saxo Bank and as a deputy judge at the Maritime and Commercial High Court.

Jacob's engagement in a broad array of complex matters is based on a strong team effort by Plesner's Banking and Finance team. Lawyers from other Plesner teams are often involved to ensure that we come up with the best solutions possible. Clients ask for assistance from Jacob and the Banking and Finance team because of their strong commercial understanding combined with their ability to provide focused and carefully considered advice.

Selected cases

• Advised Crossbridge Energy on USD 230m account receivable revolving facility
• Advised Danske Bank and Citi on EUR 627m term loan and revolving facility to Svitzer A/S
• Advised Danske Bank and Nykredit on DKK 579m term loan for district cooling project
• Advised SEB and Grønlandsbanken on DKK 275m revolving credit facility to Air Greenland
• Advised Nordic banks on acquisition facilities to DFDS
• Advised Aareal Bank on DKK 994m financing of Hotel Skt. Petri in Copenhagen
• Advised Aareal Bank on DKK 769m financing of Villa Copenhagen hotel
• Advised Aareal Bank on DKK 300m financing of hotel Copenhagen Towers
• Advised Nykredit on a DKK 100m mortgage financing of logistics assets owned by Ares Fund
• Advised Nykredit on a DKK 156m financing of residential asset owned by Round Hill
• Advised CIP funds on NAV facilities, hybrid facilities and subscription lines
• Advised Invesco on financing of multiple residential assets in Copenhagen
• Advised Norion Bank on multiple construction loans to Birch Ejendomme Group
• Advised on Nordiqus’ SEK 16.4bn debt raise under a long-term platform