Rasmus Mandøe Jensen
Rasmus is a partner in Plesner's Banking and Finance team with extensive experience across both finance and financial regulation. He specializes in LBO financings, which can involve complicated relationships between lenders, debt capital markets transactions, such as securitizations, private credit funds, and other alternative lenders, green and sustainability-linked financing, and restructuring that doesn't go to court. His clients include major international private equity funds, listed companies, credit funds, and banks.
In addition, Rasmus heads Plesner's Fintech practice area, focusing on innovative digital financial services and business models, including payment services, blockchain, consumer finance, and crowdfunding.
Rasmus addresses fintech issues across a wide range of market participants, from startups and scaleups to established financial institutions and global card schemes to big tech companies and financial infrastructure operators.
Rasmus has a Master's degree in Law from the University of Copenhagen.
Rasmus frequently works on complex finance and fintech matters that require a multi-disciplinary team effort, and clients specifically seek out the finance and fintech teams for their ability to deliver a seamless team effort. Clients also consistently highlight the team's deep business understanding and very strategic approach to matters.
Selected cases
Sampo plc successfully completes its public exchange offer to the shareholders of Topdanmark A/S
Sampo plc completes dual listing on Nasdaq Copenhagen
Plesner has assisted our long-time client Zealand Pharma with a record equity raise through an accelerated bookbuilding offering in a private placement raising proceeds of USD 1 billion / DKK 7 billion
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
Svitzer Group A/S is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen
Zealand Pharma has signed EUR 90 million finance contract with The European Investment Bank (EIB)
Plesner advised three Nordic lenders with an acquisition financing facility for DFDS
Swiss Life Asset Managers Nordic acquires Næstved Storcenter
SAS enters into investment agreement as part of its reorganization process
Deutsche Börse AG successfully completes takeover of SimCorp A/S
Aareal Bank AG entered into a financing agreement for the refinancing of Villa Copenhagen
Plesner advised Nordic Solar with EUR 300m flexible credit facility
AP Pension finances development of solar energy parks in Portugal
Deutsche Börse AG announces public takeover offer for SimCorp A/S
Zealand Pharma completes a successful accelerated bookbuilding offering of DKK 1.5 billion
Plesner assisted Ambu with a DKK 1.1 billion accelerated bookbuilding offering
Plesner advises Gubra in connection with its proposed IPO
EIB signs EUR 18 mill. finance contract with Danish space industry company GomSpace
Noble Corporation completes business combination with Maersk Drilling
Plesner has assisted Zealand Pharma A/S with a successful equity raise
Netcompany signs DKK 2.8bn sustainability-linked credit facility
Ahlsell to acquire Sanistål
TDC NET enters into new secured infrastructure financing
Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling announce agreement to combine
Clever A/S signs Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with European Energy
European Energy issues EUR 300m green bonds and EUR 45m green revolving credit facility
Plesner acts for Vipps on three-way Nordic merger with MobilePay and Pivo
Plesner acts for Tryg Forsikring on the listing of DKK 2.3bn capital notes
Tryg completes acquisition of RSA
Plesner advises Trifork in its IPO on Nasdaq Copenhagen
Plesner represents Reconor Group on successful refinancing
Plata creates peer-to-peer lending platform
Plesner represents European Energy on new issuance of hybrid green bonds
Tryg Forsikring issues SEK 1bn Restricted Tier 1 capital notes
REinvent is first Danish enterprise to benefit from the European Investment Fund's Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility
Payment services provider Yourpay authorised as payment institution
Plesner has assisted Zealand Pharma A/S with a successful equity raise
"Rasmus Mandøe Jensen has been central to the firm’s success and continues to handle a significant amount of financing and regulatory work. Rasmus is extremely client focused and very skilled at drafting complex provisions. Always available and creative when it comes to solving problems" (2024)
"Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is simply a top lawyer. Accessible and pragmatic and good at finding solutions. One of the few lawyers who is able to do both lending and regulatory advice" (2023)
"He is very responsive and pragmatic. His memos are written in a concise and short manner which makes them digestible but detailed enough to understand. The guidance that he provides is very actionable and aligned with our business outlook" (2023)
"Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is straight to the point, which I like. He is very creative and always available to contact. He is smart, swift to respond, and expresses himself in an articulate manner" (2024)
"He's always available. I really appreciate that. He's also knowledgeable and commercial" (2022)
"Excellent response time and proactivity. Hands-on with the documents and keeps to the deadline to give feedback" (2021/2022)