Thomas Holst Laursen is a partner in our Corporate Finance team and has extensive experience in handling large complex transactions within private and public M&A, capital markets transactions (IPOs, etc) as well as transactions involving financing through other convertible securities, bonds, and securitisation.

Thomas is active in all areas of transactions within a range of sectors. Clients include private equity funds and venture funds, investment banks and listed companies as well as international clients operating in Denmark.
 
In addition to transactional work, Thomas also provides advice to boards of directors on board duties, including in relation to disclosure obligations and corporate governance.

Thomas is involved in cross-border/international transactions globally.

Over recent years Thomas has primarily been active in the pharmaceutical industry and in the energy and finance sector. 

Capital Market Transactions

• Netcompany - IPO of Netcompany A/S
• Ørsted - IPO of Ørsted A/S
• Nets - IPO of Nets A/S
• TDC - (DKT Finance ApS) - senior notes €1,400,000,000
• Scandinavian Tobacco Group - IPO of Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S
• ISS - IPO of ISS A/S
• Orphazyme - IPO of Orphazyme A/S
• Zealand Pharma - IPO of Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen and Nasdaq New York)
• Nordic Waterproofing - IPO of Nordic Waterproofing
• Bavarian Nordic, Bang & Olufsen, Nordea Bank, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Nordjyske Bank, Brdr. Hartmann - rights issues in Bavarian Nordic, Bang & Olufsen, Nordea Bank, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Nordjyske Bank, Brdr. Hartmann
• Zealand Pharma, Tryg, NKT, Bavarian Nordic, Maersk, Danske Bank, Genmab, H+H, Chr. Hansen - accelerated bookbuilding, placing transactions and block trades in Zealand Pharma, Tryg, NKT, Bavarian Nordic, Maersk, Danske Bank, Genmab, H+H, Chr. Hansen
• Zealand Pharma - royalty bond issuance for Zealand Pharma
• TDC - takeover of TDC by Macquarie, atp, PFA and PKA (public M&A)
• Danisco - takeover of Danisco by DuPont
• Veloxis Pharmaceuticals - adviser to the company in connection with a public take-over offer from Asahi Kasei
• Maersk Drilling Holding A/S - adviser to main shareholder A.P. Møller Holding A/S in connection with the demerger and separate listing of Maersk Drilling Holding A/S on Nasdaq Copenhagen
• Nilfisk Holding A/S - verification lawyer in connection with spin-off listing on Nasdaq Copenhagen (2017)
• NTG Nordic Transport Gourp A/S - adviser to Danske Bank A/S and Nordea Denmark in connection with an indirect IPO of NTG Nordic Transport Gourp A/S through Neurosearch A/S

M&A

• Novo - joint Venture concerning ERT/Nordic Capital
• Ørsted - investment in Ørsted A/S by Goldman Sachs, atp and PFA
• Sivantos and Widex - merger between Sivantos and Widex
• Nordjyske Bank - takeover defence of Nordjyske Bank A/S by Jyske Bank A/S (public M&A)
• Shell - acquisition of Shell downstream activities on behalf of Circle K
• Nordjyske Bank and Ringkjøbing Landbobank - merger of Nordjyske Bank A/S and Ringkjøbing Landbobank A/S (public M&A)
• Flying Tiger Copenhagen - sale of Flying Tiger Copenhagen to EQT
• Noerresundby Bank - takeover of Noerresundby Bank A/S (public M&A)
• EET - sale of EET Group A/S
• Novozymes - acquisition of PrecisionBiotics Group
• Symphogen - sale to Les Laboratoires Servier SAS
• Capidea Management - acquisition and sale of a number of portfolio companies
• VIA Equity - acquisition of CEGO

Education
2004 Admitted to the Danish High Court

2001-2003 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Corporate Department, London

2000 Admitted to the bar

1998-2000 External lecturer and tutor in European Community law and public international law, University of Copenhagen

1997 Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen

1996 LL.M., University of Cambridge

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