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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. Plesner's Banking and Finance team is a leading adviser on banking and finance law in Denmark. We are involved in the largest transactions, and our clients include the market's key players. Our specialists span all areas, including lending and debt capital market transactions, structured finance and derivatives, financial regulation, and financial restructuring. 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. · Plesner

DenmarkBanking & Finance, Real Estate

About

Jacob is a Partner in Plesner's Banking and Finance team and a leading practitioner in financing matters, with over 15 years' experience advising Danish and international lenders, private equity funds and industrial clients on national and cross-border financing and strategic transactions. He advises across a wide range of matters including commercial real estate, fund financings, asset finance, energy and infrastructure projects, receivables and supply chain finance, and financial restructuring, and holds a Master's degree in Law from the University of Copenhagen; he has previously worked at Danske Bank, Saxo Bank and as a deputy judge at the Maritime and Commercial High Court.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceReal EstateCorporate / M&AFundsAsset FinanceEnergy & InfrastructureRestructuring & InsolvencyDebt Capital Markets

Office

Denmark

Plesner · 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. Plesner's Banking and Finance team is a leading adviser on banking and finance law in Denmark. We are involved in the largest transactions, and our clients include the market's key players. Our specialists span all areas, including lending and debt capital market transactions, structured finance and derivatives, financial regulation, and financial restructuring. 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.

Denmark

Expertise

Commercial Real Estate (residential, logistics, hotel, development)Fund Financing (subscription facilities, NAV facilities, hybrid credit)Asset Finance (ships and aircraft)Energy & Renewables (oil, PV, wind)District Cooling and Transportation InfrastructureReceivables & Supply Chain FinanceInventory FinanceFinancial Restructuring & Non-Performing LoansDanish Mortgage Credit

Education

  • Master's degree in Law, University of Copenhagen