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Finn J. Lernø

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Practice Areas

Corporate finance - M&A

Finn J. Lernø is particularly engaged in mergers and acquisitions. He has participated in numerous transactions and has inter alia represented many blue chip and other large corporates, both on the national scene and in the international perspective.

He has not least been active within the industrial, pharmaceutical and construction areas. He also renders corporate and commercial advice to a large number of prominent companies.

PLC Which Lawyer? (2010)

Has been endorsed by PLC Which Lawyer 2010 as regards Corporate/M&A.

Has been endorsed by PLC Which Lawyer 2010 as regards Life Sciences (Corporate & Commercial).

Legal 500 (2010)

"Finn J. Lernø is attracting big-ticket deals across industries." (M&A)

Chambers Global (2010)

Finn J. Lernø is rated, and he is recognized as a senior M&A practitioner. (M&A)

European Legal Experts (2010)

Listed as an expert with respect to Banking and Finance.

Listed as an expert with respect to Corporate and M&A.

Chambers Europe (2009)

"Vastly respected senior lawyer Finn Lernø." (Corporate Finance/M&A)

"Headed a 'professional and responsive' acquisition team (Media and Entertainment)

Listed as a leading individual with respect to Corporate/M&A.

Guide to the World's leading M&A Lawyers (2009 - Legal Media Group)

Nominated as one of the only 16 Danish experts (outstanding practitioners in the M&A field).

Career path

1991 Partner, Plesner

1987 Admitted to the Supreme Court

1985-1988 Associate, Kromann Reumert

1979-1985 Associate, the law offices of Poul Schmith (the Danish Queen's Counsel)

1982 Admitted to the Bar

1979 Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen

1976 California State University Northridge

Language

Scandinavian and English

Positions of Trust

Memberships

Selected publications

Finn J. Lernø

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Personal data

Name:	Finn J. Lernø
Phone:	+45 33 12 11 33
Fax:	+45 36 94 22 20
Email:	fjl@plesner.com
Secretary:	Inger Møller-Sørensen
Secretary Phone:	+45 36 94 12 35

He has not least been active within the industrial, pharmaceutical and construction areas. He also renders corporate and commercial advice to a large number of prominent companies.

Practice Areas

Corporate finance - M&A

Career path

1991 Partner, Plesner

1987 Admitted to the Supreme Court

1985-1988 Associate, Kromann Reumert

1979-1985 Associate, the law offices of Poul Schmith (the Danish Queen's Counsel)

1982 Admitted to the Bar

1979 Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen

1976 California State University Northridge

Positions of Trust

Chairman, Dow Danmark A/S, Dow AgroSciences Danmark A/S and Edulan A/S

Member of the board of directors of Lallemand Human Nutrition A/S and Aktieselskabet Dansk Gæringsindustri

Secretary to the board of Otis A/S and ZYB ApS

Member of Danish Lawyers' Association's Special Committee on Corporate Law

Immediate past chair of committee under International Bar Association's Section on International Sales

Member of the board of Plesner 1990-1994, 1996-2001 and 2009-

Head of Plesner's Foreign Relations Committee

Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA)

Copenhagen Bar Association

Selected publications

"Stempelloven med kommentarer" (The Commentaries to the Stamp Duty Act), 2nd edition, GADs Forlag, 1994 (lead author))

Articles on Agencies and Distributorships and on Product Safety and Product Liability

Language

Scandinavian and English