Rasmus Mandøe Jensen

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Rasmus Mandøe Jensen focuses on complex financing and debt capital markets transactions, innovative financial products and financial regulation.

Rasmus advises clients in various industries, including private equity funds and industrial clients, on both financing and strategic transactions regarding financial businesses, banks and other financial undertakings, also on a crossborder basis.

Rasmus is especially renowned for his capabilities within:

  • LBO financings including financings with complex intercreditor relationships;
  • financing of public M&A transactions;
  • debt capital markets transactions and financings from credit funds and other alternative financing providers; and
  • green and sustainability-linked financings

Thanks to his experience in both financing and financial regulation/payment services, Rasmus has acquired a special understanding of financial products and the activities of financial institutions and their regulation.

Highlights

LBO financings

  • Advent International - acquisition financing regarding KMD A/S
  • EQT - financing of the fund's acquisition of Færch Holding A/S and financing of the Færch group's subsequent add-on acquisitions of assets and companies in England and Spain
  • FSN - financing of the fund's acquisition of Netcompany A/S
  • Platinum Equity - EUR 857mill. senior, second lien and revolving credit facilities for the financing of Platinum Equity's acquisition of Wyndham Worldwide's European vacation rental business including the Novasol brand

Public M&A 

  • Novozymes - DKK 14bn standby facilities in connection with merger with Chr. Hansen Holding (biggest statutory merger in Danish history)
  • Danske Bank and Nordea - USD 605mill. loan facilities for Chr. Hansen Holding's acquisition of UAS Laboratories LLC 
  • Lundbeck - negotiation of EUR 1,5bn. and DKK 2bn. credit facilities with Nordic and international banks applied i.a. in the financing of the acquisition of Alder BioPharmaceuticals Inc.

Asset-backed financings

  • Nordea - asset-backed loan facility to Bladt Industries for the establishment of new XXL production line
  • GlobalConnect - completion of Denmark's first DKK 1.2bn mortgage financing of utilities infrastructure (fibre networks) provided by Nordea Kredit, Nykredit and Realkredit Danmark
  • Natixis and other international lenders - USD 900mill. financing of Noreco's acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell's participation in Dansk Undergrunds Consortium

Debt capital markets transactions and alternative financing providers

  • Intermediate Capital Group - EUR 185mill. and USD 120mill. loan facilities to Global Equestrian Group
  • Zealand Pharma - royalty securitisation with Royalty Pharma and USD 200mill. loan facility from Oberland Capital Management
  • Norican - EUR 340mill. high yield bonds and EUR 75mill. super senior revolving credit facility
  • NPV - bond issuances for the "Vejle Gammelhavn" real estate development project
  • Tryg Forsikring - issuance and listing of NOK 850mill. and SEK 2.3bn Tier 2 and Restricted Tier 1 capital notes
  • Lundbeck - negotiation of EUR 2bn EMTN bond programme and EUR 500mill. inaugural issue 
  • APC Forsikringsmæglere - EUR 35mill. unitranche loan from Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt
  • The European Investment Bank - venture debt facility to, and warrant issuance from, GomSpace
  • DRC European Real Estate Debt - DKK 620mill. property- and development-financing to Park Street

Green and sustainability-linked financings

  • Lundbeck - negotiation of EUR 1.5bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
  • Netcompany - negotiation of DKK 2.8bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility

Ratings

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) by Chambers Fintech.

    Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is noted for his expertise in cryptocurrency and crowdfunding as well as institutional licensing. Rasmus Mandøe Jensen maintains a diverse practice advising a variety of clients, including startups, on matters relating to payment services regulation and neo-banking.

    "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)
  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is recommended as a "Global Leader" as regards Banking - Finance and Fintech & Blockchain - Fintech (2023+2024)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is listed as a Leading Lawyer (Rising Star Partner) as regards Banking and Capital Markets: Debt (2022+2023)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is recommended and listed as a "Next generation partner" as regards Banking and Finance.

    "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)

     

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) by Chambers Fintech.

    Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is noted for his expertise in cryptocurrency and crowdfunding as well as institutional licensing. He maintains a diverse practice advising a variety of clients, including start-ups, on matters relating to payment services regulation and neo-banking.

    "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 recommended and listed as a "Next generation partner" as regards Banking and Finance (2020+2021+2022) 

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is listed as a Leading Lawyer (Rising Star) as regards Banking and Capital Markets: Debt (2018+2019+2020+2021+2021/2022)

    "Excellent response time and proactivity. Hands-on with the documents and keeps to the deadline to give feedback" (2021/2022)

    "In the leveraged finance practice, Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is one the best finance lawyers we have worked with in Denmark. He has strong legal skills but equally importantly is very commercial and a solid negotiator" (Financial and Corporate 2018)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is ranked as a leading individual by Chambers Fintech.

    Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is noted for his expertise in cryptocurrency and crowdfunding issues. He maintains a diverse practice advising a variety of clients, including startups, on matters relating to payment services regulation. (2021+2022)

    "He's always available. I really appreciate that. He's also knowledgeable and commercial" (2022)

    "He is the best on the payments and e-money side. Very efficient and very good at responding timely and accurately. A lot of integrity in his work as well, and others have told me that. He has advised against being licensed when it's better for the client even though he would have made a lot of money. There are a lot of startups that require assistance from lawyers and he advises them in their best interest" (2021)

  • Rasmus Mandoe Jensen is winner of the Client Choice Award in the Banking category for Denmark (2020)

  • Up-and-coming partner Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is noted for his expertise in cryptocurrency and crowdfunding issues.

    He maintains a diverse practice advising a variety of clients, including startups, on matters relating to payment services regulation. Admiring sources report that he is "among the leading regulatory experts in Denmark," as well as "down to earth and easy to talk to. He quickly grasps and understands this new industry" (2020)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is recommended and listed as a "Next generation lawyer" as regards Banking and Finance.

    Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is "a very strong leveraged finance lawyer", who "has great commercial understanding" and is "a solid negotiator" (2019)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is listed as an expert with respect to Banking: Finance and Fintech.

    Rasmus Mandøe Jensen of Plesner Advokatpartnerselskab is a favourite among clients who describe him as “pragmatic, very knowledgeable and creative in his solutions to problems”. He is experienced in financing transactions, payment services and financial regulation matters (2019)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is recommended and listed as a "Next generation lawyer" as regards Banking and Finance.

    "Very skilled" Rasmus Mandøe Jensen (2018)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is listed as an expert with respect to Banking: Finance and Fintech.

    Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is one of the leading names in the Danish market when it comes to fintech, regularly advising incumbent players on the development of initiatives in the area. Sources describe him as “very responsive, thorough and knowledgeable” (2017)

  • Rasmus Mandøe Jensen is listed as a next generation lawyer as regards Banking and Finance (2017)
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