Henrik Rossing Lønberg
Attorney-at-Law, Partner, LL.M.
Attorney-at-Law, Partner, LL.M.
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is a partner in our private equity team and has extensive experience in every facet of the private equity buyout landscape including growth equity transactions, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, dispositions and exits. Additionally, Henrik is highly experienced within corporate M&A and corporate governance.
Henrik has specialised in corporate finance since 2001 and has provided advisory services in more than 225 M&A transactions.
Henrik has been a key player and a house-hold name on the Danish M&A scene representing many prominent private equity funds and blue-chip corporates. Henrik has been involved in a significant number of the largest, most complex, sophisticated and innovative deals on the Danish M&A market, not only in recent time, but throughout the last two decades. Throughout this period, Henrik has ranked as one of the most active (top 3) legal advisors in Denmark (source: Mergermarket.com, measured by number of transactions).
Through his LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School (2001), his license to practice law in New York and his subsequent employment at White & Case (New York) for more than four years (2001-2005), Henrik has acquired in-depth knowledge of and extensive experience in cross-border transactions and serves private equity sponsors and other major clients across the globe.
Henrik is the chairman of Plesner's Committee for International Relations.
Since 2009, Henrik has held the position of officer at Harvard Law School Association of Europe (HLSAE), and he served as president of the HLSAE from 2013 to 2016. HLSAE has more than 2,000 members and stands as the largest alumni association at Harvard Law School outside the US. Since 2023, Henrik has served on the global executive committee of the Harvard Law School Association.
Henrik is recommended for his extensive experience in Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and Legal500.
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is listed as a Leading Lawyer (Highly Regarded) as regards M&A (2017-2023)
"Henrik Rossing Lønberg is a great lawyer who combines excellent legal skills with the understanding of how to deal with people and softer factors that are equally important in getting a deal to conclusion" (Financial and Corporate 2018)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is recommended as a "Global Leader" as regards M&A and Corporate Governance (2023)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) as regards Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Top-ranked Henrik Rossing Lønberg's practice covers a range of topics including buyouts, mergers and share transfers.
"Henrik Rossing Lønberg is a strong lawyer who prioritises the commercial aspects of matters." (2023)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) as regards Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Top-ranked Henrik Rossing Lønberg's practice covers a range of topics including buyouts, demergers and share transfers. Sources praise him for being "very good at being down in the details but going straight to the point" (2022)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) as regards Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is seen by clients as an "excellent M&A lawyer." His top-notch practice covers a range of topics including buyouts, demergers and share transfers. "He provides honest feedback and comes up with creative solutions to difficult problems," interviewees report (2021)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) as regards Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Henrik Rossing Lønberg advises Nordic-based private equity houses on acquisitions. Clients describe him as "sharp, highly commercial and pragmatic." Another client lauds him as a "great dealmaker - outstanding" (2020)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) as regards Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
According to sources, Henrik Rossing Lønberg has a "second-to-none combination of commercial understanding, stellar negotiation skills and extremely strong technical abilities." He is a market-leading practitioner in private and public M&A transactions, acting for industrial companies and private equity firms (2019)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) as regards Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Clients note that Henrik Rossing Lønberg is a "very accessible lawyer who is good at drafting and can manage the quality of the process and the contractual outcome". One client also praises his negotiation skills, describing his style as "diplomatic persuasion" as opposed to aggression, demonstrating "tactical sense and good commercial understanding of business". The same client concludes: "He is unquestionably one of the top M&A practitioners in Denmark". He acts for a range of companies and private equity funds on M&A, with recent transactions involving online businesses and manufacturing companies (2018)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is listed as an expert with respect to Corporate Governance (2017)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual (Band 1) as regards Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Clients say Henrik Rossing Lønberg "has strong commercial flair and really makes going through a transaction a seamless process. He is proactive and experienced. He knows what it takes and it is great to have a lawyer like that on your side" (2017)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual as regards Corporate/M&A by both Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Henrik Rossing Lønberg acts on behalf of publicly listed companies and private equity and venture capital firms on investments and exits (2016)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is listed as an expert with respect to Corporate - Merger & Acquisition (2016)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is listed as a leading individual as regards Mergers and Acquisitions in the Banking, Finance and Transactional Law (2015)
Henrik Rossing Lønberg is ranked as a leading individual as regards Capital Markets by Chambers Global as well as by Chambers Europe.
Henrik Rossing Lønberg focuses on stock market listings. He is a dedicated, hard-working lawyer with a first-class mind and useful international experience, according to sources (2013)
