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