Cecilie Mejer Helwig Rasmussen

Lawyer
Cecilie Helwig
Location
Copenhagen
Language
English

Cecilie works with commercial and company law with a particular focus on national and international mergers and acquisitions within a number of sectors and industries. Cecilie assists on investment structures, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents as well as process management and legal due diligence. 

Finally, Cecilie has extensive experience in providing legal and tax advice during underwriting processes in connection with warranty and indemnity insurance. 

Qualifications
Education
Admitted to the Danish Bar
2025
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen
2022
Single subjects of the BSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law programme, the sale and purchase of enterprises, compliance
2020
Previous experience
Ernst & Young, International Tax & Transaction Services department
H. Lundbeck A/S, Corporate and Commercial department
LEO Pharma A/S, Corporate Tax department
Experience
Recent highlights
  • Selected Group’s EUR 50m investment in WA3RM Regenergy Developer Fund I
  • Tax underwriting re. EQT’s investment in 3Shape Holding
  • Nordic Eye’s investment in Mate.Bike
  • Tax underwriting re. Netcompany’s acquisition of Intrasoft International S.A. (Luxembourg)
  • Tax underwriting re. Norli Pension Livsforsikring’s acquisition of Alm. Brand Liv og Pension
  • PKA’s sale of 51% of the Genan Group to Maj Invest
  • Tax underwriting re. Altor’s acquisition of DAFA Group
  • Tax underwriting re. CataCaps’ acquisition of Nordmark
  • Advising on W&I insurance in connection with CIP’s acquisition of Ørsted’s onshore business.
Career highlights

Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, siden 2025

Secondment, Ambridge Europe Ltd. (London), 2023-2024

Assistant Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2022-2025

Trainee, DLA Piper Denmark, 2021-2022

International Tax & Transaction Services, Ernst & Young, 2020-2021

Corporate and Commercial, Lundbeck A/S, 2020

Corporate Tax, LEO Pharma A/S, 2018-2020

 

 

 

Insights
Publications
  • Taxable persons and the role of the VAT registration number, UCPH Fiscal Relations Law Journal, DJØF Publishing
  • Cross-border VAT grouping scheme and its compatibility with the VAT Directive, master thesis (published in Danish only), the University of Copenhagen