DLA Piper’s Nordic Corporate team delivers high-quality assistance in corporate matters and has specific knowledge of multi-jurisdictional, cross-border matters
Corporate
As the only pan-Nordic corporate group, we are the perfect alternative for all companies requiring corporate services on a Nordic level.
In addition to our local expertise in the Nordics, we have a unique strength in our global advisory services through our offices across the globe. Our lawyers have access to knowledge in all areas of business law worldwide, and we can provide you with specific subject matter and industry advice on short notice. We advise a broad range of clients, from the largest global companies and investment funds to small and medium-sized companies. Our clients benefit from our Nordic presence and our timely, pragmatic and commercial approach to problem solving.
We are highly experienced in the following areas:
- General corporate advisory
- M&A
- Private equity
- Capital markets
- Emerging growth and venture capital
- Investment funds
In 2021, DLA Piper earned #1 legal advisor ranking in the Nordics for overall M&A deal volume for the fifth consecutive year (Mergermarket 2021). Our team was involved in 274 deals in the Nordics in 2021, valued at close to USD33 billion.
Client quotations from legal directories
“The proactive team at DLA Piper provides practical advice and excellent value for money.”
Clients also highlight the lawyers’ “deep knowledge within their field of expertise and good understanding of our business, which provides a strong contribution to acquisitions from a commercial perspective”.
The corporate team operates on a regional, national and global basis, which means that services can be provided cost-effectively and to a consistently high level by any of our offices in the Nordic region.
Headcount
The Nordic corporate group consists of approximately 120 lawyers. Globally, we have more than 1000 lawyers dedicated to corporate and M&A work.
- Represented Betonmast in relation to the merger with the Hæhre Isachsen group. As a result of the merger, the merged entity, BetonmastHæhre AS, has become one of the top 5 construction companies in Norway, with a combined turnover of approximately NOK 9 billion and 2,200 employees.
- Represented a consortium comprising Qumei Home Furnishing Group, the leading large-scale China-based designer and manufacturer of furniture products; and Huatai Zijin Investment, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Huatai Securities Company (a public company which provides comprehensive financial services in and outside China) on the approx. USD 631 million public tender offer for Ekornes, the largest furniture manufacturer in the Nordic Region.
- Advised UGI Corporation’s Norwegian subsidiary Kosan Gas on their acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Norwegian LPG supplier Tanko AS. UGI Corporation runs LPG companies in the US and in 16 European countries.
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Represented a global leader in paints and coating PPG Industries, Inc. on their EUR1.5 billion voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for all shares in Tikkurila Oyj.
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Represented Touhula early education and its management in the management buy-out of the company from EQT the private equity investor. Touhula has some 2.000 employees and 120 day care units taking care of some 10.000 children in Finland.
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Represented Israeli mobile gaming company Plarium Global Ltd, part of the Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL), on the acquisition of the Finnish mobile game development studio Futureplay Oy.
- Represented STG Partners, the leading US-based private equity firm focused on investing in innovative software, data, and analytics companies. Our corporate/M&A team advised STG Partners on its acquisition of Visma Retail and Extenda, two of the most prominent technology providers in the Tier One & Two retail industry. STG Partners will merge both companies to form Extenda Retail.
- Advising Victory Partners VIII Norway, a company which is indirectly-owned by US-based, Abry Partners, a leading US-based private equity firm, which currently manages over USD 5 billion in capital in its active funds. Our Norway-based corporate/M&A team is advising this client in its EUR 357 million cash offer to acquire all shares in Oslo-listed LINK Mobility Group.
- Advising Sentica Partners on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in G7 Data Oy and Chilit Oy, creating a new and significant IT service provider in the Finnish ICT sector.
- Represented game developer and publisher Stillfront Group AB in its acquisition of the German company Altigi GmbH, together with DLA Piper Germany.
- Advised ATP Pension and PFA Pension on the IPO of DONG Energy, which is listed as the world’s largest IPO in 2016 and the largest European stock market listing for five years.
- Acted as counsel to the company in connection with the IPO of Lauritz.com on Nasdaq First North Premier in Stockholm.
- Acted for the Japanese technology group NEC Corporation, one of the largest businesses in Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in connection with their purchase of KMD, Denmark’s largest IT services provider to the Danish public sector, whose existing majority shareholder was UK-based Advent P/E.
- Acted for the majority shareholder Adelis Equity Partners in the divestment of leading IT hosting and outsourcing services provider IT Relation to UK-based private equity fund HgCapital.
