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Kirsten KochLouise Celia Korpela advises on general securities law, capital market transactions, public M&A, private placements, share issues, listings, structured sales processes and public takeover bids. She also advises on general company law, including reorganisations and capital changes.
She advises on and assists with all aspects of preparing and holding general meetings in listed companies and investment associations, including regarding corporate governance and active ownership.
Finally, Louise has undertaken the office of chair at general meetings and has co-authored a series of articles on general meetings in listed companies with Klaus Søgaard.
Significant cases
Among other cases, Louise has assisted a C20 company in the sale of a large shareholding in another C20 company by offering the shares to all the company's own shareholders and by preparing the prospectus. She has assisted a foreign investor in obtaining a controlling interest in a listed company through a direct issue of new shares and publication of a prospectus. Louise has also assisted a listed company in the sale of all of its activities through a structured sales process and with the subsequent distribution and winding up of the company. Finally, Louise has assisted in several comprehensive reorganisations, including in listed companies regarding a procurement or sales process.
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2020
Gorrissen Federspiel 2010 -
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, 2015 - 2016
PRINCE2® Certification 2019
Advanced Leadership, AVT Business School 2018
LL.M., Chicago-Kent College of Law 2013
Admitted to the Danish Bar 2013
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen 2010
Chicago-Kent College of Law 2009
English
Berlingske Business selected Louise as one of Denmark's Top 100 business talents (2017).
General meetings 2023 - status, focus and trends, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 1, 2023
General meetings 2022 - status, focus and trends, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 1, 2022
Commercial foundations - part 2, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 8, 2021
Commercial foundations - part 1, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 7, 2021
Revised corporate governance recommendations, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 3, 2021
COVID-19 and the general meeting, Nordic Journal of Company Law (Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret), no. 2/3, 2020
The general meeting 2020 - trends and tendencies (Generalforsamlingen 2020 - trends og tendenser), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 2, 2020
The Shareholder Rights Directive and its implementation into Danish law (Aktionærrettighedsdirektivet og den danske implementering), Nordic Journal of Company Law (Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret), no. 1, 2019
The general meeting 2019 - status, trends and tendencies (Generalforsamlingen 2019 - status, trends og tendenser), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 2, 2019
ADR programs - from a Danish perspective (ADR-programmer - Set fra et dansk perspektiv), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 9, 2018
General meetings in listed companies (Generalforsamlinger i børsnoterede selskaber - hvor er vi på vej hen?), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 1, 2018
Corporate Governance: New Corporate Governance Recommendations on the way, Board Perspectives, November 2017
General meetings in listed companies (part 2) (Generalforsamlinger i børsnoterede selskaber - Udvalgte emner og problemstillinger (del 2)), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, 2017
Selection of language in listed companies (Sprogvalg i børsnoterede selskaber), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen no. 2, 2015
Minutes of the general meeting (Generalforsamlingsprotokollatet - indhold og anbefalinger), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen no. 12, 2013
General meetings in listed companies (Generalforsamlinger i børsnoterede selskaber - udvalgte emner og problemstillinger), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen no. 9, 2012
External lecturer in European and International Commercial Law, University of Copenhagen 2011 - 2014