Louise Celia Korpela

Professional profile

Louise Celia Korpela advises international and domestic clients on securities and corporate law matters, focusing primarily on capital market transactions, securities law matters and mergers & acquisitions. Louise also advises on foundation law, corporate governance, and reorganisations.

Louise 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 spin-offs and reorganisations, including in listed companies regarding a procurement or sales process.

Career and education

Career

Gorrissen Federspiel 2010 -
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2020
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York 2015 - 2016
Board member, Evida Holding and Evida CO2 2024 -
Board member, Fjordfonden 2024 -

Education

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

Language

English

Ratings

Berlingske Business selected Louise as one of Denmark's Top 100 business talents (2017).

Publications

General meetings 2024 - status, focus and trends, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 1, 2024
Indemnification of management members - after the Danish Business Authority's statement, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 6, 2023
Indemnification of management members, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 2, 2023
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

Memberships and Activities

Memberships

Danish Corporate Law Association
Danish Arbitration Association
Young Arbitrators Copenhagen

Activities

Corporate Law Committe of Danish Industri (DI) 2023 -
External lecturer in European and International Commercial Law, University of Copenhagen 2011 - 2014