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| Chambers Global, 2026
Mikael Philip Schmidt is an M&A partner at Gorrissen Federspiel, advising on some of the largest and most complex transactions in the Danish market. His practice centres on mergers and acquisitions for both private equity sponsors and listed corporates, with a particular emphasis on structured auction processes, cross-border deals, and public company transactions including takeover bids and mandatory offers. In addition, Mikael has deep expertise in Danish and European capital markets law: advising boards and management on disclosure obligations, IPOs, rights issues, and the full range of regulatory requirements that arise when public companies are buyers, sellers, or targets.
Mikael has advised a broad range of clients across industries including energy and infrastructure, financial services and insurance, healthcare, tech, transportation and logistics, and consumer goods, acting for both Danish and international private equity funds, listed corporates and founders. He has led some of the most significant M&A transactions in Denmark over the past decade, including several landmark cross-border and public company deals.
Mikael is the author of Prospektretten (Prospectus Law), the leading Danish book on securities offerings, and is recognised in Chambers Global, Legal 500, and IFLR.
Key Transactions
A selection of transactions include:
• Advised GN Store Nord on the divestment of the Hearing business to Amplifon SpA
• Advised FLS on the carve-out and divestment of FLSmidth's cement division to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners
• Advised DFDS on the divestment of the Oslo–Copenhagen route to Rederi AB Gotland
• Advised Valedo on the divestment of Lakrids by Johan Bülow
• Advised JF Lehman & Co on the acquisition of Wrist ship supply
• Advised Uber on the acquisition of Dantaxi 4x48
• Advised Söderberg Partners on the acquisition of Assure Wealth and a number of other transactions in the Danish insurance and pension market
• Advised Main Capital on the acquisition of Omnidocs and Unik and a number of other transactions within saas and tech
• Advised Dansk Ejerkapital on the sale of Salfarm to Polaris
• Advised IN Groupe on the acquisition of Nexi's eID business
• Advised WSH Investments on the acquisition of Meyers from IK Investment Partners
• Advised Intact on the takeover of RSA and divestment of Codan Forsikring Denmark; one of the largest Danish insurance M&A transactions in recent years
• Advised Vestas on the acquisition of a 50% stake in MHI Vestas Offshore Wind from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• Advised Riskpoint, the Nordic specialty insurance underwriter in the transaction with Nordic Capital
• Advised Kirkbi in the acquisition of a stake in Euro Cater from ICG
• Advised Triton Partners in the divestment of Nordic Tankers
• Advised DP World in the acquisition of Unifeeder, the Nordic container shipping group from Nordic Capital
• Advised Nissens, the Danish heat exchange manufacturer, in the sale to Axcel
• A number of IPOs, Rights Issues and ABBs, for issuers and underwriters, including in Pandora, Matas, ISS, Danske Bank, Vestas and GN Store Nord
Gorrissen Federspiel 2007 -
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2017
Stikeman Elliott, Toronto 2015
Admitted to the Danish Bar 2010
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen 2007
Université Paris II, France 2006
English, French
Mikael Philip Schmidt is ranked in Legal 500 as 'Leading Partner'. Also he is recognized as 'Notable practitioner in Denmark' by IFLR and also ranked in 'Band 4' by Chambers.
Chambers Corporate M&A 2020 Guide, Law & Practice Denmark
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
Takeover practice - a guide for bidder and target, Revisions & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 6, 2018
Den nye prospektforordning - en gennemgribende revision af reglerne for prospekter, (The new prospectus regulation introducing major changes to the prospectus rules), the Danish periodical Auditing & Accounting, no. 11, 2017
The Market Abuse Regulation - what we learned from a hectic 2016 with MAR, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 2, 2017.
The Market Abuse Regulation - an introduction to the new rules, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 5, 2016.
Prospectus Law, 1st edition, KarnovGroup, 2016.
Proposal for new legislation on commercial foundations, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 5, 2014.
Disclosure requirements for major shareholders, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, no. 1, 2014.
Specifics of the Danish Takeover Regime, XBMA Forum, Danish Update, December 2012
"Patenting diagnostic methods", Justitia no. 3, 2007
Associate Professor in European and International Commercial Law, University of Copenhagen 2009 - 2012
Legal advisor, Copenhagen Legal Aid 2003 - 2009