Niels Bang

Professional profile

Niels Bang is Chairman of the Board and part of our Corporate/M&A practice group where he assists Danish and foreign companies in company law issues, securities law issues, M&A transactions, venture capital, shareholders agreements and incentive schemes. Niels has provided advice and conducted negotiations in connection with a large number of corporate acquisitions, mergers and restructurings in many different industries. He also has market-leading experience of venture investments and exits in life sciences. With more than 20 directorships, Niels has extensive experience as a director and an active discussion partner in issues relating to organisation and business. Niels uses his network actively to create business and transaction opportunities for his clients. He is furthermore chairman of the board of directors in Gorrissen Federspiel.

He represents Denmark on the Company Law Committee under the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) and is a member of the board of the Danish Association for Company Law, the board of representatives of the Association of Danish Law Firms and of the committee for advice and knowledge service of the Confederation of Danish Enterprise.

Significant cases
In the field of M&A transactions, Niels Bang has advised several private equity funds and a vast number of industrial companies, among others. With regard to venture investments and exits in the life sciences segment, he advises a number of the largest pharmaceutical and life sciences companies and foundations. Finally, Niels advises companies on issues relating to company law, M&A, contracts and general business law on a current basis and he has drafted incentive schemes for several listed and unlisted companies.

Career and education

Career

Gorrissen Federspiel 1995 -
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2006
Chairman of the Board, Gorrissen Federspiel 2020 -
New York Bar Association, The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice Initiatives, New York 2003 - 2004
Justice Claus Gulmann's Cabinet, The European Court of Justice, Luxembourg 1999 - 2000
Linklaters, Paris 1999

Education

Admitted to the Danish Bar 1998
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium 1995 - 1996
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen 1995

Language

English, French

Ratings

Niels Bang is 'Thought Leader M&A and Governance 2023' i Who's Who Legal og 'recommended' in Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal Life Sciences - Transactional.

Publications

On commercial foundations in Revision & Regnskabsvæsen 2021, no. 7, page 44 and 2021, no. 8, page 56.
Author on the chapter on Denmark in "Directors Liability - A Worldwide Review, Third Edition, Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
Co-author of the chapter on Denmark in Company Directors, European Lawyer 2012.
Co-author of the chapter on Denmark in "Shareholders' rights", European Lawyer, 1st edition 2011, 2nd edition 2015.
"Corporate Governance in small and medium sized enterprices", Newsletter of the Danish Chamber of Commerce, No.3, 2010.
"Ejeraftaler efter selskabslovens § 82" (Shareholders' agreement after the new section 82 of the Companies Act), in Nordisk Tidsskrift for selskabsret 2009, no. 4 p. 79-90.
"Praktiske erfaringer med retningslinijer for incitamentsaflønning" (ractical experience with guidelines for incentive remuneration), in Nordisk Tidsskrift for selskabsret 2008, no 3 p. 7.
Aktionærlån i praksis, (shareholder loans in practice) Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret 2004, no. 4, p. 444.
Danish Take-overs Dividends from Target to the Purchaser, Newsletter of the Mergers & Acquisitions Commission, Union Internationale des Avocats, September 2004, no. 8, p. 13.
Book reveiw - Erik Werlauff: EU Company Law, EU-ret & Menneskeret 2003, p. 175.
Fradrag for indbetalinger til udenlandske pensionsordninger (deduction for contributions to foreign pension schemes), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen 2003, no. 6, p. 29.
Omlægning af regnskabsår og indkomstår (rescheduling of accounting year and income year), Tidsskrift for Skatteret 2003, 369.
Valg af selskabsform (choice of company type), INSPI 2002, nos. 7, p. 26.
Det europæiske selskab (the European company), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen 2002, no. 1, p. 6.
EU-ret og skatteret (Community law and tax law), Tidsskrift for Skatter og Afgifter 2001, 659.
Book review E. Lego Andersen: Aktionæroverenskomster (shareholders agreements), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen 2000, no. 12, p. 50.
Støtteerklæringer, (letters of comfort) Revision & Regnskabsvæsen 1999, no. 11, p. 8.
Uformel opløsning af anpartsselskaber (informal dissolution of private limited companies), The Danish Weekly Law Reports 1999 B, p. 370.
Privates rettigheder ved medlemsstaters overtrædelse af EF-retten (the rights of private individual in connection with violation of Community law by the member states), The Danish Weekly Law Reports 1998 B, p. 165.
Squeeze-Out of Minority Shareholders, European Counsel 1998, no. 3, page 34.
Author of the Danish chapter on Business Organisations in Business Laws in the Nordic Countries, 1998.
Lovbestemte Monopoler og EF-rettens Konkurrenceregler (statutory monopolies and Community law competition rules), EU-ret og menneskeret 1995, page 199.
Legal Person Criminal Liability under Danish Law, published in casebook edited by professor K. Geens, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, 1994.
Assisted with the preparatin of the Danish annotated Business Lease Act by Niels Grubbe, 1993.
Familiesammenføring i EF-retten (family reunion under Community law), Justitia 1993, no. 3.

Memberships and Activities

Memberships

International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
International Bar Association (IBA)

Activities

Danish representative in the Company Law Committee of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
Member of the Board of Representatives of the Association of Danish Law Firms
Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce's committee on advisory and knowhow services
Teacher of company law at seminars under the Danish Bar Association and the Association of State Authorised Accountants
Teacher of business law at the Copenhagen Business School, B.Sc. in Business Administration and Commercial Law) 1998

Chairman of the board:
Advance A/S
Faxe Kalk A/S
Andreas Duckert Holding ApS
FT International ApS
GFJURA 883 A/S
Gorrissen Federspiel Advokatpartnerselskab
Gorrissen Federspiel Komplementar Advokatpartnerselskab
Holdingselskabet af 8. maj 2002 A/S
J. Duckert Holding A/S
MJ Service A/S
Orchestra A/S
PeopleGroup A/S
RelationsPeople A/S
We Love People A/S

Board member:
Advance Holding ApS
Borealis Insurance A/S (captive insurance company)
Cyber Holding ApS
Experis A/S
Fælles Cyber Holding ApS
Henning Larsen A/S
Gudbjorg og Ejnar Honore's Fond
Henning Larsens Fond
Julie Kierkegaard A/S
PeopleGroup II A/S
PeopleGroup Five A/S
Tenneco Holdings Danmark ApS
Upatfive A/S
Viniportugal A/S
Walker Danmark ApS

Member of the executive board:
Advance Holding ApS
Tenneco Holdings Danmark ApS