Jens Steen Jensen
Jens Steen Jensen is primarily engaged in financial regulation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, foundation and capital markets law.
For more than 25 years, Jens has advised Danish and foreign financial undertakings on financial regulation and M&A and represented them vis-à-vis the authorities. He also advises such financial undertakings on business transfers, including portfolio transfers and restructurings, company and shareholder issues, compliance and corporate governance.
Jens has assisted in some of the largest and highest-profiled M&A-transactions within the Danish pension and insurance sector.
In addition, his clients include various Danish and foreign industrial undertakings which he advises on M&A, restructurings, company and shareholder issues, and corporate governance. Jens also advises commercial foundations.
Jens heads our financial sector group and our corporate and foundation law expert group.
He solves problems by applying his in-depth knowledge and thorough expertise. He is recognized as one of the leading advisers on financial law and for his creative mindset and ability to achieve results.
Background
Career
- Partner, Kromann Reumert, 2006-
- Kromann Reumert, 1996-
Education
- Admitted to practise law, 1999
- Master of Laws (cand. jur.), Aarhus University, 1996
- Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo, 1994
- Stagiaire at the European Commission, 1994
Languages
- The Scandinavian languages
- English
Activities
- External lecturer at CBS Executive/University of Copenhagen on the work of board members in financial undertakings
- External lecturer at CBS Executive (board leadership training programme)
- External lecturer at CBS Executive (commercial foundations)
- Member of the Disciplinary Board of the Danish Bar and Law Society
- Member of the Danish Corporate Law Association
- Member of the Danish Association for Banking and Finance Law
- Member of the International Bar Association
- Member of the Legal Expert Panel of the Confederation of Danish Industry
- Former chairman and member of the board of law district 1, Copenhagen, 2013-2019
- Former member of the Danish Bar and Law Society's panel of experts on corporate law, succession and M&A
- Former external lecturer in the subject of mergers and acquisitions at the law school, 2003-2004
- Former external lecturer in the subject of corporate governance at the University of Copenhagen, 2001-2004
- Former lecturer in the subject of constitutional law at Aarhus University, 1993-1995
Publications
- Co-author of "Selskabsretlige forhold for revisorer med fokus på selskabsretlige transaktioner" (Corporate Law for Auditors, Focusing on Corporate Law Transactions) – Danish Institute of State-Authorized Public Accountants, 2013
- Author of articles on various aspects of corporate law, etc.
High-profile cases
Jens has advised clients in a number of high-profile cases:
- Merger of the pension providers DIP and JØP into P+, Pensionskassen for Akademikere
- Danica Pension's acquisition of SEB Pension in Denmark
- Gjensidige's acquisition of Nykredit Forsikring
- Gjensidige's acquisition of Mølholm Forsikring
- Span Nord Bank's sale of Nørresundby Bank
- Qiagen's acquisition of Exiqon
- Merger between pension provider Bankpension and PFA
- Merger between Værkstedsfunktionærerne i Jernet and PFA
- Cooperation between Pensionskassen for Farmakonomer and PKA
- Cooperation between Pensionskassen for Arkitekter and Sampension
- Cooperation between Pensionskassen for Jordbrugsakademikere og Dyrlæger and Sampension
- Gjensidige's acquisition of Mondux Forsikring
- Gjensidige's acquisition of Gouda Forsikring
- Sale of TDC to Nordic Telephone Company
- Dong Energy's (now Ørsted's) sale of Energiverk Monkstad
- Stodir's acquisition of Keops
- Merger of DONG/Elsam (now Ørsted).
