Christian R. J.  Nielsen

Attorney

E-Mailcrn@mwblaw.dk
Phone+45 3377 9022
Mobile+45 3037 9622
Born10 September 1982 in Bangkok
LanguagesDanish and English
Primary qualifications

Christian R. J. Nielsen provides advice primarily regarding ECM transactions, EC and competition law, and transactions with real estate.

 

Christian R. J. Nielsen's recent key transactions include:

 

Tender offer from Thornico to the shareholders of Hartmann

 

Prospectus verification for Handelsbanken and Carnegie

 

Transfer of Tradeshift to Ebay

 

Private placement of Kiwi Deposit Holdings in Blue Vision

 

Tender offer from Kiwi Deposit Holdings to the shareholders of Blue Vision

 

Transfer of Brørup Sparekasse to Saxo Bank

 

Tender offer from NetBooster to the shareholders of Guava

 

Private placement of NetBooster in Guava

 

Private placement of Johnson & Johnson in Neurosearch

International Recognitions

Legal500 2011 (Capital Market)

Overview

2011 Foreign Attorney at Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago
2010      Attorney at Moalem Weitemeyer Bendtsen Advokatpartnerselskab 
2008  Junior Associate at Moalem Weitemeyer Bendtsen Advokatpartnerselskab  
2008  Secondment, DELL A/S 
2007 - 2008      Junior Associate at Lett Law Firm 
2007  LL.M. from the University of Copenhagen  
2006  Studies at Duke University  
2006 - 2007  Trainee at Lett Law Firm  
2004 - 2006  Trainee at DLA Nordic Law Firm  
2002 - 2004  Trainee at Danish Technical University (DTU) 

 

Other activities

Christian R. J. Nielsen is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the Danish Association for Company Law, and the Danish Association for Competition Law. 

 

Christian R. J. Nielsen is the author of several publications on company and capital market law, see below.

 

Articles

 

Nielsen, C. and Pressler, N. (2010), New Danish Corporate Governance Recommendations, IBA Securities Law Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 1, August 2010, p. 20-22.

 

Nielsen, C. and Gökcen, P. (2010) Major shareholders and the prospectus obligation, Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift, Forlaget Thomsen, 2/2010, s. 123-129 (in Danish).

 

Moalem, D., Nielsen, C. and Dahlgaard, M. (2009) Capital Market law issues concerning hedge funds, Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift 2009, p. 347 (in Danish)

 

Moalem, D., Nielsen, C. and Bang, M. (2009) Introduction to aspects relating to hedge funds, Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift 3/2009, p. 273ff (in Danish).

 

Quistgaard, A. and Nielsen, C. (2009) Exemption from public offerings in light of refinancing and reconstructions, Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret, 2008:2, pp. 45-51 (in Danish).

 

Bøgelund, T. and Nielsen, C. (2009) Takeover bids and acting in concert, Young Lawyers' Committee Newsletter, April 2009, p. 20-21.

 

Nielsen, C. and Moalem, D. (2009) A closure on the Danish disclosure rules? ErhvervsJuridisk Tidsskrift nr. 1 - 2009, p. 39-44 (in Danish).

 

Levin, A. and Nielsen, C. (2008) Incentive pay and section 69b in the Danish Public Companies Act, Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret, 2008:2, p. 75-84 (in Danish).

 

Nielsen, C., Bøgelund, T., Dahlgaard, M., (2008) Danish Prospectus Regulations: Application to a Subsequent Resale of Listed Securities? IBA Securities Law Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 2, October 2008, p. 9-11.

 

Moalem, D., Nielsen, C., Dahlgaard, M. (2008). The obligations of the tender offeror when publishing the tender offer and the tender advertisement, Finans/Invest No 7/2008, p. 26-27. (in Danish).

 

Nielsen, C., Bendtsen, C., Bøgelund, T. New First North Rulebook, Revision & Regnskabsvæsen, No 6/2008, p. 66ff. (in Danish).

 

Nielsen, C. og Moalem, D. Revised Executive Orders in the Field of Securities Law as a Consequence of the MiFid Directive, Finans/Invest No 2/2008, p. 24-26 (in Danish).