Andreas Egeblad Arendt
Andreas Egeblad Arendt deals with commercial and company law with a particular focus on corporate reorganisations as well as national and international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within a variety of sectors such as IT, retail, shipping, transport and logistics.
Andreas has acted for clients such as IT Relation A/S, Cookie Information and A.J. Eriksen Holding.
He also advises on venture investment within a wide range of sectors, providing assistance relating to shareholders’ agreements, capital increases, investment agreements and warrant programs, etc.
Moreover, Andreas has extensive experience in internal as well as external project management, coordinating and managing teams and specialists across practice groups. In that connection, he is regularly in contact with clients, providing commercial advice to them.
He previously lectured in Basic Tax Law and EU Law at Aalborg University. In addition, he authored the article “Amendments to the Danish Companies Act”, published (in Danish only) in Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret (a Scandinavian company-law periodical) in 2018, and he contributed to DLA Piper Denmark’s podcasts on the Danish Investment Screening Act in 2022 and on the M&A market in 2023.
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Andreas Egeblad Arendt acted for the management of IT Relation in connection with the transfer of the company to private equity fund Axcel. The process had to take into account a complex negotiation process between the sellers and the purchaser and, moreover, it was a cross-border endeavour involving, among others, our DLA Piper Sweden colleagues.
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Andreas acted for Cookie Information on the sale of a large minority shareholding to Kirk Kapital. It was a highly complex deal both in terms of GDPR regulation and in terms of the business operating in several countries.
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Andreas advised the Danish company A.J. Eriksen Holding in connection with the sale of a majority stake in AJT Holding (now AJAT Group), whose shareholdings include 100% of the shares in the renowned Danish tailor and Purveyor to the Royal Danish Court C.L. Seifert, to Sweden-based private equity firm Röko.
Secondment, DLA Piper Australia, 2023
Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2021
Attorney, Moalem Weitemeyer, 2020-2021
Assistant Attorney, Moalem Weitemeyer, 2017-2020
Lecturer in EU Law, Aalborg University, 2017
Lecturer in Basic Tax Law, Aalborg University, 2016
Andreas is recognized by The Legal 500 within 'Commercial, Corporate and M&A'.
"Andreas Egeblad Arendt is a rising star, empathetic and effective even under extreme pressure. He will go far!"
“Amendments of the Danish Companies Act” (published in Danish only), Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret (a Scandinavian company-law periodical), no. 1, 2018.
“The Danish Investment Screening Act: Foreign direct investments must be approved in future” (recorded in Danish only), DLA Piper Denmark podcast, 2022
“M&A market update: Companies are changing hands as never before” (recorded in Danish only), DLA Piper Denmark podcast, 2023