Private equity

Plesner has special expertise in advising on private equity-based transactions.

Advice to the purchaser

When we act for the purchaser, our assistance primarily comprises:

• performing legal due diligence
• project management and coordination in respect of other advisors' due diligence examinations
• negotiating and finally drafting a transfer agreement and any other transaction documents
• establishing a newes to serve as the acquisition vehicle, including planning, negotiating and drafting the detailed terms and conditions for acquisition by management and other key employees of shares in as well as planning and implementing a suitable incentive programme for the management and other key employees newes
• providing advice, negotiating and drafting documents in relation to the procurement of acquisition financing

Advice to the seller

When we represent the seller, we usually provide advice to industrial players in connection with spin-offs and to private equity enterprises in connection with their exit, typically by way of trade sale or a secondary buy-out. The advice primarily consists of:

• assistance and project management in connection with the planning and completion of an auction process or other type of controlled sale, including advice on the transaction structure
• assistance with the establishment and indexation of a data room and subsequent management of the data room, including requests for additional documentation and/or information and the responses thereto
• assistance in connection with the drafting and negotiations in relation to the transfer agreement and the procurement of the other transaction documents with the necessary appendices
• assistance in respect of the structuring and establishment as well as the operation and administration of venture and buy-out funds