Cecilie Mejer Helwig Rasmussen

Attorney

Email

cecilie.helwig@dk.dlapiper.com

Phone

+45 33 34 01 79

Mobile

+45 20 25 75 43

Location

Copenhagen

About

Cecilie works with commercial and company law with a particular focus on national and international mergers and acquisitions within a number of sectors and industries. Cecilie assists on investment structures, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents as well as process management and legal due diligence.

Finally, Cecilie has extensive experience in providing legal and tax advice during underwriting processes in connection with warranty and indemnity insurance.

Services

Corporate M&A

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Capital Markets and Listed Companies

Private equity

Emerging Growth and Venture Capital

Sectors

Industrials

Technology

Qualifications

Education

Admitted to the Danish Bar

2025

Master of Law, University of Copenhagen

2022

Single subjects of the BSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law programme, the sale and purchase of enterprises, compliance

2020

Previous experience

Ernst & Young, International Tax & Transaction Services department

H. Lundbeck A/S, Corporate and Commercial department

LEO Pharma A/S, Corporate Tax department

Experience

Recent highlights

Selected Group’s EUR 50m investment in WA3RM Regenergy Developer Fund I
Tax underwriting re. EQT’s investment in 3Shape Holding
Nordic Eye’s investment in Mate.Bike
Tax underwriting re. Netcompany’s acquisition of Intrasoft International S.A. (Luxembourg)
Tax underwriting re. Norli Pension Livsforsikring’s acquisition of Alm. Brand Liv og Pension
PKA’s sale of 51% of the Genan Group to Maj Invest
Tax underwriting re. Altor’s acquisition of DAFA Group
Tax underwriting re. CataCaps’ acquisition of Nordmark
Advising on W&I insurance in connection with CIP’s acquisition of Ørsted’s onshore business.

Career highlights

Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, siden 2025

Secondment, Ambridge Europe Ltd. (London), 2023-2024

Assistant Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2022-2025

Trainee, DLA Piper Denmark, 2021-2022

International Tax & Transaction Services, Ernst & Young, 2020-2021

Corporate and Commercial, Lundbeck A/S, 2020

Corporate Tax, LEO Pharma A/S, 2018-2020

Insights

Publications

Taxable persons and the role of the VAT registration number, UCPH Fiscal Relations Law Journal, DJØF Publishing
Cross-border VAT grouping scheme and its compatibility with the VAT Directive, master thesis (published in Danish only), the University of Copenhagen