Hans Christian Pape provides counsel to Danish and international strategic and financial investors on a broad spectrum of issues encompassing M&A, strategic partnerships, equity capital markets, corporate law and ESG.

Beyond his legal practice, he brings invaluable insight derived from his tenure as an executive director in prominent companies within the FMCG sector.

Named among Denmark’s Top 10 Corporate/M&A Lawyers 2023 by Business Today.

Hans Christian Pape is very knowledgeable and experienced. He is very business oriented and has a large network. He is business focused and will quickly identify the important issues to focus on from the client’s perspective.

Legal 500, 2024

Hans Christian is knowledgeable, pragmatic and experienced.

Chambers Global, 2024

He remains calm and solution-oriented even in the most stressful situations.

Chambers Global, 2024

He is very familiar with the players in the market and knows who wants what from a deal.

Chambers, 2021

Responsive, very well connected and thorough. His network and people skills have been able to force the deal going forward or give us insights in relationships/interests 'behind the scenes' on seller's side, helping us to secure the deal. Very valuable for us.

IFLR1000, 2021

Skilled M&A lawyer who knows the technical aspects but also has a commercial mindset and is solution-oriented.

Chambers, 2019

Strong sector knowledge within consumer goods and positive track record.

Chambers, 2018

Hans Christian Pape is "very service-minded. We can contact him any time and he answers our call. He also knows our company well, which is helpful.<br>

Chambers, 2018

Publications

Article

The Due Diligence Directive - corporate sustainability due diligence

January 2023

Video

How do you integrate ESG into your strategy and implement the change?

14. december 2022

Article

Investing - Denmark

December 2011