Helle Wehl
Partner

Helle is a specialist advisor on the acquisition and sale of businesses and general commercial and company law. She has extensive experience in handling complex cross-border M&A transactions and advises both industrial stakeholders and private equity funds on matters with a strategic as well as commercial focus.

Helle has a strong international and commercial approach to her work, combining legal expertise with practical insight gained from her many years as an in-house advisor and counsel across various sectors in Denmark and abroad.

Transaction highlights

• Assisted the international investment and asset management firm IDG Capital in connection with the acquisition of the gourmet liquorice producer Lakrids by Bülow. Selected members of the management team are reinvesting in the company. With strong new international ownership through IDG Capital, Lakrids by Bülow aims to accelerate its ongoing international growth across Europe, Asia and the US. Completion of the transaction is expected to take place in Q4 2025, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
• Advised TMC Nordic in the sale of a 65% majority stake to the German Nobilis Group, which is owned by the Gebr. Heinemann group. The transaction was subject to approval by a range of European competition authorities and completed in Q1 2025.
• Advised the global private equity fund Bridgepoint on the acquisition of the Danish defence company MyDefence. The management of MyDefence has reinvested in the company. Bridgepoint is part of Bridgepoint Group plc., which is one of the world’s leading quoted private asset growth investors with more than EUR 41bn under management.
• Assisted the Danish digital learning platform Meebook in the acquisition by Visma. The addition of Meebook strengthened Visma’s position in the educational sector in Denmark and the Nordic countries.
• Provided advice to Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Reconor Group from Agilitas Private Equity LLP. Basalt is an international private equity fund with a transatlantic focus on investments in medium-sized infrastructure businesses within transport, power and utilities. This is Basalt’s first transaction in Denmark. The transaction is subject to the approval by the Danish competition authorities.
• Provided advice to the Scandinavian petrol company din-X in the sale to the Norwegian private equity fund Pioneer Capital. The buyer was the Norwegian private equity fund Pioneer Capital and several other investors.
• Advised Inter Pipeline Ltd. in connection with the divestiture of parts of its European business. Proceeds from the transaction were EUR 455m (DKK 3.4bn) before customary closing adjustments. In addition to assistance during the sale process, the advice also covered the subsequent restructuring and carve-out of certain Danish legal entities as part of the future Nordic operation

Rankings

“Helle Wehl is listed as a Leading Lawyer (notable practitioner).”

– M&A – IFLR1000