Anne Cathrine (AC) Ingerslev
- Banking and Finance
AC has extensive experience advising financial sponsors, corporates, banks, debt funds and other direct lenders on a broad range of financing matters – including acquisition financing (public and private), alternative credit financing, corporate financing, fund financing, debt capital markets financing, infrastructure financing and green, sustainable, and other ESG-linked financing.
When structuring, negotiating and documenting transactions, AC draws upon a solid academic background within law, finance, and economics as well as unique international expertise obtained from several years of practicing in the London-based global finance practice of top-tier U.S. law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell.
AC is dual-qualified as a Danish Attorney and a Solicitor of England and Wales. AC holds an M.Sc. in Law and Finance form the University of Oxford.
Highlights (Panel content)
Featured cases
- European Energy in connection with a novel EUR 150 million green portfolio financing facility for purposes of financing a dynamic portfolio of solar and wind projects across 10 Northern European countries.
- Axcel in connection with a leveraged acquisition financing for Axcel’s investment in Progrits AB, incremental debt financing for Axcel’s portfolio company Oral Care and a leveraged acquisition financing for Axcel’s investment in Tic-Elkas and Eegholm.
- Nuuday in connection with a EUR 500 million senior secured term loan B facility
- TDC NET in connection with a EUR 110 million term loan facility provided by European Investment Bank (NIB) to support TDC NET’s extensive fibre roll-out programme
- Ares Management Limited in connection with a comprehensive senior, super senior and PIK debt financing package to support Axcel’s acquisition of itm8 and concurrent merger of itm8 with Axcel’s existing portfolio company Addpro. The financing is one of the largest and most complex debt fund financings in the Nordic market to date
- European Energy in relation to a bridge-to-bond financing, including an offering of EUR 75 million senior unsecured green bonds listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen
- TDC NET in connection with the establishment of a EUR 3.5 billion EMTN programme listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the initial issuance of EUR 500 million sustainability-linked notes under the EMTN Programme
- TDC Group on a comprehensive refinancing transaction, including the establishment of a secured infrastructure financing platform for TDC NET by way of whole business securitisation (WBS) and the initial financing under the platform comprising EUR 3.2 billion term loan, revolving credit, and liquidity facilities. This is the first WBS financing ever for a Danish corporate
- European Energy in relation to an offering of EUR 300 million senior unsecured green bonds listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and establishment of a EUR 45 million green revolving credit facility as well a concurrent tender offer and early redemption process in respect of the company’s existing senior secured bonds. This is the largest green bond listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen to date by a corporate issuer
- Axcel on a leveraged acquisition financing for Axcel’s investment in ProData and concurrent financing of an add-on acquisition of Emagine
- Reconor Group on a DKK 1 billion unitranche/super senior refinancing of existing debt and concurrent financing of a strategic add-on acquisition of Sten & Grus Prøvestenen
- European Energy in relation to an offering of EUR 75 million hybrid green bonds listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen, as well as the subsequent tap issue of additional EUR 75 million hybrid green bonds
Rankings (Panel content)
AC is ranked in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe (Up and Coming; Foreign Expertise in the UK), IFLR 1000 (Leading Lawyer – Highly Regarded; Women Leader) and Legal 500 EMEA (Next Generation Partner). In addition, AC is recognised as a Thomson Reuters Star – Independently Rated Lawyer and was shortlisted for the IFLR EMEA Women in Business Law Awards (Finance Rising Star) in 2022.
“A highly competent legal expert with excellent business understanding skills – I can only give her my highest regard and recommendation.” (Client testimonial, Chambers and Partners)
“She has a great understanding of her clients’ needs. Her knowledge and negotiation tactics are exceptional.” (Client testimonial, IFLR 1000)
“Anne Cathrine Ingerslev is the best banking lawyer in Denmark. Her technical capabilities are second-to-none and her negotiation skills are admirable. Goes above and beyond to get the job done with the best possible result. She is a tremendously talented lawyer” (Client testimonial, The Legal 500)
“She is highly competent in the area she advises us on and she has a high degree of business understanding”. (Client testimonial, Thomson Reuters)
Publikationer (Panel content)
- The changing nature of the disposals covenant on European leveraged financings: should you go LMA-style, high yield bond-style or mix it up?, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (JIBFL), February 2019
- Designing long-lived leveraged intercreditor agreements – how to survive refinancings and additional debt incurrence; Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (JIBFL), December 2017
- All-asset security on leveraged financings: the scope of “excluded assets”; Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (JIBFL), December 2016
- IFLR 2016 Cross-Border Financing Report: UK
- Capital centres of Danish mortgage banks; Danish Journal of Business Law, 2012:3
- Disqualification of shareholders voting by proxy; Nordic Journal of Company Law, 2009:3
- The legal status of second mortgagees ranking after a mortgage-credit loan with deferred amortisation; Danish Weekly Law Reports 2006B
Medlemskaber (Panel content)
Member of
- Law Society of England & Wales
- Danish Bar and Law Society