Publications

The type of entities which are typically used in corporate group structures in Denmark are the private limited liability company (in Danish anpartsselskab or ApS) and the public limited company (in Danish aktieselskab or A/S). This guide focuses on directors’ duties in these types of companies.

Foreign players operating in the Danish market, or planning to enter it, will find guidance on doing business in Denmark in our 2022 edition of DLA Piper’s Guide to Going Global – Corporate.

DLA Piper's Guide to Going Global series is designed to help companies meet the challenges of global expansion. The series reviews business-relevant corporate, employment, equity, intellectual property and technology, and tax laws in key jurisdictions around the world.

With this publication on IPO’s in Denmark we strive at making the IPO process easy to understand and manageable. There are far too many myths about how difficult, time-consuming and expensive an IPO is.

We have prepared the publication “Incentive Schemes”, which provides an overview of the most commonly used share-based remuneration schemes (issued shares as well as share purchase and share subscription rights). Here we describe the benefits and drawbacks of the different schemes as well as the relevant rules of Danish employment law, company law and tax law, including the latest amendments made to the Danish Share Option Act and section 7 P of the Danish Tax Assessment Act concerning taxation of share-based remuneration in new, entrepreneurial companies.