Mikkel Bay Nielsen

Attorney
Mikkel Bay Nielsen

Mikkel Bay Nielsen specialises in advising on non-performing loans. 

Mikkel provides trusted advice on insolvency proceedings to banks, other financial creditors, major trade creditors, wholesalers, trade unions and public agencies, etc. 

He deals especially with restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings as well as compulsory dissolution. He also assists chargees in bankruptcy estates in safeguarding their interests, including enforcement of charges, guarantee claims, etc. In addition, Mikkel conducts litigation relating to bankruptcy estates, including avoidance proceedings and disqualification proceedings.  

Finally, Mikkel co-authored “Shareholders’ shield - when shareholders demand protection in restructuring proceedings” published (in Danish only) in Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret (a Scandinavian company-law periodical), no. 1, in 2018 and “Lien and the recent Danish Supreme-Court judgment U2019.1686H” published (in Danish only) in Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), no. 3, in 2020. 

Qualifications
Education
Admitted to the Danish Bar
2022
Master of Law, Aarhus University
2019
Memberships

The Danish Association of Insolvency Lawyers 

Experience
Career highlights

Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2022 

Assistant Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2019-2022 

Insights

Shareholders’ shield - when shareholders demand protection in restructuring proceedings” (published in Danish only), Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret (a Scandinavian company-law periodical), no. 1, 2018 

Lien and the recent Danish Supreme-Court judgment U2019.1686H” (published in Danish only), Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), no. 3, 2020