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Copenhagen · Attorney, Partner

Michael Pilegaard

Attorney with more than 10 years of experience in fundraising, shareholder agreements, warrants and M&A transactions for startups, scaleups and investors. Former senior attorney at Bruun & Hjejle and Loeven. Google Partner, board member at CM Batteries and chairman of Nordic Carbon.

10+ years

Experience

VC · M&A · IPO

Focus

Pragmatic and precise

Style

Michael Pilegaard - Startup Attorney

Roles and experience

  • Google Partner
  • Chairman, Nordic Carbon
  • Board member, CM Batteries
  • Former senior attorney, Bruun & Hjejle and Loeven

Advisory style

Transaction experience with calm execution

The advisory approach is built for founders, investors and leadership teams who need clear priorities, strong pace and solutions that work in practice.

Perspective

Leading transaction experience combined with commercial understanding.

Communication

Clear recommendations, explicit choices and low-friction processes.

Execution

Focus on progress, negotiation and decisions that hold up in reality.

Background

"Negotiation, pace and decisiveness matter just as much as the legal provisions."

My approach is shaped by both leading transaction experience and a life outside the law. I have worked on complex investments, shareholder agreements and M&A transactions where negotiation, pace and decisiveness matter as much as the legal provisions.

Before I became a lawyer, I was a butcher, a soldier and a Muay Thai trainer, among other things. That has given me a pragmatic style: clear communication, defined priorities and focus on solutions that work in practice.

Let's have a conversation

A brief assessment of your situation and next steps.