Kaj Nielsen represents issuers and underwriters in complex equity and debt capital markets and other corporate transactions.

Mr. Nielsen handles a variety of transactions, including:

  • Initial public offerings
  • Bond offerings
  • De-SPAC transactions
  • Other corporate, M&A, and restructuring transactions

Mr. Nielsen brings extensive experience advising on transactions across an array of industries, such as consumer products, entertainment, healthcare, industrials, financial institutions, and energy transition.

Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Nielsen worked for six years as investment banking in-house counsel on capital markets and M&A advisory transactions at a major international investment bank.

Mr. Nielsen’s select experience includes representing:

Equity Capital Markets

  • The underwriter on the secondary public offering by KKR of shares of common stock of US Foods
  • The Container Store on the secondary public offering of shares of common stock by Leonard Green & Partners
  • The underwriters on the initial public offering and follow-on offerings of ordinary shares by VectivBio
  • The underwriters on the initial public offering and follow-on secondary offering of ordinary shares of Gambling.com Group
  • The underwriters on the initial public offering and follow-on public offering of common stock by Latham Group

Debt Capital Markets

  • Fertitta Entertainment (f/k/a Golden Nugget) in its offering of senior secured notes
  • Resorts World Las Vegas in its offering of senior notes
  • Huntsman in several offerings of high-yield notes

Corporate, M&A, and Restructuring

  • Aegon Ltd. (the parent company of Transamerica Corporation) on the transfer of its legal domicile from the Netherlands to Bermuda and the combination of its Dutch pension, life and non-life insurance, banking, and mortgage origination activities with a.s.r.
  • VillageMD in its acquisition of Summit Health-CityMD
  • Milan Laser and its existing investor Leonard Green & Partners in connection with new strategic growth equity investments
  • Sorrento Therapeutics on the 363 sale of its shares of Scilex

De-SPAC Business Combinations

  • Mercato Partners Acquisition Corporation in its de-SPAC business combination with Nuvini Holdings Limited
  • Wallbox in its initial listing and de-SPAC business combination with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. II
  • Taboola in its initial listing and de-SPAC business combination with ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd.

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • Master 2, Sciences Po Paris/Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2011
  • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2011
  • BA, Wake Forest University, 2008
    summa cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French

Practices