Kim Harpøth Jespersen

Managing Partner

Kim is the managing partner at Oaklins Beierholm in Denmark. He is a very dedicated and hands-on advisor, passionate about always providing the best possible advice to his clients. Kim has completed a large number of transactions for owner-managed companies, corporates, institutional investors, private equity houses and listed clients. He also has extensive experience with complex valuations, funding, debt advisory as well as restructuring advisory. Kim’s focus has always been on mid-market transactions for Danish and international companies, institutional investors and private equity houses across a wide range of sectors. Kim is an expert in the biogas and biomethane sector, in which he has completed multiple transactions, including the sales of Sindal Biogas to CIP, Hærup Biogas to Gasum and Ausumgaard Biogen to Eurowind, as well as the acquisition of NGF Nature Energy for Pioneer Point Partners. Other notable deals include the sales of Trisca to APA Industries; KIBO Sikring to EMK/Heras; Primagaz in Denmark and Sweden to Treville; Sjørring Maskinfabrik to private equity-backed Terratech; the HR service leader Hartmanns to the Belgian group Actief; the Danish visual effects company GHOST VFX to Hollywood-based Streamland Media; and Hoyer to the private equity investor Solix.

Prior to joining Oaklins, Kim spent 18 years focusing on M&A advisory. Most recently he was head of KPMG’s Danish corporate finance team, and before that at PwC in their corporate finance department. Kim has a master’s in finance from the Aarhus School of Business.