Anders Hermansen is a partner in Plesner's Real Estate team. Anders advises Danish and international clients on M&A transactions involving real estate, property development projects and lease law. Anders has significant experience in all aspects of complex real estate transactions, including due diligence investigations, drafting and negotiation of transfer documents and completion of closing. Throughout his career, Anders has advised on some of the largest and most complex property transactions, and he has extensive experience in forward purchasing transactions, transfer of housing portfolios and logistics facilities as well as transactions with a cross-border element. Anders also has considerable experience in company law and drafting, negotiation and conclusion of commercial contracts. Anders has international experience, having been seconded to Maersk USA.
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Benjamin Bunnage is a partner in Plesner's Real Estate team. Benjamin has specialised in commercial lease law, real property transactions and litigation in his areas of legal expertise. Benjamin provides advisory services to Danish and international clients alike. He has many years of experience of completing major property transactions, including buying and selling large property portfolios, whether in the form of asset and share transfers or in the context of sale and leaseback arrangements. In the area of lease law, Benjamin has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting all types of commercial leases, including contracts concerning owner-occupied properties as well as office, restaurant, storage and production leases. Benjamin also has experience of project lease contracts, which are concluded prior to the commencement of a planned construction project. In addition, Benjamin provides advisory services on all aspects of lease law in connection with the conveyance, development and optimisation of real property. Benjamin's advice is based on his in-depth commercial understanding of the industry, and he takes a pragmatic approach to his cases.
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PlesnerCathrine Amalie Rømer Christensen is a director in Plesner's Real Estate team. Cathrine advises Danish and international property investors, pension funds and property developers on property transactions and development projects. Cathrine’s experience covers all aspects of project development, from the purchase of properties or land to the creation of properties and cadastral issues, local planning processes, drafting and negotiation of contracts, etc. Cathrine has experience working with large contract and construction projects, where she has provided “cradle to grave” advice. She has been involved in tender processes, in negotiation and formation of contracts, in structuring of sets of contracts and in implementation of complex projects, and she has also been involved in major litigation and arbitration proceedings relating to disputes within the construction sector. Cathrine combines construction law experience with knowledge and commercial understanding of project development, and she provides customized and solution-oriented advice focusing on the success criteria for the project. Cathrine also deals with ESG in construction and in property investments, and has a sound knowledge of the regulatory framework, but also a practical approach to ESG reporting, among other things. Cathrine has recieved Prince2 certification as of 2022
Charlotte Hasseriis Iversen is highly experienced within general insurance law and regulatory insurance advice in matters regarding Danish and foreign insurance and pension companies as well as insurance intermediaries. Over the years, Charlotte has assisted a number of Danish and foreign insurance and pension companies as well as insurance intermediaries with establishment and restructuring, including portfolio transfers. She has furthermore assisted a number of Danish and foreign companies with advice on the Danish insurance intermediary regulation, most recently the implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive into Danish law. In addition, Charlotte specialises in general insurance and tort law, including insurance fraud, advisors’ professional liability, product liability, general commercial liability and reinsurance, and she has handled a large number of litigation and arbitration proceedings in these areas. Thanks to her in-depth knowledge of the insurance markets, Charlotte provides targeted and value-creating advisory services to her clients in the industry. Charlotte is member of the board of the Danish Insurance Law Association and has been appointed vice-chairman in May 2016.
Christian Th. Kjølbye is a partner in Plesner's Dispute Resolution team. Christian's focus areas are: M&As Structured sales processes Listed companies – take-over bids Foundation law – commercial and non-commercial foundations Arbitration proceedings – Danish and international arbitration, especially in M&As and transaction-related cases Christian's track record includes some of the largest M&As in Denmark. Christian also has in-depth sector specialisation, eg in telecommunications, IT/consultancy businesses, logistics businesses and the food/beverage segment. He advises clients on take-over bids and management and governance. Christian is one of Denmark's leading foundation law advisors. He advises a range of the largest commercial foundations in Denmark on strategic issues related to the foundation’s businesses and objects, eg in relation to grants, governance and object amendments etc. Moreover, he is chairman and a member of various boards of trustees. Christian was an expert member of Erhvervsfondsudvalget (commercial foundations committee) in 2012 and contributed to the travaux preparatoires of the Danish Act on Commercial Foundations. Christian is also highly experienced in arbitration proceedings. Christian has conducted a series of important international arbitration proceedings relating to M&A guarantee requirements, loyal duty of disclosure and other transaction-related disputes with a high degree of complexity, expert witnesses etc. Christian has also served as arbitrator and umpire in a range of Danish and international arbitration proceedings. Christian has an LL.M from New York University and lectures in and gives presentations on corporate law and foundation law subjects.
Emil Jurcenoks advises on Marketing Law and Consumer Law, IP Law and general disputes and litigation. Emil is primarily engaged in disputes and litigation, including in particular concerning IP law as well as marketing and consumer law, in which field Emil has extensive experience, among other things, from his time as an assistant judge from 2012 to 2015 in the Danish Supreme Court and the Maritime and Commercial High Court (the first instance IP court in Denmark). Emil is head of Plesner's marketing and consumer law team, providing advice within all areas of marketing and consumer law, including in connection with promotional marketing preparations and conflicts between traders or with authorities as well as regulatory issues. In addition to that, Emil provides advice with all areas of IP law, including in particular copyright, trade secrets, product imitations, design law, trademark law, patent law and IP transactions. Emil also handles disputes regarding media and press law.
Emil Deleuran is a partner in Plesner's Banking and Finance team. Emil focuses primarily on financial regulation and advises in that connection especially banks, asset managers, pension funds and investment funds. Emil's experiences cover particularly advising on complex transactions and contract structures, which often involve cross-border aspects. Emil has worked on several investigations of financial undertakings and has extensive experience in assisting with the handling of various enforcement cases as well as matters concerning breaches of Danish financial regulation, liability and managerial responsibility. Further, Emil assists on an ongoing basis clients with material projects such as the establishment of financial undertakings or investment funds (AIFs and UCITS), purchases or sales of financial undertakings, larger reorganisations or restructurings and implementation projects in respect of new financial regulation. Emil also has extensive experience advising on and negotiating contracts for dealing derivatives and commodities (natural gas, electricity and oil). Emil was in 2016 selected as one of the top 100 young talents in Denmark by the Danish business magazine Berlingske Business in their annual "Talent 100" edition.
Emil Hedegaard Mikkelsen is a director in Plesner's Banking and Finance team. Emil advises on financing transactions, including acquisition, operation and infrastructure/energy financing as well as financing provided by international financial institutions. Emil also advises on regulatory matters relating to the financial sector, in particular the regulation of managers of alternative investment funds, investment trusts, investment advisers and other asset managers. Emil provides assistance to banks, institutional investors, private equity funds and industrial enterprises.
Hans Severin Hansen is a partner in Plesner's Tax Law team and he is recognised as the leading tax attorney in Denmark. He is the only Danish tax attorney rated a "Star Individual" by Chambers and has been selected for The Legal 500 Hall of Fame. Hans advises Danish and foreign business enterprises and he conducts the biggest and most complex tax cases. Hans's track record is unique. A lot of his cases are test cases which subsequently result in the reopening of similar cases and statutory amendments or changes in administrative practice. Hans was the chairman of the Danish branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) from 2009 until 2020 and was a member of its Executive Committee in the period 2009-2015. He was the President of the IFA 2013 Congress in Copenhagen. In 2006 Hans was awarded Magnus Prisen, a Danish award given to a tax specialist who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of Danish tax law. In 2010 he received Christrup Prisen, a Danish award given every three years to an attorney in recognition of his or her exceptional results in the courts. At the moment Hans is working on a number of big cases, specifically including transfer pricing cases, the so-called beneficial owner cases about withholding dividend tax and tax on interest as well as cases about the right to deduct losses suffered by foreign subsidiaries.
Hans Hedegaard is head of Plesner's Corporate Finance team, specialising in M&A and business formation. Hans is a legal advisor to private equity funds and businesses, and has been involved in more than 100 transactions since 1998. He has advised a wide range of clients on M&A transactions, including ALD Automotive, AP Pension, CVC Capital Partners, Carlsberg Foundation, EQT, Ford Motor Co, HG Capital, Montagu, Nordic Capital, Siemens, Theolia, Unifeeder and Valedo. In connection with corporate bankruptcies and restructurings, Hans works closely with our Insolvency Law and Restructuring team. Hans has extensive experience in buying and selling activities from insolvent businesses and was, for instance, involved in the sale of the viable activities from the estate in bankruptcy of OW Bunker. In addition, Hans advises Danish and international clients on general business law, focusing particularly on corporate law and contract law.
Henrik Laursen is a partner in Plesner's Corporate Finance team and has extensive experience in large complex transactions across all public M&A and capital markets transactions (IPOs, rights issues, ABBs, takeovers, restructurings, etc.) as well venture capital and private M&A transactions. In addition to transactional work, Henrik provides advice in relation to ongoing disclosure obligations and corporate governance. Henrik is among the most active capital markets lawyers in Denmark, having completed transactions with an aggregate value of more than DKK 200bn. Henrik has been involved in several Danish landmark transactions across multiple industries, including the IPOs of Netcompany, Nets, ISS and Scandinavian Tobacco Group, the takeover bids on Topdanmark and Nørresundby Bank and led the Plesner equity capital markets (ECM) team advising Tryg on its DKK 37bn Rights Issue, the largest ever ECM transaction in Denmark. In addition, Henrik regularly advises most Danish and international investment banks active in Denmark. In addition to substantial experience and a successful track record with capital markets transactions in the Danish market, Henrik is among the most experienced Danish practitioners within cross-border capital markets transactions, currently advising Noble Corporation on its combination with Maersk Drilling and subsequent listing on NYSE and Nasdaq Copenhagen and have advised on the IPOs of Forward Pharma (first main listing on Nasdaq NYC), Ascendis Pharma (second main listing on Nasdaq NYC), Bavarian Nordic (abandoned US IPO), Zealand Pharma (first dual-listing on Nasdaq NYC), Orphazyme (third dual-listing on Nasdaq NYC) Nordic Waterproofing (IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm) as well as the restructuring of SEK 350m bonds issued by Trigon Agri A/S (listed on Nasdaq Stockholm). While working across multiple industries, Henrik has a particular focus on the technology and life science sectors as well as providing advice to financial institutions.
Henrik Kure specializes in corporate lending, acquisition and project finance transaction. He focuses in particular on financing of M&A transactions, infrastructure, renewable energy and real estate. Henrik has broad experience in complex cross-border corporate finance transactions with a particular focus on corporate lending, acquisition and project finance transactions. Henrik mainly advises banks, pension funds, private equity sponsors, debt funds and corporate borrowers. Henrik also has substantial experience assisting lenders and borrowers in all stages of special situations debt finance and debt restructurings, drawing on his extensive knowledge within finance and insolvency law. Henrik is the author of a leading textbook on corporate finance law in Denmark, which is mandatory reading at the University of Copenhagen, University of Aarhus and Copenhagen Business School.
Jacob Falsner is a senior counsel in Plesner's Employment and Labour Law team, providing general advice on employment law issues. Jacob primarily focuses on the international aspects and the effect of EU law on Danish labour law. This area of expertise includes secondment and inpatriation of labour, work and residence permits, social security, international private law issues etc. Jacob's expertise also includes the labour law aspects comprised by collective labour law. Jacob also has extensive experience in relation to the employment law aspects relating to private pension funds and he advises on mergers and acquisitions, including insourcing and outsourcing processes. Jacob has special knowledge of the labour law framework used in the offshore industry and also of temporary/untypical labour. At the beginning of 2016 Jacob got a PhD for his business PhD project "Den europæiserede vikar" (in English: the Europeanised temp) that uncovered the employment law aspects of work undertaken by temp agency workers in Denmark.
Jakob Dolmer is an attorney-at-law in Plesner's IP and Life Science team. Jakob focuses on proceedings concerning the enforcement of technical property rights (primarily patents), including injunctions and preservation of evidence, and Jakob is a member of our UPC Task Force. Jakob further advises undertakings on regulatory practices in relation to medicinal products, medical devices etc as a member of our regulatory Life Science group. Jakob also advises on IP agreements and life science agreements, for example licence agreements, research and development agreements and Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs).
Jakob Echwald Sevel is a partner in Plesner's Banking and Finance team. Jakob advises on all aspects of banking and finance law. Jakob specialises in banking and finance law, securities and capital markets as well as private equity, and he has advised on numerous financing, derivative and capital markets transactions as well as on a large number of regulatory and compliance issues relating to all types of financial services companies.
Janus Jepsen is a partner in Plesner's Corporate Finance team and has extensive experience with large complex public M&A transactions and capital markets transactions. In addition to handling transactions, Janus provides advice on securities law compliance and corporate governance to listed companies. Janus is one of the most active public M&A legal advisers in Denmark and he has been involved in some of the largest and most complex Danish transactions across industries, including the merger between Novozymes and Chr. Hansen Holding (still not completed), the take-over bid for TDC, the acquisition of RSA, the take-over bid for Veloxis, the combination of Maersk Drilling and Noble, and Sampo's take-over bid for Topdanmark. Janus has also advised on a large number of rights issues, IPOs and private placement transactions. Janus further has experience with regard to private M&A transactions and venture capital transactions.
Jef Nymand Hounsgaard is a partner in Plesner's Tax Law team. Jef works primarily with taxation in relation to companies (including corporation tax, transfer pricing and taxation of shareholders) and the tax process. Jef conducts cases before the administrative authorities and the courts of law. He also lends assistance to Plesner’s other teams regarding direct and indirect taxes, eg in relation to M&As, restructurings and operations. Moreover, Jef has broad teaching experience, including from the University of Copenhagen and various courses for employees of the Danish Customs and Tax Administration and audit firms, etc.
Jesper Husmer Vang is a senior counsel in Plesner's Data Protection Law team. Jesper is a specialist in personal data law. He has been working with personal data law since 2006. Before joining Plesner, Jesper worked for nine years at the Data Protection Agency, where he for the last two years was head of the Data Protection Agency's supervisory unit. Jesper has also been deeply involved in the preparation of the Ministry of Justice's report no. 1565 on the General Data Protection Regulation and a large number of the Data Protection Agency's guidelines on data protection. Jesper is a frequently used speaker in the field of data protection and he is known for being good at communicating complex material in an easily understandable and practically manageable manner.
Jimmy Skjold Hansen is a partner in Plesner's Dispute Resolution team. Jimmy represents clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings and is specialized in international commercial arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the Danish Institute of Arbitration in Copenhagen (DIA), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC) and the London Court of Arbitration (LCIA). Jimmy has experience within a range of different businesses and industries, including commercial contracts, M&A and IPOs, capital funds and alternative investments, energy and infrastructure, banking and finance, shipping, food and beverages, retail and services as well as intellectual property rights etc. Jimmy is also experienced in handling international investment arbitrations - i.e. disputes between investors and host states - under, e.g., the ICSID- and UNCITRAL rules, and he regularly advises Danish companies, equity and pension funds on investment protection under international investment treaties. In addition, Jimmy focuses on litigation proceedings in Denmark and abroad concerning damages for share price losses (securities litigation). Lastly, Jimmy is also very experienced in carrying out internal investigations and handling enforcement proceedings vis-à-vis Danish authorities. Jimmy is one of very few Danish attorneys having specialized knowledge and experience from abroad in the resolution of disputes between businesses from different countries and between businesses and states etc. In addition to his Danish degrees, he holds a Master of International Dispute Settlement from Geneva in Switzerland, which is one of the hubs for international dispute resolution worldwide. Having worked in a law firm in Geneva, Jimmy has assisted leading international arbitrators in handling commercial and investment arbitration proceedings in relation to food products, renewable energy and the oil, gas and mining industries etc. Jimmy Skjold Hansen also sits as arbitrator in both Danish and international cases. Finally, Jimmy is an active member of the international arbitration community, including as speaker and author, and he supervises the "Vis Moot" team from the University of Copenhagen in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition as well as Plesner's annual "Pre-Moot" in this connection.
Kasper Frahm is head of Plesner's Trademark Law and Design team. Kasper is one of the leading IP law specialists in Denmark. His primary practice areas are trademarks, copyrights, product imitations and patents. Kasper provides advice to and litigates court cases for large Danish and foreign clients, including by means of preliminary injunctions and preservation of evidence. He also has extensive experience in trademark and design portfolio work. Kasper is author of the book "Product Imitation Case Law" and has written several IP law articles. He lectures on IP rights both in Denmark and abroad and holds an LL.M. in IP law from King’s College London. Kasper is a member of the European Trademark Law and Practice Team at MARQUES. On several occasions, he has been recognized by relevant rating publications as the leading attorney within his field of expertise in Denmark.
Kristoffer Thorborg is a partner in Plesner's Construction team. Kristoffer is primarily engaged in preparing and conducting major litigation and arbitration proceedings in the areas of construction law, tort law and contract law. Kristoffer assists clients in cases before the ordinary courts of law and in arbitration proceedings before the Danish Institute of Arbitration, the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board as well as international arbitration institutions, including the ICC. Kristoffer also advises Danish and international businesses on implementation of complex projects in the areas of energy, infrastructure and construction. Kristoffer is experienced in contract negotiation and conclusion, advising on major contracts, including project execution, as well as handling of disputes. Kristoffer has a wide experience in assisting clients in activities and strategy related to preparation of disputes, e.g. claims handling, preservation of evidence etc. Kristoffer is a member of the International Construction Projects Committee (ICP) under the IBA.
Lars Skanvig is a partner and head of our Insolvency Law and Restructuring team. Lars has more than 30 years of experience working with insolvency law and restructuring proceedings and is one of Denmark's leading and most widely used trustees. He also represents banks and other financial institutions with respect to bankruptcies, restructuring proceedings and other insolvency matters. In recent decades, Lars has had a central role in many of the largest and most complex bankruptcies and restructuring proceedings in Denmark. Lars has built up significant and in-depth knowledge of all types of insolvency proceedings - from compulsory dissolution initiated by the Danish Business Authority, notified suspensions of payments and subsequently notified restructuring proceedings, compulsory compositions, voluntary arrangements and proper bankruptcy proceedings with or without the business transfers. Lars is appointed as a permanent trustee at the Maritime and Commercial High Court in Copenhagen. He is also a member of the panel of lawyers appointed by the Danish Debt Collection Agency. Lars was chairman of Kuratorforeningen (the Danish Association of Trustees) from 2007 to 2013, and he has been a member of the board of Danske Insolvensadvokater (an association of Danish insolvency lawyers) for more than 10 years. The leading international rating agencies Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 continuously rank Lars as a leading individual with respect to insolvency and restructuring. As a partner, Lars has been a key figure in the continued development of our market-leading insolvency team which in recent years has focused on optimising processes by introducing new digital solutions and additionally strengthening the close cross-disciplinary collaboration with Plesner's other specialist teams on specific cases in order to create as much value as possible for clients.
Lars Bunch is head of Plesner's Corporate Law team. Lars primarily works in the following areas: Corporate law and corporate governance National and cross-border company reorganisation Change of capital Formation and dissolution of companies Companies with public owners Foundation law – commercial and non-commercial foundations Before joining Plesner, Lars worked with the Danish Business Authority for more than 15 years, ending as a deputy chief executive. Lars was head of the foundation law office and the corporate law office for more than ten years. During that period he was involved in all major transactions and legal proceedings involving aspects of corporate law or foundation law. Lars was also responsible for the drafting and interpretation of the new Danish Companies Act which entered into force on 1 March 2010 and was subsequently responsible for the drafting of the new Danish Act on Commercial Foundations and implementation of the Act. Lars is the chairman of Dansk Forening for Selskabsret (a Danish corporate law association). Lars has long experience in handling cases but also in drafting of new legislation and administration of legislation and he has vast experience of all aspects of corporate law. Lars advises commercial foundations and non-commercial foundations on all aspects of foundation law and atypical undertakings such as autonomous public undertakings. Lars is the author of several books and articles on corporate law and foundation law, including the annotated Danish Companies Act which is regarded as a leading corporate law textbook. Lars is also a popular keynote speaker and lectures on corporate law and foundation law.
Lasse Esbjerg Christensen is head of Plesner's Tax Law team. Lasse advises Danish and foreign businesses and, along with the other partners in the team, he conducts a large number of cases before the courts, including the European Court of Justice, the Danish National Tax Tribunal and other administrative authorities. In addition, he assists a range of the largest family-owned businesses in Denmark in estate planning. In 2002, he completed his Fulbright Scholar Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international tax from New York University. All material rating publications recognise Lasse as a leading individual. Lasse is currently engaged in a series of large cases, including, in particular, transfer pricing cases and the so-called beneficial owner cases on withholding tax on dividends and interest.
Lise Høy Falsner is a partner in our Employment and Labour Law team. Lise has extensive experience with regard to employment and labour law and advises private, public, and semi-public businesses, including advice on restructurings, redundancies, collective agreement interpretation, working time regulations, EU law regulations, anti-discrimination rules, etc. Her vast experience with regard to litigation and arbitration proceedings makes Lise a much sought-after attorney to conduct cases involving employment and labour law cases before the Danish High Courts, the Danish Supreme Court, the Labour Court, the Civil Servants' Court, and before industrial arbitration tribunals. Lise also gives advice with regard to public servants, including civil servants and civil service-type employees, conducts legal investigations regarding employee relations, and serves as arbitrator within employment and labour law. Moreover, Lise has widespread teaching experience and is a popular lecturer with respect to courses and conferences on employment law.
Maria Holst Levin is a partner in Plesner's Energy & Infrastructure team and is known for her commercial and solution-oriented approach. Maria's work focuses on the energy sector, and she is primarily involved in project development, joint ventures, M&A, energy law, licenses and commercial contracts. Her work also includes ESG issues. Maria is chairperson of the Association of Danish Law Firm's Climate Committee. She has extensive lecturing experience, including from the board leadership training programme at CBS - Copenhagen Business School and as an external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.
Micha Fritzen is a partner in Plesner's Corporate Finance team with broad experience in capital market law and transactions, and major Danish and international M&A transactions. Micha also has extensive experience in company law. Micha's background in capital market law and transactions includes takeovers of listed companies, IPOs etc as well as transactions involving raising finance through the issuance of bonds and securitisation. Micha also advises Danish listed companies and their boards on issues typical of listed companies. With respect to M&A transactions, Micha advises Danish and international clients on Danish, international and cross-border transactions, including transactions in regulated sectors such as financial institutions and utility companies (energy) as well as in the shipping industry. Micha has extensive experience in providing advice on highly complex transactions with extensive documentation packages and regulatory frameworks. Finally, Micha advises companies and investors on all aspects of general company law.
Michael Hopp is a partner and head of Plesner's Data Protection Law team. Michael is a leading specialist in data protection law, and he was one of the first lawyers in Denmark to specialise within this area. He has built up a unique market-leading personal data team at Plesner. Michael has worked extensively in the area of data protection law since 2000, and he has acquired broad and in-depth experience with respect to data protection law issues. Michael is widely recognised as a leading Danish advisor in the field. Michael advises some of the most important Danish and multinational companies across industries on all aspects of data protection law, including data security, international data transfers, risk assessments, whistleblower hotlines and security breaches. Michael has handled several security breaches and as a consequence he also has thorough experience of crisis management. Michael is globally recognised for his data protection law expertise and is placed at the top of his field in several international ranking lists. As the only attorney in Denmark, Michael is recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in the global ranking list Who's Who Legal ("WWL") in terms of data protection law, which emphasises his advisory skills when it comes to solving complex regulatory issues. Michael is in demand among clients for his advice in relation to GDPR and the consequences of the regulation of private businesses and public authorities. Michael has an extensive network of both national and international contacts, and he uses his network actively for knowledge sharing and when solving specific tasks for clients. Due to on his long-standing experience with respect to personal data law and data protection, Michael has been involved in launching several innovative initiatives in the industry. Michael is in charge of Plesner's GDPR Master Class and Plesner's 5-day course "Plesner Certificate in Data Protection" which together have been taken by more than 1,100 persons. In addition, Michael was involved in launching the popular compliance software RISMAgdpr and Plesner's GDPR e-learning programme and he most recently initiated Plesner's digital knowledge platform "Plesner LegalHub". Michael has extensive lecturing experience and he has deep knowledge of the challenges faced by businesses and authorities as well as extensive experience in how best to solve such challenges. Michael has in-depth knowledge of data-driven marketing and particularly the commercial gains to be made from using data-driven marketing. Michael provides value-adding advice, particularly with respect to the dynamic interpretation of legislation relating to the diffusion of new technologies.
Michael Hur Bertelsen is a partner at Plesner in Plesner's team for IT, Outsourcing and Telecom. Michael advises both Danish and international clients ranging from start-ups to blue-chip companies. Michael has been involved in numerous transactions and advised both customers and suppliers and have thereby acquired in-depth knowledge of value drivers and concerns on both sides of the table and, not least, of relevant market standards. Michael has vast experience in the procurement process and in drafting and negotiating outsourcing agreements as well as all types of IT/technology related agreements, including development agreements, implementation agreements, license agreements and cloud agreements. In addition to technology related clients, the financial sector is one of Michael's special areas of expertise. He has assisted several banks and financial institutions in connection with the procurement of IT/technology and outsourcing and has rendered advice on the rules governing outsourcing for financial institutions. Michael also has extensive experience in relation to M&A transactions, corporate matters and dispute resolution. Michael is a dedicated and client-focused adviser providing sound, solution-oriented advice, both legally and commercially. Michael holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School in New York with honors as a James Kent Scholar. He has also contributed to various IBA guides on Danish corporate law (e.g. on minority shareholder rights and on treasury shares) and co-authored an article analyzing the liability aspects of the processing of personal data. Michael is a certified IT Attorney by the Association of Danish IT Attorneys.
Michala Roepstorff is a partner in Plesner's Insolvency Law and Restructuring team and has many years of experience administering bankruptcy estates and providing advice on financial restructuring. Michala has for many years been involved in some of the largest and most complex bankruptcies and restructurings in Denmark and is currently appointed as the trustee of one of the most significant bankruptcies in Denmark in recent years - the estate of OW Bunker. As a result she has gained additional experience in, among other things, conducting various complicated insolvency-related litigation. Michala is highly specialised in the administration of estates in bankruptcy, including uncovering of voidable transactions, continuation of operations as well as complete or partial transfers of bankrupt businesses. She is also experienced in advising on the restructuring of distressed enterprises, including arrangements with creditors, and advises banks and other financial institutions on insolvency matters. Based on her long-standing experience from proving advice on employment and labour law, Michala has special expertise in terms of how to act with respect to employees in estates in bankruptcy, including temporary retention of key employees. In 2023, Michala was appointed as a member of the Danish Bankruptcy Council (Konkursrådet). In February 2023, the Maritime and Commercial High Court of Denmark appointed Michala as a permanent trustee with effect from 1 January 2024. Michala is certified by and a member of the board of the Association of Danish Insolvency Lawyers (Foreningen af Danske Insolvensadvokater). Michala is also the chairman of SWIC, the Scandinavian network of International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). In 2022, she was re-elected "Councillor of Denmark" in INSOL Europe, and she was co-chair at the INSOL Europe Conference in Copenhagen in 2019. In addition, Michala Roepstorff is a member of the panel of lawyers appointed by the Danish Debt Collection Agency, and she teaches insolvency law on supplementary courses under the auspices of Danish Law Firms (Danske Advokater). As a partner, Michala has been a key figure in the continued development of our market-leading insolvency team which in recent years has focused on optimising processes by introducing new digital solutions and additionally strengthening the close cross-disciplinary collaboration with Plesner's other specialist teams on specific cases in order to create as much value as possible for clients.
Mikkel Vittrup is a partner in Plesner's IP and Life Science team and provides advice on intellectual property law, focusing in particular on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in all technical areas (patents, trademarks and design rights etc) through legal proceedings, including preliminary injunctions and preservation of evidence. In addition, Mikkel is head of Plesner's Life Science Regulatory group and he provides advice to a large number of clients on all regulatory issues regarding medicinal products, medical equipment, foodstuffs, dietary supplements etc and conducts legal proceedings against public authorities. Mikkel also advises on IP and Life Science agreements such as license agreements, research and development agreements, clinical trial agreements, Material Transfer Agreements etc.
Nicolai Ørsted is a partner in Plesner's Corporate Finance team and focuses on M&A, investments, capital market transactions (IPOs, take-over bids etc) as well as venture capital. Nicolai's clients include private equity funds and venture funds, investment banks, industrial businesses and listed companies, in particular in the financial sector. Nicolai is one of the most experienced lawyers in terms of transactions in the financial sector, having advised on the largest and most complex matters. In addition to transactions, Nicolai also advises listed companies on disclosure requirements and corporate governance. Nicolai’s advice is based on a strong legal foundation and his in-depth commercial and strategic knowledge. Nicolai was Plesner's managing partner during the period 2009-2014 and was previously the chairman of Plesner's board of directors.
Niels Chr. Ellegaard is responsible for Plesner's IT, Telecom and Outsourcing team. He is known for his ability to analyse and manage complex problems and projects. During his career, Niels has been engaged in a wide array of practice areas and is, in addition to IT, Telecom and Outsourcing, involved in board work and corporate law cases. Niels uses his extensive experience to prepare and negotiate contracts as well as to provide advice if disputes arise. He also serves as an arbitrator in IT disputes. Niels is a certified IT attorney and has been chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Danish IT Attorneys. Niels is author of the book "Robots Entering the Legal Profession" published in March 2019.
Niklas Korsgaard Christensen is the Managing Partner of Plesner and advises on the implementation of large complex projects, transfers and dispute resolution in the practice areas energy, infrastructure and construction. Niklas has special expertise in the practice areas energy, infrastructure and construction and advises on the implementation of large projects, the transfer of such projects and dispute resolution. Niklas is a certified arbitrator and holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge. He has considerable teaching experience and has been an external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. Niklas is the Managing Partner of Plesner (since March 2021) and a member of Plesner's Board of Director (since 2018).
Nina Bech Damgaard Pedersen is a manager in Plesner's TMT team. Nina advises on all aspects of technology-related contracts. Nina has extensive experience of purchasing and procurement procedures and has been involved in drafting and negotiating all types of IT/technology-related contracts, including development contracts, implementation contracts and cloud contracts. In recent years, Nina has been advising several prominent Danish businesses on the outsourcing of IT systems (infrastructure, operation, maintenance and application development) as well as management support functions (bookkeeping, debt collection and contact centre). Nina has thorough knowledge of the regulation of outsourcing in financial businesses and contributed to the development of the IT solution RISMAoutsourcing which supports financial businesses’ management of outsourcing arrangements, procedurally as well as contractually. In addition to this, Nina advises on issues relating to telecoms, including the regulation of telecoms operators — traditional telecoms operators as well as small car producers, airports, transport providers etc offering SIM cards or other network solutions to their customers. Apart from this, Nina is involved in all matters relating to commercial contracts. Nina is a certified IT Attorney by the Association of Danish IT Attorneys.
Peter Schradieck is head of Plesner's Dispute Resolution team. His practice is exclusively centred on preparing and negotiating major litigation and arbitration proceedings in the areas of management liability, banking and finance, post M&A disputes, IP and marketing law. He also prepares and conducts major legal inquiries. Peter has broad experience from conducting more than 150 litigation and arbitration proceedings and has been involved in negotiating some of the biggest litigation and arbitration cases in Denmark. Peter conducts litigation before the ordinary courts of law, including injunction proceedings before the enforcement courts, as well as arbitration proceedings before the Danish Institute of Arbitration (DIA), the Danish Arbitration Board for Building and Construction and before international arbitration institutions such as the ICC, the LCIA and the SCC. Peter is also a certified arbitrator and is regularly appointed an arbitrator. Peter previously worked for six years in the practice areas IP law and Life Science. Peter also holds a Master's degree in strategy, finance and corporate governance from the Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and he is co-author of the annotated Danish Act on Measures to Prevent Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (The Money Laundering Act) (2020).
Peter Østerby Mønsted is a director in Plesner's Data Protection Law team, and specialises in data protection law, ePrivacy law and operational compliance. Peter provides advice on a broad range of data protection-related issues, including the consequences of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for private entities and public authorities. Peter's advice often forms part of large-scale compliance projects on behalf of major Danish and international businesses. Peter was previously seconded to A.P Moller - Maersk for a year, where he was responsible for the implementation of Maersk's authority-approved Binding Corporate Rules as well as other data protection initiatives. Peter is also involved in the popular compliance software RISMAgdpr, which supports private entities, public authorities and other organisations in ensuring compliance with the material rules of the GDPR and the Danish Data Protection Act. Peter has extensive experience of data protection issues relating to adtech and digital marketing, especially with regard to the use of cookies and similar technologies.
Peter-Ulrik Plesner focuses on IP law, including patents, trademarks, counterfeited products, Life Science and litigation. Peter-Ulrik is an absolute leader in his field and is ranked a "star individual" by the recognised international rating publication, Chambers. In particular, he represents a large number of national and international clients in patent disputes as well as trademark and marketing cases. He has extensive litigation and arbitration experience. Peter-Ulrik has a right to appear before the Danish Supreme Court and frequently conducts cases there as well as before the Danish High Court and the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court. Finally, Peter-Ulrik serves as an arbitrator and he has completed the General Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society’s training programme for arbitrators.
Rasmus Mandøe Jensen focuses on complex financing and debt capital markets transactions, innovative financial products and financial regulation. Rasmus advises clients in various industries, including private equity funds and industrial clients, on both financing and strategic transactions regarding financial businesses, banks and other financial undertakings, also on a crossborder basis. Rasmus is especially renowned for his capabilities within: LBO financings including financings with complex intercreditor relationships; financing of public M&A transactions; debt capital markets transactions and financings from credit funds and other alternative financing providers; and green and sustainability-linked financings Thanks to his experience in both financing and financial regulation/payment services, Rasmus has acquired a special understanding of financial products and the activities of financial institutions and their regulation.
Rie Paving Mortensen has been involved in some of the largest and most complex cases in relation to competition law and the law of damages, by both Danish and international standards. Rie is the head of Plesner's economic analysis team consisting of highly specialized economists. Rie's competition law experience includes complex mergers, in particular phase II cases, international cartels and complex cases involving the abuse of a dominant position. In relation to both cartel-related and non-cartel related actions for damages, Rie has extensive experience in establishing the central elements of the counter factual scenario, handling settlement procedures and managing processes in relation to court appointed economic expert reports and testimonies, among other things. In addition, Rie prepares various types of economic analyses and carries out important investigations in matters relating to tax law, intellectual property law and corporate M&A. Rie holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and a Master of Laws. In addition, she has studied at King's College London where she acquired her PG Diploma in EU competition law. Rie started her career working for the Danish Competition Authority and before taking up the position with Plesner in 2010 she was employed as an economist with Ørsted, where she particularly focused on analyses of competition law economics.
Simon Västernäs is a director in Plesner's Corporate Finance team. Simon is primarily engaged in M&A and capital markets law.
Søren Thyssen Valerius draws on his experience and connections within the financial sector to complete complex transactions at high speed and without unnecessary fuss. Søren focuses on lending and capital market transactions, including acquisition financing, corporate lending, project and asset finance and financial restructuring. In recent years, Søren has also dealt with regulatory issues for financial institutions, including consolidation transactions in the financial sector. In particular, Søren advises financial institutions, P/E funds and corporates, and his clients appreciate his hands-on involvement and pragmatic approach.
Sture Rygaard's primary practice area is patent law. He is a very experienced litigator and represents a number of pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device clients as well as clients in the construction industry, tech/software and agricultural sector. Sture became President of the European Patent Lawyer's Association (EPLAW) in 2022. He has been a member of the EPLAW board since 2017. Sture is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars, for instance: The first EPLAW Webinar on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) - February 2022; C5’s Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe Conference in Amsterdam (update on SPC practice and UPC aspects) - May 2022; Co-organizer of a conference on the UPC together with the Danish Employer's Confederation - June 2022; EPLAW Congress 2022 in Brussels (on lis pendens in the UPC) - December 2022 He is co-author of a comprehensive book on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and a number of other IP publications. Sture also represents clients in other IP matters, including IP contracts, transactions, strategy and trademark litigation. Sture was Chairman of the AIPPI Standing Committee on Trade Secrets from 2017 to 2022.
Thomas Holst Laursen is a partner in Plesner's Corporate Finance team and has extensive experience in handling large complex transactions within private and public M&A, capital markets transactions (IPOs, etc) as well as transactions involving financing through other convertible securities, bonds, and securitisation. Thomas is active in all areas of transactions within a range of sectors. Clients include private equity funds and venture funds, investment banks and listed companies as well as international clients operating in Denmark. In addition to transactional work, Thomas also provides advice to boards of directors on board duties, including in relation to disclosure obligations and corporate governance. Thomas is involved in cross-border/international transactions globally. Over recent years Thomas has primarily been active in the pharmaceutical industry and in the energy and finance sector.
Tina Kang is a partner in Plesner's Corporate Finance team and advises on significant Danish and international M&A. Tina has extensive experience advising on large and medium-sized private M&A transactions representing either buyers or sellers, including structured sales processes, and she advises on private equity investments, mergers and joint ventures. Tina has been involved in a number of multi-jurisdictional transactions and has advised on some of the biggest M&A transactions in Denmark.
Tina Brøgger Sørensen is a partner in Plesner's Employment and Labour Law team and specialises in employment and labour law and data protection law. Tina has extensive experience in advising employers on employment law, including in cases involving discrimination, business transfers, IPOs, incentive programmes, redundancies in connection with restructuring, efficiency improvements and business closures, as well as senior management issues. She also has experience with regard to employment and personal data law aspects in connection with investigations. She represents business clients before the Danish Board of Equal Treatment and has been an adviser in several cases of general public importance, one of which was referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. In addition, Tina has extensive experience in advising on personal data law. Tina provides advice on personal data issues in general, including drafting and implementation of data protection documents, assessment of obligations under the GDPR, for instance in relation to impact assessments, documents in relation to the transfer of personal data to third countries, etc, advice on personal data breaches and assistance in all communication with the Danish Data Protection Agency and on disputes. Tina is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and has been an IAPP-approved official instructor of CIPP/E training courses for several years. Tina is an experienced speaker at both national and international conferences and also lectures on matters relating to employment law and data protection law. Tina has produced a large number of podcasts and articles and newsletters on data protection law issues and the relationship between employment rules and data protection law. Tina edited the book "Compliance for praktikere" (English: Compliance for practitioners) published by Djøf (2021), and authored the chapters on data protection law, whistleblower schemes and data ethics. She is also co-author of the book "Whistleblowerloven med kommentarer" (English: The commented Whistleblower Act) (Djøf Publishing, 2022).
Torben Bondrop is one of Denmark's foremost litigators. His track record as a litigator is outstanding, and he has won 11 consecutive cases before the Danish Supreme Court. Torben has had a right to appear before the Danish Supreme Court for more than 20 years, and he is also a qualified arbitrator. His high success rate and extensive ligation experience mean that he is in constant demand among Danish and international businesses, and he handles litigation and arbitration proceedings in a range of areas of the law. Torben specialises in insurance and pension law, but, in addition to traditional insurance law, he has been engaged in advisors' professional liability, D&O liability, product liability, general commercial liability and reinsurance, and he has handled a large number of litigation and arbitration proceedings in all of these areas. In addition, Torben holds positions of trust in the areas of procedural and general insurance law; he is a member of the board of the Danish Supreme Court Bar Association, secretary of the Danish Association of Insurance Law, a member of the board of Foreningen for Erstatnings- og Forsikringsret (FEF) (a Danish association for tort and insurance law), a member of the presidential council of the International Association for Insurance Law (AIDA) and a member of the board of AIDA Europe.