Nielsen Nørager

Alexandra Wiese

Alexandra Malou Wiese is primarily engaged in insurance and tort law as well as litigation and arbitration. Alexandra Malou Wiese was born in 1995 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 2020.

Bente Lund Poulsen

Besides general legal advice, as partner at Nielsen Nørager Bente Lund Poulsen primarily provides legal assistance in respect of personal matters, including family and succession law. Bente also practices in real estate law, including commercial leases. Furthermore, Bente administers the estates of deceased persons, advises private clients on family law issues, including wills, marriage settlement, separation, divorce, division of property, custody of children and more. Bente was born in 1955 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1981.

Birgitte Horn

Birgitte Horn is a partner at Nielsen Nørager and provides legal advice primarily in the field of real estate, including construction law, leases, contract law and advice relating to the sale and purchase of real estate. Birgitte Horn also provides legal advice on labour and employment law, including public servants’ terms of employment, collective labour law and terms of employment for salaried employees and executives. Furthermore, Birgitte has significant experience with the field of insolvency and reconstruction. Birgitte Horn was born in 1958 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1982.

Brian Jørgensen

Brian Jørgensen is a partner at Nielsen Nørager and is an experienced adviser in the area of general commercial matters, including corporate law, financing, venture capital and incentive programmes. Furthermore, Brian has comprehensive experience in mergers and acquisitions in Denmark and abroad, including with respect to structuring and coordination of sales processes, due diligence and preparation and negotiation of transaction documents and reinvestment agreements, etc. Brian advises Danish and international clients in all of the above areas and has special insight into the healthcare industry in Scandinavia and also advises on regulatory matters in this area. Brian Jørgensen was born in 1979 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 2003.

Carl Christian Illum

Carl Christian Illum has comprehensive experience in assisting Danish and international clients with company and commercial law matters including matters related to venture capital, M&A and other strategic transactions. Carl Christian Illum has particular experience with intellectual property law and provides legal advice on strategies on protection or utilization of rights in relation to intellectual property, trade mark, patent and marketing laws. In addition, Carl Christian Illum has considerable experience in competition law and assists companies in relation to questions on strategy, transactions and partnerships as well as in relation to dispute resolution. In 2016-2017, Carl Christian Illum studied an MBA at HEC Paris in France. In 2010, Carl Christian Illum studied for a semester at the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at  Pepperdine University. Carl Christian Illum is co-founder of and an active participant in several Danish companies and is thus very focused on commercial matters, especially in relation to startups. Carl Christian Illum was born in 1987 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 2011.

Claus Pilgård

Claus Pilgård deals with general corporate and commercial law matters for both Danish and international companies. Specifically, Claus Pilgård has specialized in corporate law matters and thus has significant experience with companies, encompassing establishments, M&A, operations and cessation of businesses, as well as disputes arising in connection with these. Claus Pilgård also has experience in providing tax advice to medium-sized and large  companies, particularly within the financial sector with a focus on private equity. Furthermore, Claus Pilgård has been involved in a wrise range of business-related matters, including litigation, insolvency, and corporate commercial issues. The combination of experience in tax and corporate law provide Claus Pilgård with a uniqute opportunity to provide comprehensive and value-added advice within the corporate and commercial legal fields.

Frantz Palludan

Frantz Palludan’s main areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, finance and commercial law. He provides legal advice to Danish and international clients. Frantz has advised on a large number of different types of transactions and on a large number of commercial matters as well as complex restructurings. Frantz is chairman or board member of a wide range of companies and is thus very focused on commercial relationships. Frantz acts as arbitrator. Frantz Palludan graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1978. He was a partner of Lind Cadovius Advokataktieselskab in the 1981-2010 period.

Gregers Gam

Gregers Gam advises Danish and international clients on shipping, construction and commercial law in particular. The majority of his work is focused on large and complex shipbuilding, charter parties and construction contracts, where he acts as legal advisor to a number of prominent clients. In addition, he also advises on contract negotiations and dispute management. Gregers Gam's international background and education includes a bachelor's and master's degree from Queen Mary & Westfield and University College London, both University of London, as well as a degree in negotiation from Harvard and a master's degree in conflict resolution from Pepperdine University, USA, which gives him a unique insight and understanding of the framework in which international clients operate.

Henrik Peytz

Henrik Peytz (1959) is a partner with Nielsen Nørager and has more than 30 years of experience in Danish and EU competition law and general EU matters. He and his team assist Danish and international clients in all kinds of competition matters (such as merger control, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, and state aid) and are involved in some of the largest Danish court cases in this area. The team further advises on matters involving public regulation (such as public procurement, regulation of the media, telecommunications, taxes and duties). Henrik Peytz holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD (1991). He has extensive experience with cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union and has represented the European Commission at several occasions before the Court.

Jan Presfeldt

Jan Presfeldt is a partner at Nielsen Nørager and is a highly experienced litigator and has conducted a significant number of cases before the Supreme Court, the High Courts and in connection with arbitration. Apart from advising on commercial and corporate law issues, commercial contracts and mergers and acquisitions, Jan Presfeldt works particularly in the areas of tort and insurance law (commercial and product liability, professional liability and construction law) for Danish and foreign companies. Further, Jan Presfeldt serves as board member of a number of Danish companies and as chairman of the board of directors of Wewers A/S. Jan holds a Master’s degree in International Commercial Law (MCL) from the University of California, USA. Jan Presfeldt was born in 1966 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1994.

Jens Arnesen

Jens Arnesen is a partner with Nielsen Nørager and provides advice within a variety of commercial aspects mainly focusing on start-up ventures and commercialisation of technology-based entities. In said focus area, Jens advises both entrepreneurs, inventors, universities and seed and venture capital funds, thereby gaining relevant expertise from dealing with a broad scope of capital and shareholder issues. Jens has significant experience in the M&A field and deals with all types of commercial arrangements such as research & development agreements, licence agreements, agency and distribution agreements, franchise agreements and other agreements related to intellectual property rights. Furthermore, Jens has considerable experience in litigation, including domestic and international arbitration, and in the field of insolvency where he has been acting for creditors and as the administrator of bankruptcy estates, as supervisor for enterprises having suspended payments and has assisted in arranging compositions with creditors and restructuring of insolvent businesses. Jens Arnesen was born in 1962 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1989.

Jesper Furbo-Halken

Jesper Furbo-Halken (High Court Attorney) provides legal advice primarily in the field of real estate, including construction law, leases, contract law and advice relating to the sale and purchase of real estate. Moreover, Jesper deals with litigation and arbitration concerning all aspects of real estate. In 2009, Jesper studied at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Jesper Furbo-Halken was born in 1982 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 2009.

Lotte Hummelshøj

Partner

Lykke Madsen

In 2013, Lykke Madsen completed the course International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration at London School of Economics and Political Science. Lykke Madsen was born in 1990 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 2015.

Michael Wiisbye

Michael Wiisbye has 25 years of experience in insurance and tort law. He advises a number of Danish and foreign insurance companies and has conducted a large number of cases before the courts and arbitration tribunals, many of which have concerned the key principles of insurance and tort law. Among other main areas of practice is construction law, which is a field in which Michael Wiisbye conducts many court and arbitration cases for professional advisers. Furthermore, he works as an arbitrator, and Michael Wiisbye is also the author of a number of books and numerous articles.

Michael Kjær Lauritsen

Partner, Attorney

Michael S. Wiisbye

Michael S. Wiisbye is a partner at Nielsen Nørager and has more than 25 years’ experience in insurance and tort law. He advises a number of Danish and foreign insurance companies. In this connection, he has conducted a large number of cases before the courts and arbitration tribunals, many of which concerned the key principles of insurance and tort law. Michael also deals with these questions in his capacity as the editor of the collected case reports on insurance and tort, as well as co-author of a commentary on the Law on liability for damages. Among his other main areas of practice is construction law, which is a field in which Michael conducts many cases for professional advisers before the courts and arbitration tribunals. He also administers Dansk Jagtforsikring, an insurance company for hunters, both in relation to reported injuries and the running of the company. Michael is frequently asked to give lectures at seminars held by, for instance, the Danish Insurance Academy, the Danish Bar and Law Society and the Danish Association for Insurance Law (AIDA), and he has also been a member of several boards and committees concerned with the administration of justice, legal liability and insurance law. Michael acts as arbitrator as well. Michael S. Wiisbye was born in 1961 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1985.

Morten Eldrup-Jørgensen

Morten Eldrup-Jørgensen is a partner at Nielsen Nørager and provides legal advice and assistance to Danish and foreign undertakings, including industrial firms, private equity and venture funds as well as owner-managed and family business companies. Morten has broad corporate legal experience and has in particular been working with transfers of undertakings, mergers, venture capital, project financing and IPOs, including verification of stock exchange prospectuses on behalf of issuing banks. Morten also has comprehensive experience in advising biotechnology businesses and other high technology companies, including in connection with international contracts, joint ventures and license cooperation. He also advises clients with respect to litigation and has acted as arbitrator. Morten is chairman or board member of several companies and charitable foundations. Morten is co-founder of and an active participant in several Danish undertakings. Morten Eldrup-Jørgensen was born in 1962 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1985.

Niels Henrik Nielsen

Niels Henrik Nielsen is a partner at Nielsen Nørager and is practising general commercial law as well as dispute resolution. Niels Henrik has vast experience in advising on matters of employment and labour law. Niels Henrik is recommended as a ”Leading Individual” within ”Employment” in Chambers Europe. From 2011 to 2015, he was a member of Danske Advokaters fagudvalg for ansættelsesret (specialist committee on employment law, the Association of Danish Law Firms). Moreover, Niels Henrik is dealing with insurance law and the law of tort, including matters concerning indemnification and accident insurance. Niels Henrik Nielsen was born in 1966 and graduated from University of Copenhagen in 1990.

Peter Lyck

Partner

Sebastian Asjørn Pedersen

Attorney. Sebastian Asbjørn Pedersen provides legal advice within EU law, public procurement law and competition law, including merger control and M&A-related competition law, and matters concerning the possible obligation to use the public procurement procedures, preparation of tender material, assessment of whether bids are compliant and evaluation of bids. He advises on issues concerning access to documents and on submission of bids and also makes quality control of bids. Sebastian also provides legal advice on trademark matters, including applying for Danish, EU and International trademarks and in matters concerning provisional refusals during the registration process and in any matter concerning trademark conflicts during and after registration. Further, Sebastian advises on all aspects of construction law, including drafting up contracts for the use in construction projects. Sebastian assists during dispute resolution, whether it might be litigation or arbitration cases.