Lawyers

Jesper Windahl

Jesper Windahl

Work Department

Shipping practise group.

Position

Jesper Windahl is head of WSCO’s shipping practice group. He is a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Copenhagen (1996). For many years Jesper Windahl has focussed on the shipping, transport and insurance sectors. He conducts court and arbitration proceedings and has right of appearance before the Danish Supreme Court.

His work particularly includes C/P- and B/L-disputes, liabilities and claims arising from the collision and grounding of vessels, FD&D-disputes, the arrest of vessels, cargo claims and insolvency-related issues in the shipping and transport industry. He regularly attends seminars and conferences abroad, gives lectures and speeches and writes for legal periodicals. He has published the first Danish legal text book on freightforwarders', hauliers' and stevedores' liability insurace.

He has been employed as a part-time teaching assistant and associate professor in property and insolvency law at the University of Copenhagen, the Faculty of Law and has been an associate professor in transport law.

Career

Jesper Windahl has for 20 years focused on the shipping, transport and insurance sectors. He conducts court and arbitration proceedings. The work includes, in particular, C/P- and B/L-disputes, liabilities and claims arising from collision and grounding of vessels, FD&D-disputes, arrest of vessel, cargo claims and insolvency-related issues within the shipping and transport industry. He further works extensively with issues on liability within CMR-carriage, multimodal transport and aviation as well as within liability and hull-insurance in the transport sector. He negotiates and drafts contract agreements and standard conditions for transport and logistics operators. He regularly attends seminars and conferences abroad, give lectures and speeches, and write for legal periodicals.

Memberships

Comite Maritime International (CMI). AIDA. AIJA.

Education

Cand.jur. (Master of Laws, LLM) from University of Copenhagen 1996. 1996-2006: Teaching assistant and associate professor in property and insolvency law at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of law. Associate professor in transport law.

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