DLA Piper Denmark

Alexander Severance

Alexander Severance’s energy and renewables practice has a special focus on fixed and floating offshore wind projects. He has worked extensively in the offshore wind space since 2011. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Alexander was a Lead Counsel with the leading offshore wind turbine OEM, where he managed a multinational team of seven qualified attorneys. He also provided primary legal support and negotiated multi-project, multi-year, and multi-jurisdictional framework agreements, turbine supply agreements, service and maintenance agreements and related supporting agreements for some of the leading offshore wind turbine OEM’s largest, most complex, innovative, and award-winning wind projects around the globe. These included both fixed-bottom and floating wind farm projects. Alexander regularly writes and publishes on a variety of legal topics related to the offshore wind sector.

Anders Hosbond Nielsen

Anders Nielsen advises primarily IT and technology-driven enterprises on commercial-law issues. Anders has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and is recognised by The Legal 500 within ‘Data privacy and data protection’. He is widely experienced in dispute resolution and the conduct of litigation and arbitration on issues of IT law. Moreover, he was appointed as advisor to persons called to testify before the second Danish commission of inquiry regarding Tibet and still performs this role in respect of the Danish commission of inquiry regarding the Danish customs and tax administration (SKAT). Anders is widely experienced in negotiating and concluding complex IT contracts relating to the development, operation and maintenance of IT systems. He also assists in relation to licence agreements, subcontracts, etc. Furthermore, he provides specialist advice within data protection law, including on compliance, risk management, data security, impact assessments and security breaches. In addition, Anders is an experienced lecturer and has lectured at a large number of external courses within his specialities.

Anders Julius Tengvad

Partner

Andreas Egeblad Arendt

Andreas Egeblad Arendt deals with commercial and company law with a particular focus on corporate reorganisations as well as national and international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within a variety of sectors such as IT, retail, shipping, transport and logistics. Andreas has acted for clients such as IT Relation A/S, Cookie Information and A.J. Eriksen Holding. He also advises on venture investment within a wide range of sectors, providing assistance relating to shareholders’ agreements, capital increases, investment agreements and warrant programs, etc. Moreover, Andreas has extensive experience in internal as well as external project management, coordinating and managing teams and specialists across practice groups. In that connection, he is regularly in contact with clients, providing commercial advice to them. He previously lectured in Basic Tax Law and EU Law at Aalborg University. In addition, he authored the article “Amendments to the Danish Companies Act”, published (in Danish only) in Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret (a Scandinavian company-law periodical) in 2018, and he contributed to DLA Piper Denmark’s podcasts on the Danish Investment Screening Act in 2022 and on the M&A market in 2023.

Anette Moll Berg

Anette Moll Berg advises especially on intellectual property rights, focusing on trademarks and designs as well as on marketing law and commercial contracts. Anette has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is recognised by The Legal 500. She caters for clients particularly within retail, fashion and design, but also for clients in other sectors such as the industrial and technology sectors, the life science sector and the food industry. Anette primarily advises clients working in design, fashion, arts and crafts, etc. on issues of trademark and copyright law. Her clients include Danish luxury lighting design company Louis Poulsen and she is its regular trademark advisor, handling trademarks, designs and copyright interests as well as advising on IP infringements etc. Anette assists clients in the selection and design of trademarks, in registration strategies relating to trademarks and designs as well as in the use and enforcement of rights. Anette also provides advice on issues of marketing and consumer law. Finally, Anette assists in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. Anette lectures in IP and marketing law and has authored a chapter on design law in Danish Intellectual Property Law I (published in Danish only), Gads Forlag and DIFI, 2019.

Anne Louise Haack Andersen

Anne Louise Haack Andersen specialises in social housing/subsidised housing and project development and has, for many years, assisted social housing organisations, pension companies, property developers and investors in matters concerning the realisation of social or private residential housing projects and major real-estate transactions. Anne Louise is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s social housing team and highly specialised in the legal affairs of social housing organisations; she is widely experienced in the development of social housing areas as well as in completing property-development projects for social and private housing units. Anne Louise advises on all aspects of project development, matters concerning renovation and new construction, including local-plan processes, tender proceedings, creating new properties, organising ownership structures, financing, due diligence, negotiating and concluding contracts as well as completing real-estate transactions. In her advisory services, Anne Louise combines her commercial understanding of property development and talent in managing and driving comprehensive processes with a solution-oriented approach to ensure progress and increased value with a focus on the project's success criteria. Anne Louise is often involved in pre-legislative work within her field and has, over the years, assisted social housing organisations and public authorities in preparing a number of important models for the purpose of realising mixed private-social housing construction and developing housing areas, including the delegated employer model. She has also advised on the regulation of private land development companies. Finally, Anne Louise provides advice in complex regulatory matters within her field, including on implementing master plans and conversion plans, financing, handling major related legal cases in the event of rehousing of tenants, organising secondary activities and, finally, solving supervisory issues.

Artur Bugsgang

Partner

Camilla Bjørslev Paulsen

Camilla Bjørslev Paulsen specialises in procurement law and advises in the interfaces between public and private parties. Camilla advises especially utility companies and public authorities in matters concerning energy and utilities law. She provides assistance in connection with tender proceedings as well as the negotiation, conclusion and use of different types of contracts. She is particularly experienced in contracts concerning partnerships between public and private parties, including PPP projects (Public Private Partnership), and has acted for clients such as the City of Copenhagen and Danish utility company Skanderborg Forsyning A/S. In addition, Camilla has built up particular experience within the field of electricity supply, where she provides advice on calls for tenders for the construction, sale and purchase of turnkey projects, including energy production facilities and wind farms. She also provides assistance on all legal aspects relating to the subsequent operation, for example on the conclusion and application of complex PPA contracts. Furthermore, Camilla is involved in international commercial agreements as well as in project structuring and project completion.

Christian Benedictsen-Nislev

Christian Benedictsen-Nislev is an experienced shipping and transport lawyer. Christian advises Danish and international companies on all aspects of shipping, transport and international trade. His areas of expertise include shipbuilding contracts, the purchase and sale of ships and goods as well as financing, commercial contracts and corporate transactions. As a qualified English solicitor, Christian has extensive knowledge of English law and the common law system, and he advises on legal matters in both civil law and common law jurisdictions. Christian is a highly experienced litigator, defending clients' interests before the courts and in arbitration proceedings, e.g. in relation to disputes concerning shipping, transport law, insurance and listed companies' duty to disclose information. Among his clients are shipping companies and other transport companies, transport customers, public authorities, insurance companies and international funds specialising in the financing of dispute resolution. Christian has completed an Executive MBA in International Shipping and Logistics. This has added a deep commercial understanding and strategic insight to the legal services provided by him.

Christian Kragelund

Christian Bredtoft Guldmann

Partner

Emilie Møller

Partner

Georg Lett

Georg Lett deals especially with litigation and arbitration as well as liability, insurance law and EU law. A key focus area is Georg's extensive assistance to the insurance and finance industries and, in addition to litigation before the Danish courts, he also appears before arbitration tribunals as well as the European Court of Justice. Moreover, he provides advice on all aspects of corporate and regulatory investigations. He acted for clients in cases such as the Faroe Bank case, the Feta case, cases relating to asset stripping and the high-profile Thorsen case on fraud and forgery. Furthermore, cases before the Danish Financial Council and against the Danish Consumer Ombudsman on disputes relating to the basis for pension schemes. He has defended cases concerning product liability for pharmaceutical injury, airplane crashes and D&O liability. Georg is involved in the wave of lawsuits and disputes on coverage seen in the wake of the financial crisis. Most recently, he was involved in MCT-case and Roskilde Bank case where he successfully defended EY. Georg was the Danish member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2006-2016) and also acts as an arbitrator. Georg recently won a case before the Danish Supreme Court against the Danish Consumer Ombudsman concerning good practices in financial enterprises.  

Hans Madsen

Hans Madsen deals primarily with commercial contracts – including negotiation, drafting and interpretation. Hans has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and is advisor to a number of listed companies such as major Danish energy company Ørsted, leading satellite manufacturer GomSpace and leading Danish media company JP/Politikens Hus. He has a wealth of experience in complex, non-standard contracts characterised by long contract periods and by having to provide for unforeseen factors such as market developments, physical conditions and legislative action. Hans focuses particularly on international contracts and assists Danish companies trading internationally as well as international companies operating in Denmark. Hans has more than 20 years’ experience in negotiating, drafting and interpreting major energy contracts, including joint operating agreements and exploration licences. Hans also provides advice on public law to public-sector organisations such as Danish transport provider Movia and the City of Copenhagen. He advises on the scope of local government mandates and also advises public authorities on the interpretation of the Danish Open Administration Act in connection with requests for access to documents, i.e. the situations in which an authority is obliged to provide copies of documents and the documents it is obliged to provide copies of. Finally, he advises public authorities on the rules relating to the public works spending cap. Hans holds an LLM from New York University and is co-editor of the energy-law section of Tidsskrift for miljø, a Danish environmental-law periodical published (in Danish only) by Djøf Forlag.

Henrik Frandsen

Henrik Frandsen is partner in DLA Piper Denmark Law Firm. Henrik has many years of experience as legal counsel in the shipping, transport and logistics sectors, particularly in relation to maritime law and logistics. He is admitted to the Supreme Court and has extensive litigation experience (court and international arbitration matters) and is the preferred legal counsel for several shipping companies and freight forwarders. On a regular basis, Henrik acts a legal counsel to shippers, receivers of goods or other parties involved in commercial trade in disputes concerning container demurrage, freight contracts, etc. Henrik provides quick, solid and no-frills advice to shipping lines, freight forwarders, and port-related companies on all legal aspects of shipping, transport, and international trade, including the sale and purchase of vessels, commercial contracts, arrest of vessels etc. Additionally, Henrik advises Danish commercial ports on various issues related to operations, lease agreements and other contracts, crane regulation, and damage to quay and installations cause by collision etc. Henrik is also assisting the Association of Marinas in Denmark and several Danish marinas with the removal and sale of abandoned yachts, payment collection and other legal issues related to the operation of a marina. Henrik has a solid commercial understanding and strategic insight with a broad network with foreign clients and lawyers. Henrik has been teaching in maritime law and shipping for almost 20 years at Aarhus Business College.

Henrik Sjørslev

Partner, Practice Group Head

Henrik Kleis

Henrik Kleis provides advice and assistance to enterprises and public authorities, particularly within the areas of shipping, aviation, transport, ports, energy and infrastructure. He is highly experienced in board duties and mergers and acquisitions. Moreover, Henrik has conducted a vast number of legal proceedings before the Danish Supreme Court, the Danish High Courts and arbitration tribunals. Henrik is the author of numerous articles on transport related issues and gives lectures on transport, and teaches maritime law, freight forwarding etc.

Henrik Lund-Koefoed

Partner

Ida Bryld

Ida Bryld specialises in M&A, providing advice throughout all phases of a transaction process. Ida has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and acts for clients in complex, threatened or pending arbitration proceedings relating to M&A, commercial issues, contract law and the law of damages. She advises both Danish and international businesses, private equity funds and venture capital sponsors, financial institutions and insurance companies. Ida has experience in dealing with complex, lengthy and cross-border transactions. Furthermore, she provides specialist advice in relation to the underwriting of W&I insurance.

Jacob Thomsen

Jacob Thomsen specialises in insurance law, the law of damages, procedural law and dispute resolution. He has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is a certified arbitrator. Jacob provides trusted advice to Danish and foreign insurance companies and business enterprises on insurance matters and dispute resolution. Jacob is particularly experienced in commercial and product liability insurance, product recall insurance, property and contents insurance as well as transaction insurance. Jacob has been involved in resolving several disputes before arbitration tribunals and the Danish courts concerning insurance coverage as well as contractual and non-contractual liability.  In that relation, he has gained extensive experience in handling complex cases concerning contractual liability, product liability, management liability and accountants’ liability. Jacob has co-authored publications published in journals such as Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical). He has lectured in the law of damages at continuing legal education courses for attorneys.

Jacob Sparre Christiansen

Jacob Christiansen has vast experience in the legal affairs of the energy sector and municipalities. He has been in charge of a substantial number of reorganisations within the energy sector, including the carve-out of municipal utilities in a corporate form and mergers, demergers, transfers as well as the conclusion of strategic alliances between energy companies. Within this area of practice, Jacob also provides general advice concerning all matters encountered by the players in the energy sector and assists the trade organisations of the energy sector on an ad-hoc basis. Within the municipal field, Jacob Christiansen regularly advises a number of municipalities on the specifics of municipal law, including in relation to the formation of municipal companies.

Jakob Nielsen

Jakob Nielsen has vast experience in various areas of real property, focusing on project development, transfer of property, construction law and business rent law as well as housing associations. In this respect, he has inter alia assisted professional housing and commercial property developers and real estate companies with the acquisition and development of property, contractors and technical advisors in the drafting of contracts and conduct of litigation and arbitration cases, as well as housing associations with advice on matters concerning operations, articles of association and accounts. He further conducts a number of cases before the city and high courts within housing cooperatives law matters, including the pricing of cooperatives.

Jakob Schilder-Knudsen

Partner

Jan Snogdal

In addition to general business advice, Jan Snogdal deals especially with mergers and acquisitions as well as company law and serves on boards of directors. Through his board duties, Jan has accumulated considerable experience and knowledge of business affairs and is often involved in strategic considerations relating to mergers and acquisitions, ownership transitions, restructuring proceedings and turnarounds. Moreover, he has completed the INSEAD International Directors Programme and is certified in Corporate Governance (IDP-C).

Joachim Kundert Jensen

Partner

John Emil L. Svenson

John Emil Lyngfeldt Svenson is partner in DLA Piper’s M&A group and he is recognized as one of his generations’ most active M&A lawyers in Denmark and the Nordics.   John is specialized within M&A and cross-border transactions and he provides advice within all phases of a transaction process.   He advises Danish and international businesses, private equity funds, pension funds, venture capital sponsors and financial institutions within M&A, corporate governance and general corporate law.

Jon Lauritzen

Jon Lauritzen has acted as advisor to persons called to testify before various commissions of inquiry: the Danish commission of inquiry regarding the tax affairs of former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her husband, the Danish commission of inquiry regarding stateless persons, the first Danish commission of inquiry regarding Tibet, the Danish commission of inquiry regarding the Danish customs and tax administration (SKAT) and the second Danish commission of inquiry regarding Tibet. Furthermore, Jon has been appointed to provide legal advice to the Subcommittee of the Standing Orders Committee of the Danish Parliament regarding the assessment as to whether there are grounds for instituting an impeachment against former Danish minister Inger Støjberg. He has been appointed by the Danish Parliament as prosecutor in the 6th impeachment in Danish history.  Jon is extremely skilled in advising IT and technology-driven enterprises and is a certified IT attorney. He has a wealth of experience in advising on GDPR and the combination of data protection and employment law and an abundance of experience in providing general advice within commercial law. Moreover, Jon is an experienced lecturer and has e.g. lectured external DPOs on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). He is highly recognised for his talent in combining law with a commercial approach to his clients’ business and needs and he also has a unique appreciation of technology and its link to law.

Jørgen Flodgaard

Jørgen Flodgaard deals with commercial law focusing, especially with the establishment of companies, including innovation companies and board duties. He has more than 25 years of experience in providing legal advice to small and medium-sized enterprises.Jørgen is also involved in the administration of bankrupt estates, as well as restructuring of companies.

Karsten Pedersen

Karsten Pedersen is primarily engaged with M&A and advises a large number of Danish and foreign private equity funds and industrial enterprises in connection with Danish and international business transactions and investments, including with respect to structuring of transactions, strategic considerations, due diligence exercise, mergers and demergers, establishment of joint ventures, drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation, etc.   In addition to his activities within M&A, Karsten advises a large number of corporate clients on general issues of commercial and company law, including shareholder relations, drafting of commercial contracts as well as handling of commercial relations and financing, etc.   On the public side Karsten advices within capital market law, including in relation to acquisition and delisting of listed enterprises, raising of capital, initial public offerings (IPOs) and private placements.   Karsten is an active member of DLA Piper’s global Hospitality & Leisure sector team. Through this team, DLA Piper provides advice to a wide variety of clients within the sector, including leading global, regional and national hotel and holiday resort operators, sports and leisure providers, online gambling operators, music venues, hotels and restaurants, etc.   Since 2010, Karsten has ranked high on the top 10 list of most active M&A lawyers in Denmark.

Kristian Skovgaard Larsen

Kristian Skovgaard Larsen specialises in construction law. Kristian has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is recognised by The Legal 500 and IFLR1000. Moreover, Kristian is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s Real Estate Practice Group in Aarhus. Kristian assists construction-industry players, particularly construction-owner organisations and construction companies, in connection with construction works both in Denmark and abroad. He advises on the tendering, negotiation and completion of construction projects of varying scale, complexity and duration. His advice is based on the General Conditions applied in the Danish construction industry, AB/ABT/ABR 18, and FIDIC for international projects. In addition, Kristian specialises in the drafting of contracts as well as dispute resolution within the construction industry. He has conducted more than 100 arbitration proceedings before the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board and more than 200 expert surveys. Moreover, he was an acting high-court judge at the Danish Western High Court in 2015. In addition, Kristian has authored a number of legal articles.

Kristian Tokkesdal

Kristian Tokkesdal specialises in M&A and provides advice to a large number of Danish and international private equity funds and industrial enterprises in connection with business transfers and investments. Kristian has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts, and is also a member of Danske Advokaters fagudvalg for kapitalmarkedsret (specialist committee on capital market law, the Association of Danish Law Firms). In addition, Kristian is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s Corporate M&A Practice Group in Aarhus. Kristian acts for both sellers and buyers in connection with mergers and acquisitions. He advises on all legal aspects throughout the process, including the negotiation of terms, due diligence, reinvestment, shareholders’ agreements, sale and purchase agreements and closing. He has acted for clients such as Solix, Maj Invest, Norvestor, Cloudberry. Kristian provides advice especially to owner managers in relation to the sale of enterprises and has, over a number of years, accumulated considerable knowledge of the particular aspects that are key to sellers of such enterprises. In addition, he advises on issues of company law, including establishment, capital raising, conclusion of shareholders’ agreements and reorganisation of companies. Kristian is also widely experienced in advising on the structuring and organisation of commercial agreements, including drafting and negotiating contract documents. Kristian is a professional board member and serves on the boards of organisations such as Schultz Seating Group A/S, Danish family foundation Mads EG Damgaards Familiefond, NG Zink A/S and the Contino Transport Group.

Lasse Møller

Lasse Møller is highly skilled in energy and utility law as well as procurement law. Lasse has extensive experience in advising and assisting utility companies regarding the special regulation imposed on these companies. His services to utility companies span assistance in connection with disputes/lawsuits, protection of supply lines, launch of new activities and projects, including in connection with energy production, drawing-up of contracts and regulations, advising on rates and connection charges as well as reorganisations in the utilities sector. Furthermore, Lasse provides assistance to contracting entities as well as tenderers regarding procurement-law issues, including the planning of procurement processes, the drafting of tender documents, the completion of tender proceedings, including negotiated procedures, and conducting complaints proceedings before the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement. Lasse holds courses and seminars on the Danish legal concept “gæsteprincippet”, which lays down the provisions imposed on supply-line owners having supply lines located on a site not owned by themselves, the Danish Procurement Act, and the Utilities Procurement Directive, etc. Finally, Lasse has vast experience in providing advice and assistance within company law, public law, mergers and acquisitions as well as in conducting lawsuits before the Danish district and high courts.

Line Marie Pedersen

Partner, Real Estate

Mario Fernandez

Director

Marlene Winther Plas

Marlene Winther Plas specialises in IT law and data protection and has more than 20 years’ experience in technology-related law. Marlene has in-depth knowledge of all major aspects of business law, including the legal and commercial challenges facing Danish and foreign enterprises. She is a qualified mediator and arbitrator and assists Danish as well as non-Danish enterprises and public authorities in the resolution of IT and commercial disputes. Marlene is a certified IT attorney and specialises in IT law, assisting clients in eg the negotiation and preparation of complex IT contracts (supply contracts and systems procurement for the private and public sectors), IT outsourcing, development projects and major technology transactions. Marlene also deals with dispute resolution and litigation regarding IT supplies. Furthermore, Marlene has vast experience in data protection and data protection compliance projects and provides assistance to Danish and foreign enterprises and public authorities regarding compliance with data protection rules. Marlene is, moreover, head of DLA Piper Denmark’s IPT team and in-house Data Protection Compliance team. Since 2001, Marlene has been involved in political and professional activities within the legal sector. In 2008, she assisted in establishing the Association of Danish Law Firms and was its vice-chairman up until 2016; she also sat on the Committee of the Association of Danish IT Attorneys for a number of years.

Martin Hjørlund Nielsen

Martin H. Nielsen deals especially with data protection, cyber security, operational compliance, IT contracts, whistleblowing schemes and all aspects of data protection law (GDPR). Martin is recognised by The Legal 500 within 'Data Privacy and Data Protection'. Furthermore, Martin has acted as a counsel at inspection visits and is also experienced within conducting complaints proceedings before the Danish Data Protection Agency, acting typically for the responding party. Martin has more than 25 years’ advisory experience within IT and information security and previously acted as an executive director within technology at the international audit and advisory firm Ernst & Young. Furthermore, he was previously employed in the financial-services sector, where he was responsible for ensuring compliance within information security and participated in setting up a Nordic information-security department. Moreover, Martin has acted as a project manager and was responsible for both developing and operating IT solutions; in addition, he is experienced in taking over distressed projects and handling crises in connection with major IT incidents etc.

Martin Juste

Martin Juste primarily advises clients regarding transactions in the offshore wind and renewable industry. Martin is the former Head of Legal Offshore at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S. He has been involved in and negotiated a large number of major offshore wind projects around the globe and is one of the most experience lawyers in respect to both the turbine supply agreement and the service contracts. Martin has been involved in FIDIC’s initiative on a contract for the offshore industry. Martin regularly advises clients on maritime and transport law issues. In particular, he advises in respect of the vessels used for the construction of offshore wind farms. He has extensive experience in charter parties (BIMCO and bespoke) and transport contracts and is involved in the development of charter parties for vessels. Martin has been involved in FIDIC’s initiative on a contract for the offshore industry.

Martin Christian Kruhl

Martin Christian Kruhl deals primarily with financial regulation, compliance, M&A and company law. Martin has assisted enterprises in obtaining authorisation under the Danish legislation concerning alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) and provided advice on the sale/purchase of enterprises to equity funds and industrial buyers. Moreover, he lectures at Aarhus University in the subject Regulation of financial businesses and on the Elite Module of the master’s programme in law. He is the author of several books and articles on financial regulation and company law, including books on shareholders' agreements, limited partnership companies, investment funds and alternative investment fund managers. Martin is the specialist coordinator of the anti-money laundering course at the assistant-attorney programme operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society. Martin is the partner in charge of DLA Piper Denmark’s depositary services department, which is today the largest Danish depositary for property funds, and he is also in charge of the development of the affiliated company Nordic Compliance Services A/S. Martin was previously the Money Laundering Reporting Officer of DLA Piper Denmark and, as such, he had the overall responsibility for compliance with anti-money laundering rules and for monitoring the firm's activities, procedures and whistleblowing system.

Michael Vinther

Michael Vinther focuses on M&A and Corporate & Commercial. Michael has more than 25 years’ experience in M&A and, during his career, he has been legal advisor in a vast number of transactions.

Michael Klöcker

Partner

Michael Klejs Pedersen

Michael Klejs Pedersen specialises in employment and labour law. Michael has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and has been an acting high court judge of the Danish Western High Court. Michael has conducted a considerable number of legal proceedings before the courts, industrial dispute resolution bodies and private arbitral tribunals. Michael advises owners, boards of directors, executive officers and senior staff members in Danish and international enterprises. Michael’s advice extends to executive service agreements, employment contracts for salaried employees, commission and incentive schemes, etc.  In addition, he advises on severance agreements, non-competition clauses, employees’ legal rights in the event of transfer of undertakings and collective agreements. Furthermore, he provides advice on issues relating to whistleblowing schemes, including setting up whistleblowing schemes. Michael also regularly provides assistance in conducting legal investigations. Moreover, Michael advises on issues relating to the law of associations. Michael regularly writes articles on issues relating to employment and labour law.

Mikala Berg Dueholm

Mikala Berg Dueholm advises on all aspects of public procurement, public contracts and complaints. She provides advice on EU and national procurement rules to municipalities, regions, utilities and other bodies applying public procurement. Her advising spans the choice of tendering procedure, completion of the tender proceedings, contract drafting, professional feedback concerning incentive mechanisms, the possibility of subsequent amendments of contracts awarded in a tendering procedure, access to documents, dispute resolution and complaints relating to tendering processes. Mikala has extensive experience in procurement processes relating to complex services, including strategic partnerships within the areas of construction, IT contracts and assortment tenders as well as complex tendering procedures such as negotiated procedures, competitive dialogues and design competitions. She has particular experience in advising on procurement projects within the areas of transport, building and construction, IT as well as soil contamination and raw materials. Furthermore, Mikala represents tenderers in connection with the submission of tenders or subsequently in connection with complaints and access to documents. She has conducted a number of cases concerning the procurement rules before the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement and the courts. Mikala understands the political machinery and is skilled at operating in politically driven organisations.

Nicholas Lerche-Gredal

Nicholas Lerche-Gredal is a partner in the Corporate M&A group and is highly experienced and specialized within cross-border private and public M&A and capital markets transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, restructurings and spin-offs.   He advises on all phases of the transaction and investment process, including all aspects of structuring of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, incentive schemes, shareholder matters and W&I insurance and is experienced within the venture debt space.   Furthermore, also advises on capital markets matters, including public M&A transactions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and rights issues, corporate bonds, securities law, general disclosure requirements, verification processes and corporate governance.

Nicolai Rothemejer Hansen

Nicolai Rothemejer Hansen advises especially on cross-border acquisition finance in connection with the acquisition of companies, real estate and large assets as well as on operating financing of Danish and international businesses. Nicolai often advises international private equity funds, banks and other enterprises and is recognised by The Legal 500 within ’Banking and finance’. Nicolai advises on the financing of the acquisition of enterprises and has acted for private equity funds such as Pemberton and investment companies such as Adelis Equity Partners in connection with acquisition finance. He also provides advice on the financing of the acquisition of real estate and large assets and has assisted banks such as Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) and investment companies such as Cromwell Carlyle. Nicolai also advises on securitisation and has acted for companies such as TIP Trailer Services. Finally, he assists creditors and chargees in connection with the non-performance of loans, restructuring proceedings and bankruptcies and has acted for private equity funds such as TriplePoint Capital.

Niels Ankerstjerne Sloth

Niels Ankerstjerne Sloth deals with general commercial and company law, including particularly VC/PE investments, often with a cross-border element. Niels has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and sits on the Board of Directors of DLA Piper Denmark. He has more than 20 years’ experience and acts as a trusted advisor to a number of Danish and international clients. Niels is a very seasoned negotiator with extensive experience, advising both Danish and international clients on complex matters. Niels further excels in life science and pharma work and has advised on authorisation and marketing of food and medical devices and regulatory requirements relating to production. For more than 20 years, Niels has advised clients on the protection and enforcement of their IP rights, including on trade secrets and marketing. Niels serves on the boards of directors of a number of venture funds and startups.

Nikolaj Helsinghoff Andersen

Nikolaj Helsinghoff Andersen specialises in construction law and project development of real estate. Furthermore, Nikolaj has experience of real-estate transactions. Nikolaj has vast experience of construction and consultancy law and has for more than 8 years assisted various construction-industry players in drawing up and negotiating contracts concerning project development, urban development, and other complex construction contracts. Nikolaj has been engaged in advising in the interface between public and private projects - including PPP contracts and contracts regarding strategic alliances - as well as between public procurement and project development/construction projects. Nikolaj has extensive experience of conducting survey proceedings, performance-bond-payment proceedings as well as lawsuits and arbitration proceedings. Furthermore, Nikolaj provides general advice on strategy and commercial law to construction-project parties, including in relation to negotiation, risk management, preservation of evidence, contract management and claims management as well as dispute resolution. In cooperation with our procurement-law specialists, Nikolaj also assists public-sector owners in connection with tender procedures. Nikolaj is an experienced lecturer and has gained relevant lecturing experience from teaching courses to a number of construction-industry players, including several large and medium-sized construction companies as well as the City of Copenhagen and Danish Regions, where Nikolaj has taught courses on the new General Conditions (AB 18) applied within the Danish construction industry, preservation of evidence, contract and claims management, dispute resolution, etc. At DLA Piper Denmark, Nikolaj provides in-house training on construction law for our junior attorneys and assistant attorneys.

Nina Wedsted

Nina Wedsted focuses on employment and labour law.Nina provides advice as well as dispute resolution services within employment and labour law. She has extensive experience in dealing with incentive schemes, share option agreements, dismissals and non-competition and non-solicitation clauses and in advising the managements of businesses.Nina provides advice on all aspects of employment and labour law to Danish as well as non-Danish clients within various sectors, such as the financial sector, the maritime and transport sectors, the wind power industry, the IT industry and consultancy firms and pharmaceutical companies.Nina has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and the Danish Supreme Court and has long-standing experience in conducting proceedings before the general courts as well as before special courts, including arbitral tribunals and the Danish Labour Court. Nina has also acted as an arbitrator.Moreover, Nina is a member of Fagudvalget for ansættelses- og arbejdsret (committee on employment and labour law) under the Association of Danish Law Firms, where she devised and launched a master programme in employment and labour law aimed at lawyers dealing with this area.For a number of years now, Nina has been lecturing on HR law for the Association of Danish Law Firms, the Association of Danish Lawyers and Economists (DJØF), the Danish Technological Institute, etc.

Per Vestergaard Pedersen

Partner

Per Astrup Madsen

Per Astrup Madsen is a certified insolvency lawyer and specialises in advice within the field of insolvency, which requires comprehensive knowledge of Danish as well as international insolvency rules and the affairs of the business sector in general. Per has extensive experience within all aspects of insolvency law, including restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings and special situations arising in this regard, including advice on dealing with any personal secondary effects of the crisis. Per also advises and negotiates with creditors on composition, merger, sale, etc. Furthermore, Per provides assistance to distressed enterprises through the Early Warning programme sponsored by the EU and the Danish Government. Per deals mainly with the following: Holding offices as a court-appointed trustee or restructuring administrator Liquidating solvent enterprises Advising owners/management in connection with enterprises in distress, including on restructuring/reorganisation and on any liability for continued operations and potentially voidable transactions Advising purchasers in connection with the acquisition of business activities or assets from a bankruptcy estate Representing creditors as regards the filing and adjudication of claims and dealing with non-performing loans Advising on and negotiating arrangements with creditors on behalf of insolvent enterprises and individuals Advising on cross-border insolvency issues Representing mortgagees and other chargees, including as regards taking possession of assets subject to company charges and receivables charges, and secured claims Representing creditors in avoidance proceedings in a bankruptcy estate due to the bankruptcy of the debtor or a contracting party Representing advisors faced with a claim for avoidance or a claim for damages or compensation Collecting receivables, focusing especially on uncovering any hiding of assets Conducting proceedings before all Danish courts and arbitration tribunals, particularly in relation to the above Per is, moreover, Head of the Finance, Projects and Restructuring practice group in DLA Piper Denmark and has also been appointed to the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court. Per is also an active member of DLA Piper’s global Hospitality & Leisure sector team. Through this team, DLA Piper provides advice to a wide variety of clients within the sector, including leading global, regional and national hotel and holiday resort operators, sports and leisure providers, online gambling operators and gambling establishments, hotels and restaurants, etc.

Per Buttenschøn

Per Buttenschøn is an established attorney in the area of insolvency law and has an extensive knowledge of and experience with all aspects of insolvency law. Per is the trustee of a number of companies in bankruptcy. Per specializes in distressed accounts and handles all aspect of this area (restructuring, bankruptcy, compulsory sales, realizing of mortgages and securities, realizing of guarantees and guarantors, etc). Per advices both private companies and financial institutions on the legal position in cases of bankrupt companies, including restructuring and voluntary arrangements; however, also on the legal position in bankruptcy, especially in cases of avoidance proceedings being required. Per is on the board of several companies and trusts. Per is a certified arbitrator and acts as an arbitrator within all legal disciplines. In addition, Per has been appointed to the panel of insolvency lawyers set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency. Per is appointed assistant administrator at the Probate Court in Aarhus.

Per Soon Larsen

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Pernille Sølling

Pernille Sølling has vast experience in a number of practice areas and focuses particularly on insurance and the law of damages as well as litigation and arbitration. Pernille is a leading expert within pension law and provides assistance to the major Danish pension companies. She advises on all aspects of insurance and pension law, including regulatory and contractual matters, disputes relating to coverage, insurance fraud, occupational pensions, financial issues as well as insurance conditions. Pernille has conducted a vast number of legal proceedings before the Danish courts. Her expertise encompasses arbitration proceedings, including before the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board. Moreover, Pernille has experience of conducting legal proceedings abroad. In addition, Pernille is an external examiner at the conduct-of-lawsuit test in the Danish junior-lawyer programme at the Association of Danish Law Firms. Pernille is recommended by Legal 500, Expert Guides and Who’s Who Legal Insurance & Reinsurance.

Peter Schäfer

Peter Schäfer advises at the interface between law and business and has profound commercial and financial appreciation of his clients’ needs. Peter Schäfer sits on several boards of directors and also acts as a trusted advisor to a number of large Danish enterprises. Peter Schäfer’s activities are wide-ranging, but he deals extensively with the legal issues of the construction industry, project development and the sale and purchase of commercial properties. Moreover, he is particularly skilled within aviation and finance. During his career of more than 20 years as a lawyer, he has provided assistance in a vast number of large transactions. Peter Schäfer is Chairman of the Board of Directors of DLA Piper Denmark.

Peter Rønnow

Peter Rønnow provides general advice to business enterprises, focusing on Danish and international contractual relations as well as the establishment and transfer of enterprises. Peter has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and extensive experience of conducting lawsuits before the Danish courts. He provides trusted advice and serves on the boards of several companies, organisations, foundations and institutions. Peter advises on e.g., the conclusion of construction contracts and lease agreements for businesses and private individuals. He also advises on real estate, including issues relating to the sale and purchase. A particular speciality of his is advising players involved in sports and culture. He acts for e.g., festivals, organisers and artists particularly within the music industry. During COVID-19, he assisted the culture sector in connection with the negotiations of the Danish compensation scheme.

Peter Hedergaard Knudsen

Peter Hedegaard Knudsen provides advice on aspects of banking law and insolvency law, including issues of credit law and the law mortgages and pledges. Peter has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts. He is a certified insolvency lawyer and has been appointed to the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court. Peter has vast knowledge of the financial services sector, and his previous career includes a position as Head of Section with the Association of Local Banks, Savings Banks and Cooperative Banks in Denmark as well as membership of various working groups set up by Finance Denmark. Peter advises banks on the handling of non-performing loans, where payment may be at risk, including in connection with restructuring and bankruptcy. In that respect, he assists in obtaining the best possible safeguarding of position and rights and in raising claims in matters often involving a complex loan and security structure. Peter also advises banks on their liability as advisors and on regulatory issues. In this context, Peter’s advice extends to financial instruments etc. Moreover, his clients include creditors in general having exposures to enterprises in distress and he advises on e.g. the creation, safeguarding and enforcement of charges and other creditors’ rights. He further acts for banks in relation to disputes, including in proceedings relating to avoidance or damages, and conducts litigation before Danish district and High Courts. Peter has wide-ranging practical experience and expertise within insolvency law, including bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings, compulsory dissolution and composition with creditors. Within the field of insolvency law, he has special expertise within insurance law, including reinsurance and legal matters relating to non-life insurance companies in distress. In addition, Peter is the trustee of a number of bankruptcy estates. DLA Piper Denmark is the go-to advisor to the Danish Guarantee Fund for Non-life Insurance Companies and Peter provides advice on issues arising in connection with the bankruptcy of insurance companies.

Rune Hamborg

Rune Hamborg provides advice on all aspects of Danish and EU competition law. Rune is highly experienced in advising Danish as well as non-Danish enterprises on competition law issues, including the conclusion of trade agreements, matters of criminal liability for breach of competition law and merger control. In addition, Rune deals extensively with issues relating to aviation, railway transport and the distribution of pharmaceuticals. Rune provides specialist advice to Copenhagen Airport, DB Cargo Scandinavia and Celesio / McKesson, etc. Rune has vast experience in lecturing on competition law and international law as well as on the code of conduct for lawyers.  He also lectures at Dansk Institut for Immaterialretsuddannelse (the Danish institute for IPR education). Moreover, Rune has authored a number of articles on competition-law issues. Rune has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts.

Sara Schjørring

Sara Schjørring deals especially with national and international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and she also provides trusted advice within commercial and company law. Sara ranks high on the list of most active M&A attorneys in Denmark and acts for vendors as well as purchasers. Sara advises on investment structures, the drafting and negotiation of transaction documents as well as process management and the conduct of legal due diligence. She also advises on company law, including in connection with the creation of enterprises, investments and warrant schemes.

Sebastian Ingversen

Since 1997, Sebastian Ingversen has been involved in business transactions, representing major Danish and foreign companies in connection with investments in and the sale and purchase of enterprises in Denmark as well as elsewhere in Scandinavia. He has vast experience in preparing, planning and carrying out due-diligence investigations and he also assists in optimizing and preparing enterprises for sale. In recent years, Sebastian has built up particular expertise in transfers within the energy sector. Sebastian is solution-oriented, resourceful and an experienced negotiator with profound business sense and, as a result, he often spearheads DLA's transaction team. Moreover, Sebastian provides advice within company law and commercial law in general, including real estate. In that capacity, he acts, as a key account manager, for a number of DLA's medium-sized and large clients, ensuring consistent as well as strategic advice. Sebastian has lectured on company law and mergers and acquisitions at the junior-lawyer programme and the University of Aarhus. He also regularly lectures at in-house and external courses, primarily on mergers and acquisitions and company law.

Thomas Høj Pedersen

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Thomas Albrechtsen

Thomas Albrechtsen specialises in real estate transactions and real estate M&A. Thomas heads DLA Piper Denmark’s Real Estate sector team and is a member of DLA Piper’s global Hospitality & Leisure sector team. He has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts. Thomas has long-standing experience of advising Danish as well as international investors, fund/asset managers, property companies and financial institutions on issues relating to real estate. His legal work includes cross-border matters, the establishment of fund structures and transactions involving special asset classes such as hotel & leisure, shopping centres and the senior living/care home segments. Moreover, he has a wealth of experience within financing, refinancing, complex restructurings and distressed matters within the sector.

Trine Hasselbalch

Trine Hasselbalch is a partner in DLA Piper Denmark's Finance, Projects & Restructuring practice group and has an abundance of experience in advising Danish and international clients on the restructuring of distressed enterprises, including on maintaining the operations during insolvency proceedings, reorganisations, and transfers of an entire or parts of a distressed enterprise (distressed M&A). Moreover, Trine advises banks and other financial institutions on issues relating to legal charges and insolvency law. Trine has handled restructurings in all major sectors and been involved in several matters, including some with international aspects. Trine is head of DLA Piper’ Denmark’s Agriculture and Food sector team and has in recent years dealt with a vast number of agricultural matters, including restructuring of large agricultural enterprises, and has a wealth of experience in dealing with their operation and the special legal issues relating to charges. Trine also provides advice on contract and ownership relating to agricultural enterprises, including ownership transition. Furthermore, Trine focuses on the energy sectors. Trine assists a number of landowners and has in-depth knowledge of intensive negotiation processes and advising in connection with the construction, operation, and restoration of solar parks, including ownership structures, various lease agreements, and issues relating to agricultural law, etc. Trine is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s Hospitality and Leisure sector team and is also an active member of DLA Piper’s global team for this sector.. Through this team, DLA Piper provides advice to a wide variety of clients within the sector, including leading global, regional and national hotel and holiday resort operators, sports and leisure providers, online gambling operators, music venues, hotels and restaurants, etc. Trine is a certified insolvency lawyer and has been appointed to the panel of insolvency lawyers set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency. Trine is an experienced lecturer and speaker, and she has lectured at Aarhus University, the Association of Danish Law Firms, etc., on topics relating to agriculture and restructuring.