DLA Piper LLP (US)

Finance and Energy & Natural Resources

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.

Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2017

Partner, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 2012-2017

Partner, Lind Cadovius, 1992-2012

Attorney, Lind Cadovius, 1986-1992

Assistant Attorney, Lind Cadovius, 1983-1986

English & Danish

The Danish Climate and Energy Law Society

The New York State Bar Association

Danske Advokaters Faggruppe for Energi-og Klimaret (specialist committee on energy and climate law, the Association of Danish Law Firms)

Admitted to the New York Bar, 1991 LL.M., New York University, 1991 Admitted to the Danish Bar, 1986 Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 1983