About

Christian Fleischer Christiansen started his career as an associate at one of Denmark’s leading law firms, moving in-house in 2010 by joining Aalborg Industries A/S as general counsel. In 2011 Aalborg Industries became part of the Alfa Laval group where he is currently the head of legal for Denmark and China. Alfa Laval is a company committed to heat transfer, separation and fluid handling technologies that can be applied across a vast range of sectors such as food and water supply, energy and pharmaceuticals. Initially specialised in IP law, Fleischer has over his time as an in-house lawyer gained a profound insight into all legal areas that have been in the interest of the company. In his role at Alfa Laval he has introduced an internal company program that teaches relevant staff about polices and he has implemented a knowledge database that allows for a more systematic handling of cases. In addition to bettering the process efficiency of the legal department his efforts in establishing several polices and standard agreements for the company and his management of external counsel used on behalf of Alfa Laval have been credited. References said that ‘Christian possesses a rare ability to provide clear and effective communication – both internally in terms of employees and to the executive management as well as in his communication with external legal counsel. He has an extremely positive mind-set and is a very well-respected lawyer’. Having successfully coordinated the company in a number of international ICC arbitrations in Singapore and Paris, Fleischer tell us that this is what he enjoys most, ‘the dynamics and the constantly changing challenges. Being part of a dynamic and talented international legal team in a world leading global industrial group’.