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Poul Schmith

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Poul Schmith continues to handle some of Denmark’s largest privacy projects, advising major private-sector corporates and numerous government entities on the full spectrum of data protection matters. The firm is a go-to advisor for government bodies seeking expertise on complex data privacy issues of public importance and is regularly engaged in projects aimed at enhancing Denmark’s digital public infrastructure. The team is led by Jakob Kamby, who specialises in compliance and AI projects and digitalisation-ready legislation. Martin Sønnersgaard offers expertise in data protection and AI for both private and public clients. Kirsten Marie Donato brings significant experience assisting corporations and governmental entities with complex digitisation projects and cross-border matters.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'The combined understanding of GDPR and IT was an asset when working in the cross-space between the legal aspects of IT and the technical.’

  • 'The team showed a high degree of insight into the legal framework concerning GDPR and AI.'

  • ‘First class service. Practical solutions where most lawyers provide vagueness and best guesses.’

  • ‘Kirsten Donato is a clear leader in her field.’

  • ‘Martin Sønnersgaard is very nice and of course, delivers high legal quality.'

  • 'Poul Schmith has a very strong team across multiple offices and jurisdictions.'

  • 'Martin Sønnersgaard is able to combine his profound knowledge of data protection with solid, practical solutions and business understanding. Jakob Kamby always excels in combining deep legal understanding with operationally applicable and pragmatic suggestions.'

Key clients

  • The Danish Agency for Digital Government
  • The Capital Region of Denmark
  • The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure
  • The Danish Building and Property Agency
  • PFA Ejendomme A/S
  • The Danish Prime Minister’s Office
  • Flicker Factory

Work highlights

  • Assisting the Danish Agency for Digital Government in providing, maintaining and further developing a new national digital post solution (called Digital Post) for public authorities to communicate securely and digitally with citizens and businesses and vice versa.
  • Assisted the Capital Region of Denmark in one of the biggest research projects in Danish history, since September 2023 with data protection legal compliance, including the preparation of a data protection impact assessment, in the research project PHAIR.
  • Assisting the Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure in providing a new data distribution platform (called Den Fællesoffentlige Datafordeler) for the distribution of fundamental register data from several public authorities via one platform.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Kirsten Marie Donato
Poul Schmith

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jakob Kamby

Other key lawyers

Martin Sønnersgaard, Kirsten Marie Donato