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Dispute resolution

Bruun & Hjejle

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Bruun & Hjejle is known for its capability in major cross-border dispute resolution mandates and is particularly active in disputes arising from the financial services and energy sectors. The ‘competent and efficient’ team is known for its strong expertise in commercial disputes, professional liability claims, competition matters, tax disputes, state aid claims and public law issues; white-collar crime issues, including complex internal investigations and criminal proceedings, form another core pillar of the group’s workload. Practice head Karsten Kristoffersen is a key contact for all things related to banking and finance, capital markets, M&A and oil and gas disputes, while Ole Spiermann represents major Danish financial institutions on a wide range of matters. At the junior level, senior manager Josefine Movin Østergaard assists on many of the team’s key mandates.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Johannes Hedegaard is on top of things, gets deeply into the subject matter, and ensures he has the required understanding of all relevant matters before stepping into the court arena. A seasoned litigator who is always one step ahead of the opposing side - highly recommendable.’

  • ‘A competent law firm which is highly specialised in dispute resolution. Always providing fast and well augmented solutions and advice.’

  • ‘Very experienced team and very thorough in their work.’

  • ‘Lasse Mikkelsen was very diligent and supportive with our case.’

  • ‘In addition to provision of top-tier legal counselling, Ole Spiermann and Johannes Hedegaard have added expertise in dispute management and tactics.’

  • ‘I have worked with Karsten Kristoffersen on various occasions. I appreciate his deep industry knowledge, his proactive approach and his ability to find solutions. I feel in very safe hands when advised by him.’

  • ‘Lasse Mikkelsen is a very competent dispute lawyer. The work he delivers is always of very high quality.’

  • ‘Karsten Kristoffersen and Lasse Mikkelsen consistently stand out as a brilliant analysts and first-rate practitioners.’

Key clients

  • Danske Bank A/S
  • Nordea Bank Abp
  • Hesalight A/S in bankruptcy
  • Ørsted A/S
  • Jyske Bank
  • Jyske Realkredit A/S
  • Finans Danmark (The Danish Bankers Association)
  • SEB Bank AB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)
  • Nykredit and Totalkredit A/S
  • Nets A/S
  • Alm. Brand Bank A/S
  • Codan
  • Bios Ambulance Services Danmark A/S in bankruptcy
  • Finansiel Stabilitet (The Danish state’s financial unwinding vehicle)
  • Risen Energy
  • IBM
  • CS Wind Corporation
  • Nordic Eye K/S
  • Confederation of Danish Industry (Dansk Industry)
  • Howden insurance brokers
  • Gefion Group

Work highlights

  • Defending one of Denmark’s largest law firms through its professional liability insurer against a claim for damages from the Danish tax authorities concerning legal advice provided to a German bank in 2014.
  • Assisting Jyske Bank A/S in a contentious dispute with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.
  • Representing the bankruptcy estate of Hesalight A/S in a damages claim of DKK200m against its former management, board of directors and auditor.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Josefine Movin Østergaard 
Bruun & Hjejle
Josefine Movin Østergaard represents Danish and foreign companies in litigation and arbitration proceedings. Her main practice areas are financial products, liability for management and institutions and professional liability. Every year, Josefine and Karsten Kristoffersen co-author the chapter on Denmark in The Securities Litigation Review (published by Law Business Research). Further, Josefine conducts legal investigations, both small and large-scale, and she was a key name in Bruun & Hjejle’s investigation regarding Danske Bank's Estonian branch, which was concluded with an investigation report in September 2018. Josefine holds two master's degrees from both University of Copenhagen and University College London (UCL). In 2022, she was named one of the most promising talents in the Danish business world across sectors and industries on the Talent 100 List published by the Danish newspaper Berlingske. Josefine devotes time and effort to diversity and employee satisfaction initiatives.
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Karsten Kristoffersen
Bruun & Hjejle
Ole Spiermann
Bruun & Hjejle
Ole Spiermann is head of Bruun & Hjejle’s dispute resolution practice. During recent years, he has conducted some of the most comprehensive and complex legal and arbitral cases in Denmark, acting for major Danish financial institutions among others. He also has vast experience appearing before the European Court of Justice. Further, Ole Spiermann leads legal investigations, often across national borders, and he acts as lead partner in the ongoing investigations into the now terminated portfolio of non-resident customers of Danske Bank’s Estonian branch. Ole Spiermann’s practice areas also include public law and criminal law. He is a member of the Inquiry Commission of Tibet as well as the Scrutiny commission appointed to investigate the mink case and is active in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Ole Spiermann is former professor of international law at the University of Copenhagen. He was awarded the University of Copenhagen’s gold medal in 1994 and a PhD in law at the University of Cambridge in 2000. Ole Spiermann is chairman of the board of directors of Bruun & Hjejle.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Karsten Kristoffersen

Other key lawyers

Ole Spiermann, Johannes Hedegaard, Jakob Lentz, Lasse Mikkelsen, Josefine Movin Østergaard

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