Accura Advokatpartnerselskab has the bandwidth to handle a broad range of commercial disputes, and is particularly known in the domestic marketplace for handling disputes relating to M&A, finance, professional liability, insurance, restructuring and insolvency, life science, IP and TMT mandates. Practice head and ‘super litigator’ Jacob Møller Dirksen is praised as ’client focused’ and is a key name for all aspects of commercial litigation. Daniel Haue Jakobsson is another important point of contact for complex litigation and international arbitration cases.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team is a young and energtic team. The practice group has become very well established in the Danish dispute resolution market within a very short period of time.’

  • ‘Jacob Møller Dirksen is a high-profile counsel and arbitrator. He is polite, pragmatic and very structured in his way of analysing legal issues.’

  • ‘Jacob Møller Dirksen is a super litigator and good at strategy. Can certainly recommend him.’

  • ‘Reliable, hard working, professional, passionate.’

  • ‘The Accura team headed by Jacob Møller Dirksen is superb. They handle the most complex cases in a very impressive way. They are deep into the factual details, understand the implications of their client's legal position, and they are - despite complex facts - able to structure their arguments in an easily understandable way, which make their argumentation very persuasive.’

  • 'Daniel Haue Jakobsson has, in the cases we have had together, demonstrated the ability to keep to the core of the most important elements of the cases. Daniel has an ability to point out the elements which matter to the court and decides the cases.’
  • ‘Jacob Møller Dirksen is running an impressive dispute resolution practice, in particular serving the transaction department on post-M&A disputes and insurance related disputes.’

Key clients

  • Meta
  • SONY
  • Allianz
  • Zurich Insurance
  • Arbejdernes Landsbank
  • PFA
  • E.ON
  • Swiss Re
  • Twitter
  • Baker Tilly
  • Nivalion
  • Babcock Wanson
  • Saint-Gobain
  • AP Pension
  • Align Technology Inc.
  • Aegean Airlines
  • The Danish Institute of Arbitration
  • Saxo Bank
  • AXA Insurance
  • MSIG Insurance Europe AG
  • Crawford & Company
  • Sanofi
  • Olympic Air
  • Nike
  • Merck
  • BTV Multimedia GmbH
  • Bach Gruppen
  • Nomeco A/S
  • Vertic A/S
  • Catacap Management

Work highlights

  • Assisting the seller of a large group of distribution companies in a DKK250m+ M&A arbitration dispute concerning alleged representation and warranty breaches in relation to complex VAT matters involving multiple European jurisdictions.
  • Assisting one of the world's largest energy companies in a highly complex €150m+ FIDIC construction dispute pertaining to the establishment of a major wind farm.
  • Representing a global accounting firm and its liability insurer, HDI Global, in a complex D&O and accountant's liability dispute concerning claims for damages of DKK35m+ made against the accounting firm by a group of foreign investors and a venture capital firm.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jacob Møller Dirksen

Other key lawyers

Daniel Haue Jakobsson