Codex Advokater provides specialised environmental advice to public entities, including litigation, planning, utility, expropriation and pipeline matters. Head of the department Sarah Jano is a specialist in pipelines and is frequently directly involved in litigation and environmental assessment cases arising from such projects. Jacob Brandt is vastly experienced in environmental and planning law, while Jens Flensborg focuses on representing Danish municipalities, and Mads Kobberø acts for public authorities in environmental litigation before the Supreme Court. Elsewhere, Mark Christian Walters primarily advises public authorities and private actors in relation to major infrastructure projects, construction issues, project developments and land use.
Work highlights
- Advised Sund & Bælt Holding A/S on the application of the EU Habitats Directive, the EU Water Framework Directive, expropriation and pipelines on the expansion of the Copenhagen Airport train station.
- Advising the municipalities of Hvidovre, Dragør, Tårnby and Copenhagen on the storm surge protection of the Greater Copenhagen area, including the application of e.g. the coastal protection act, the EU Habitats Directive and the EU Water Framework Directive.