Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab
Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab is praised for its ‘unparalleled experience within IT law, combined with a truly business-minded and commercially reasonable approach’. High-end IT transactional work, public digitisation projects and digital infrastructure matters are among the team’s core competencies in the space. Practice head Jan Ussing Andersen is a specialist in outsourcing and technology projects, with a focus on regulated sectors including telco and financial services. Pre-eminent practitioners Lau Normann Jørgensen and Martin Von Haller Grønbæk are key points of contact within the team. Jørgensen has over 20 years' experience in software development, licensing, technology joint ventures, outsourcing, data monetisation, AI and digitisation projects. Von Haller Grønbæk is an authority on DLT, blockchain and NFTs, as well as open source and data, big data, smart contracts, and the platform economy. Julie Bak-Larsen’s impressive practice emphasises the cross-over between telecommunications and information technology. Nicolai Dragsted left the firm in March 2023.
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Testimonials
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‘The unparalleled experience of the team within IT law, combined with a truly business-minded and commercially reasonable approach, makes this team unique.’
‘Lau Normann Jorgensen is one of the grand men in the Danish IT law environment, and his skills and knowledge within this area of the law is second to none.’
‘Jan Ussing Andersen is a very efficient and experienced subject-matter expert within IT-contract law. A good sense of humor and good communication skills adds value to negotiations (particularly the difficult ones).’
‘We have always received a perfect service. The team is responsive to requests from us, and they have great knowledge of the IT industry and M&A transactions.’
‘Lau Norman Jorgensen is service-minded and knows our industry.’
Key clients
- Ascendis Pharma A/S
- Capgemini Danmark A/S
- Copenhagen Airports
- CyberFortress LLC
- e-nettet A/S
- Epic Systems Corporation
- EWII A/S
- FeatureSpace, Inc.
- Hewlett-Packard ApS and Inc
- AP Moller Maersk
- Fujitsu A/S
- Hitachi Data Systems
- IBM Danmark ApS
- Infosys
- Milestone Systems A/S
- Miracle Knowit A/S
- Kombit A/S
- NNIT
- Novo Holdings A/S
- Twoday (formerly Visma)
- Region Syddanmark
- Danmark Apotekerforening (Danish Pharmacists Association)
- Danish Ministry of Taxation
- Trustpilot
- Motorola
- Too Good to Go
- Tia Technology A/S (a Sapiens company)
- Topdanmark A/S
- Sitecore
- Scalepoint Technologies
- Saxo Bank
Work highlights
- Advised NNIT in its 1.3 bDKK carve-out of its infrastructure operations business, including approx. 50 large-scale multi-year technology services contracts.
- Advised the company behind Denmark's 7-Eleven stores on the aftermath of a cyberattack which shut down the retailer for several days, including the contentious work involving the service provider and their insurers.
- Advised Capgemini in their successful bid for and contract with Nuuday in a five year AD/AM outsourcing deal.
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Martin is a partner in Bird & Bird's Danish International Tech & Comms Group. Widely regarded as one of Denmark's leading IT lawyers, he combines solid legal skills, innovative thought leadership and real strategic IT industry expertise. Martin spent around 20 years advising Danish and international organisations, including major blue-chips, across the full spectrum of IT-related legal and commercial matters. He has gained a reputation as a pioneer in all legal aspects of online technology solutions (ecommerce, internet and web services), cyber and IT security, open source and open data, and other open licence forms such as Creative Commons.
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Jan Ussing Andersen