Nordics - Denmark

Plesner

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Plesner acts for Danish insurers and pension funds, in addition to blue-chip corporations, on key insurance-related mandates including claims for increased pension payments, insurance for loss of earning capacity, product liability, commercial liability, workers’ compensation, personal injury, among others. The group is also experienced in handling regulatory matters and disputes involving the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. Insurance and tort law expert Torben Bondrop focuses on reinsurance, consultants’ liability, product liability, D&O liability and general commercial liability. Bondrop jointly leads the practice in conjunction with general insurance and regulatory expert Charlotte Hasseriis Iversen.

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  • ‘Experienced and skilled lawyers, who provide high-quality legal services to their clients. They have an excellent track record of success and a deep understanding of the law in their area of specialisation.’

  • ‘Plesner has a lot of experience and a fine reputation.’

  • ‘Torben Bondrop has the utmost experience and knowledge concerning all aspects of insurance law and tort law.’

  • 'Highly skilled and professional lawyers. Substantial knowledge of each case, every detail has been assessed and dealt with.'

  • ‘Their professionalism and thoroughness are of great value to our collaboration.’

  • ‘Torben Bondrop and Charlotte Hasseriis Iversen have many years of experience and run a skilled team of lawyers and legal professionals, who assist on concrete legal challenges.’

Key clients

  • Codan
  • Tryg
  • Danica Pension
  • PFA Pension
  • PenSam
  • LB Forsikring
  • AXA XL
  • HDI Global
  • Swiss Re
  • BNP Paribas Cardif
  • AP Pension
  • Alm. Brand Forsikring
  • AnaCap Financial Partners
  • Dental Accident Appeal Agency
  • Gjensidige Forsikring

Work highlights

  • Assisting life assurance company AP Pension livsforsikringsaktieselskab in a case pending before the Supreme Court regarding alleged liability for incorrect information provided in connection with a large number of insureds' change of pension product.
  • Assisting PFA Pension and Danica Pension with a large number of disability insurance claims with a suspicion of fraud.
  • Assisting Topdanmark and their policyholder HME A/S in a High Court case and an arbitration case concerning large subrogation claims from Zürich Insurance, Codan (RSA) and Tryg Insurance based on a very large fire in a Danish public institution by the name of "Experimentarium" also damaging several adjacent buildings.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Torben Bondrop

Torben Bondrop

Hall of famePlesner

Torben Bondrop is one of Denmark's foremost litigators. His track record as a litigator is outstanding, and he has won 11 consecutive cases before the Danish Supreme Court. Torben has had a right to appear before the Danish Supreme Court for more than 20 years, and he is also a qualified arbitrator. His high success rate and extensive ligation experience mean that he is in constant demand among Danish and international businesses, and he handles litigation and arbitration proceedings in a range of areas of the law. Torben specialises in insurance and pension law, but, in addition to traditional insurance law, he has been engaged in advisors' professional liability, D&O liability, product liability, general commercial liability and reinsurance, and he has handled a large number of litigation and arbitration proceedings in all of these areas. In addition, Torben holds positions of trust in the areas of procedural and general insurance law; he is a member of the board of the Danish Supreme Court Bar Association, secretary of the Danish Association of Insurance Law, a member of the board of Foreningen for Erstatnings- og Forsikringsret (FEF) (a Danish association for tort and insurance law), a member of the presidential council of the International Association for Insurance Law (AIDA) and a member of the board of AIDA Europe.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Torben Bondrop

Other key lawyers

Charlotte Hasseriis Iversen