Leveraging the firm’s wider experience in construction projects, Plesner regularly handles construction mandates in Greenland, particularly in the mining, infrastructure and energy industries, acting for developers, contractors and financial institutions. Construction and mining specialist Frants Dalgaard-Knudsen heads up the firm’s Greenland desk, while managing partner Niklas Korsgaard Christensen is a key contact for energy-related work, and Jimmy Skjold Hansen focuses on contentious matters.

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Key clients

  • Kalaallit Airport A/S (now Greenland Airports – Mittarfeqarfiit A/S)
  • Energy Transition Minerals, formerly Greenland Minerals Ltd.
  • Greenland's Self-Government

Work highlights

  • Representing Energy Transition Minerals (formerly Greenland Minerals Limited) in a high-stakes and high-profile international arbitration against Greenland and Denmark concerning Energy Transition Minerals' rare earth mining project in Greenland.
  • Advising Kalaallit Airports (now Greenland Airports – Mittarfeqarfiit A/S) regarding the development and construction of three new airports in Greenland.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Frants Dalgaard-Knudsen
Plesner

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Frants Dalgaard-Knudsen, Niklas Korsgaard Christensen

Other key lawyers

Jimmy Skjold Hansen