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Thomas Edelgaard Christensen

Thomas Edelgaard Christensen focuses on litigation and arbitration and advises on all legal areas specific to the shipping, port and yard industries and other maritime industries. Thomas advises on traditional maritime and transport law, commercial law in general as well as regulatory matters such as ship recycling, planning law, environmental permits, ferry services tenders, crewing and sea safety requirements, passenger rights and border control. Thomas has also experience in criminal law and internal investigations within these areas. Thomas has a particular knowledge of Greenlandic law, the laws of the seas and conflicts of laws issues, including in respect of Brexit. Finally, he has worked with aircraft financing and registration of security rights in aircraft in Denmark and internationally. · Gorrissen Federspiel

DenmarkLitigation, International ArbitrationEnglish, German

About

Thomas Edelgaard Christensen focuses on litigation and arbitration advising on legal matters for the shipping, port, yard and broader maritime and transport industries, including commercial and regulatory issues. He also has experience in criminal law and internal investigations, particular expertise in Greenlandic law and conflicts of laws (including Brexit), and has worked on aircraft financing and registration of security rights in aircraft.

Practice areas

LitigationInternational ArbitrationShipping & MaritimeTransportRegulatory / AdministrativeCommercial / CorporateAviation FinanceCriminal Law

Office

Expertise

ShippingPorts & yardsMaritime transportFerry services & tendersShip recycling & environmental permitsCrewing & sea safety requirementsPassenger rights & border controlGreenlandic lawLaw of the sea & conflicts of lawsAircraft financing & aviation security

Education

  • Magister Juris, University of Oxford, 2019
  • Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 2013
  • Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, 2012

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Danish Bar, 2016
  • Right of audience before the Danish High Court, 2021

Languages

EnglishGerman