John Sommer Schmidt
John Sommer Schmidt heads up our Restructuring & Insolvency practice group. John specialises in distressed companies, focussing on both reconstruction, including voluntary arrangements, and winding up financially distressed companies and advice to creditors. John has extensive knowledge of and hands-on experience with all aspects of Danish bankruptcy and reconstruction law and also acts as a liquidator, reconstruction administrator and trustee. · Gorrissen Federspiel
About
Head of Gorrissen Federspiel’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice. Specialises in distressed companies — including reconstruction (voluntary arrangements), winding up financially distressed companies and advising creditors — and acts as a liquidator, reconstruction administrator and trustee with extensive hands-on experience in Danish bankruptcy and reconstruction law.
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Expertise
Education
- LL.M., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2009
- Master of Laws, Aarhus University, 2001
- B.Sc. (jur.), Aarhus School of Business, 1998
Admissions
- Admitted to the Danish Bar, 2004
- Right of audience before the Danish High Court, 2007