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Klavs Gravesen

Klavs Gravesen is specialised in energy law, supply law and municipal company law and has many years’ experience advising on issues relating to the interaction between the energy sector and the municipal sector. He advises municipalities and municipal communities and has since 2000 dealt especially with issues relating to privatisation of municipal companies and transactions in the supply area. Klavs was previously employed with the Ministry of Justice, the Law Department, including as Secretary to the Minister, and with the Legal Secretariat of the Danish Parliament. He therefore has in-depth knowledge of the legislative process. Klavs has been a partner at Horten since 1998. He has been a teacher for many years at the University of Copenhagen in contract law, the law of obligations and consumer law. · HortenDahl

DenmarkEnergy & Natural Resources, UtilitiesScandinavian Languages, English

About

Partner at Horten since 1998 specialising in energy law, supply law and municipal company law. Advises municipalities and municipal communities on privatisation of municipal companies and supply-sector transactions, and has in-depth knowledge of the legislative process from prior roles at the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Secretariat of the Danish Parliament.

Practice areas

Energy & Natural ResourcesUtilitiesPublic LawRegulatoryMunicipal LawCorporate / M&A

Office

Expertise

Interaction between energy sector and municipal sectorPrivatisation of municipal companiesSupply-sector transactionsAdvising municipalities and municipal communitiesLegislative process expertiseContract law and consumer law (teaching)

Education

  • Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen, 1985
  • King's College London, 1988-1989

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Danish bar, 1989
  • Right of audience before the High Court (Denmark), 1991

Languages

Scandinavian LanguagesEnglish