Lawyers in Denmark

Rasmus Vang

DLA Piper Denmark

Rass Holdgaard

Partner, Attorney

Poul Schmith

René Frisdahl Jensen

René Frisdahl Jensen is specialised within energy and supply law and has more than 17 years' experience within the area. He has in-depth knowledge of the regulations within electricity supply, supply of natural gas and heat, remote cooling, waste management and the water sector. He has wide experience in revenue and price adjustment of energy and supply utilities and company conversion and restructuring. He further advises on the establishment of wind parks, solar energy plants and biogas systems. René conducts cases before the courts and complaint boards within energy and supply and further advises on EU law and international legal relations in the energy and supply sector. René has previously been employed as a commercial and energy counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Union in Brussels and as a special consultant at the Danish Energy Agency.

HortenDahl

René Thornfeldt

Partner.

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab

Rie Paving Mortensen

Rie plays a pivotal role in handling the complex economic aspects of competition and damages law, managing some of the most significant and intricate cases by both Danish and international standards. Rie’s competition law expertise encompasses complex mergers, particularly phase II cases, international cartels, and complex cases involving abuse of a dominant position. Rie has extensive experience with both cartel-related and non-cartel-related damage claims. She excels at establishing key elements of counterfactual scenarios, handling settlement procedures, and managing court-appointed economic expert reports and testimonies. Additionally, Rie prepares various types of economic analyses and conducts significant investigations in matters related to tax law, intellectual property law, and corporate M&A. Rie holds a master's degree in economics, a master's degree in law from the University of Copenhagen, and a postgraduate diploma in EU competition law from King's College London. Rie is the head of Plesner's Economic Analysis team, which consists of highly specialised economists. Integrating economic insights into legal cases requires active collaboration across various professional disciplines. Rie consistently emphasises a strong cross-disciplinary approach to address the complex interplay between competition law and economics, ultimately benefiting Plesner clients.

Plesner

Rikke Hoffensetz Andresen

Partner, Attorney

Poul Schmith

Rikke Maria Falck Jensen

Partner

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen is a partner and co-head of the Corporate M&A and Capital Markets practice group of Gorrissen Federspiel and is recognised as a leading capital markets lawyer in Denmark. Being exceptionally experienced and highly skilled in public M&A and ECM deals, including major Danish IPOs, Rikke focuses on capital markets transactions, public and private M&A and corporate restructurings as well as advisory work on securities law and corporate law aspects, corporate governance and executive remuneration. Her clients include corporates, private equity funds, investment banks and institutional investors.

Gorrissen Federspiel

Rikke Sofie Karstoft

Andersen Partners

Rikke Søgaard Berth

Rikke Søgaard Berth is specialised in the special regulatory set-up applying to public authorities and publicly owned companies. Rikke advises on the organisation of public assignments, including the cooperation with private parties. She has been responsible for the merger of utility companies, for instance the establishment of HOFOR in Copenhagen, municipal emergency services and various public-private co-operation supporting culture and sports. She has advised on the establishment of the Tinderbox Festival in Odense and on the consortium between the Danish state and five municipalities responsible for the Tour de France in Denmark if the Danish bid to host the event in 2021 is accepted. In addition, Rikke advises on the rules of administrative law, questions concerning authority, local government mandate, governance and other issues relating to public law. In 2017-2018 Rikke was a member of the government’s external expert committee on the Harbour Act and of the committee on expropriation under the Planning Act. Finally, Rikke is responsible for Horten’s strengthening of its efforts on the state market. Rikke has wide experience in working within a politically managed organisation from her former employment with the Ministry of Justice, and she holds a BA in political science. She is co-author of a book on municipal public limited companies (2009), and she has lectured at the University of Copenhagen since 2003 where she is now an external examiner.

HortenDahl

Robert Jønsson

Robert Jønsson advises both Danish and international companies within the industries of media production and video games. Due to his extensive knowledge of the industries and many years of experience, Robert is highly specialised in providing targeted and action-oriented advice regarding investments, publishing agreements, licence agreements and user terms, company law and commercial agreements in general. Robert is the preferred attorney within the Danish gaming industry. For many years, he has supported the industry’s growth by cooperating with the industry. Additionally, he has been accepted as a member of the international organisation Video Game Bar Association (VGBA.org). Furthermore, Robert has experience with advising Danish and international companies in relation to robotics, AI and blockchain. He has assisted in creating contracts that encompass the new technologies, and has conducted a number of transactions within both entertainment and new technologies with successful results.

HortenDahl

Robert Mikelsons

Robert Mikelsons is the co-head of NJORD’s tax specialist group. He gives advice on and conducts cases in relation to tax law and law governing VAT and indirect charges, including international tax law. He is considered one of Denmark’s leading experts on these areas. Robert Mikelsons has for more than 20 years conducted leading and value-adding cases in relation to tax and VAT before numerous courts, including the Supreme Court and the EU Court of Justice. He also serves as an expert witness on Danish tax law and on the EU VAT directives in foreign courts. Furthermore, Robert Mikelsons also teaches courses in tax law and law governing VAT arranged by “Danske Advokater” etc. He is a member of the Tax Affairs Committee within the General Counsel of the Bar, and at the same time he is a representative of the General Counsel of the Danish Bar in liaison committees Skatteforvaltningen (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration).

NJORD Law Firm

Ronnie Kandler

Partner, Attorney

Poul Schmith

Rune Aagaard

Partner (equity)

Mazanti-Andersen

Rune Derno

Managing Partner, Attorney

Poul Schmith

Rune Hamborg

DLA Piper Denmark

Rune Morthorst

Director.

Kromann Reumert

Rune Tarnø

Rune Tarnø specialises in commercial law and primarily advises small and medium-sized undertakings in Denmark and internationally. Rune Tarnø has for many years assisted the parties in connection with the purchase and sale of business and investment in development companies. Rune Tarnø advises on all aspects of company law, including the formation of new companies, mergers, divisions, tax-free business conversions, succession, etc. In addition, Rune Tarnø is a member of several boards. Rune Tarnø regularly teaches in his areas of expertise.

NJORD Law Firm

Sabine Brandhøj Overgaard

Sabine Brandhøj Overgaard assists Danish and international clients within all aspects of employment law. Among other things, she drafts employment contracts, terminations and severance agreements for individual or multiple employees and provides assistance with employment law issues in connection with M&A transactions. She also advises on issues relating to maternity, anti-discrimination, sickness, dismissal, bonus schemes and non-competition and non-solicitation clauses as well as legal proceedings. In addition, Sabine advice our clients on applications for work and residence permits for non-EU-citizens in connection with temporary as well as permanent employment of staff in Denmark.

Gorrissen Federspiel

Sally May Wissing Krogh

Sally is an assistant attorney in our Real Estate and Construction team.

Lund Elmer Sandager

Sam Jalaei

Managing Partner / Advokat, Head of Corporate & M&A, Head of Capital Markets and Head of Middle East Desk, Admitted to High Court

Magnusson

Samuel O\'Doherty Jensen

Samuel specialises in M&A, company law and venture financing. Further, he is experienced in legal matters relating to tech and telecommunication.

Bruun & Hjejle

Sandro Ratkovic

Partner

Bech-Bruun

Sanne Alrik Sørensen

Andersen Partners