Bruun & Hjejle — Denmark

Andreas Bøgh

Andreas advises Danish and international clients in matters relating to real estate, particularly in connection with M&A-real estate transactions and development projects, where Andreas has extensive experience in structuring and establishing joint venture collaborations between different stakeholders. · Real Estate

Anna de Vos-Zehngraff

Anna de Vos-Zehngraff specialises in data protection and GDPR and provides advice on all legal aspects concerning processing and protection of personal data. Anna mainly provides advice to major Danish and international clients in complex cases about compliance with the Danish and European rules on data protection as well as other compliance matters. She leads Bruun & Hjejle's data protection team and has extensive experience with M&A in particular, the planning and implementation of compliance projects and handling of cases before the Danish Data Protection Agency. Anna has a strong reputation in the industry within her field, and she is particularly recognised as a GDPR expert in connection with large, complex transactions and cases relating to the financial sector. · Data Protection

Anne Cathrine Ingerslev

Anne Cathrine (AC) Ingerslev advises Danish and international clients in relation to debt financing and has unique experience advising on complex cross-border transactions. AC's advice focuses on finding practical solutions tailored to the business and commercial goals of each individual client. When structuring, negotiating and documenting transactions, AC draws upon a solid academic background within law, finance and economics as well as unique international expertise obtained from years of practicing as an English finance lawyer in London with Davis Polk & Wardwell. AC has extensive experience advising both borrowers, sponsors and lenders on loan financing, bond issues and financial restructuring. Within loan financing, AC advises on, among others, certain funds acquisition financing (both public and private), bridge facilities, other corporate financing and refinancing, direct lending, unitranche financing and real estate financing. AC also advises on combined loans and bond issues in various capital structures. AC has extensive international experience advising on complex cross-border finance transactions, including intercreditor arrangements. AC holds a Master of Laws from the University of Copenhagen and an MSc in Law & Finance (with Distinction) from the University of Oxford. AC is a dual-qualified lawyer in Denmark and England and Wales. AC is nominated as Acritas Star. · Banking & Finance

Christian Johansen

Through 25 years as a construction lawyer, Christian Johansen has gained substantial experience, which includes the drafting of a variety of international commercial contracts. Christian is often involved in legal work relating to domestic and international commercial contracts in the areas of energy and offshore, construction and infrastructure, technology, distribution and agency, insurance and reinsurance as well as other long-term contracts, maritime contracts and international sales contracts. Christian Johansen is specialised in construction and contract law, i.e. the formation of contracts, subcontracts, bonds and guarantees in construction contracts, drafting/interpretation of contracts, performance, scope, termination and breach of contract, including the principles for calculating and determining damages in the construction industry. Christian Johansen serves as lawyer in disputes involving domestic and international construction law, in both litigation and arbitration. Christian Johansen has acted in disputes involving construction law under the rules of the Danish Building and Construction Board (VBA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Danish Institute of Arbitration (DIA). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London (FCIArb). Christian Johansen also undertakes scholarly research in construction law. He has an academic profile with a Ph.D. in construction law from the University of Copenhagen (1998). For the last 20 years, he has been one of the leading scholars in Denmark within construction law. He often gives lectures and seminars on issues relating to construction law. · Construction

Christian Sahlertz

Partner Christian Sahlertz advises lenders and borrowers in relation to acquisition finance, project- and asset-based finance, as well as other credit facilities and financing arrangements. He also regularly assists with large-scale, high-profile matters in the banking and finance arena. · Banking & Finance

Christian Schow Madsen

Christian Schow Madsen assists Danish and international pension funds, businesses, private equity funds and public property owners in real estate-related acquisitions and divestitures and project development. Christian has contributed to The Danish Bar and Law Society’s guidelines on corporate and stock exchange matters. Furthermore, Christian is admitted to Kraks Blå Bog 2010 and top ranked in the largest legal directories. · Real Estate

Elise Ross-Hansen

Elise Ross-Hansen has substantial labour and employment law experience rendering advice in a broad range of areas, including M&A, private equity, restructuring, compensation and incentive schemes as well as financial sector regulation relating to employees. Her experience also covers employee aspects in connection with investigations, equal opportunity and discrimination matters. Elise is a skilled negotiator and litigator, as well as a trained mediator. · Employment

Flemming Strømme Martinussen

Flemming Strømme Martinussen has extensive general experience in employment and labour law and in-depth knowledge of the labour law system. Among other things, he has deep insight into labour clauses, working time provisions and collective agreement matters in relation to mergers and acquisitions, and he is also an experienced litigator. Moreover, Flemming has specialist knowledge of cross-border employee matters, outsourcing, reorganisation and the employee-related aspects of transactions. Flemming also has considerable insight into the rules on variable pay in the financial sector. · Labour & Employment

Frederik André Bork

Frederik André Bork is specialised in EU law and Danish competition law. Frederik works with all types of competition law matters and focuses in particular on merger control (transactions), cartels, damages claim cases, and antitrust. Frederik’s experience includes complex transactions and merger filings, some of the most well-known abuse cases in EU, several large and multi-jurisdictional competition law damages claim cases and cartel investigations. Frederik also works with procurement law. As former Head of Division at the Danish Competition Authority, Frederik has valuable insights in the authorities’ administrative and business procedures and working methods. · Competition / Antitrust

Henriette Bjerg

Henriette Bjerg has vast experience with the sale, purchase, letting and leasing of real estate, with construction contracts, development projects, project management agreements and extensive advising of both owners and operators within the hotel segment. Henriette advises a broad range of clients, including pension funds, investors, building contractors, developers and commercial property users. · Real Estate

Henrik Dahl

Henrik Dahl advises banks, savings banks and specialized financial institutions primarily on regulatory issues. He is instructed by lenders and borrowers to draw up loan and security documentation. Henrik has also advised organisations within the financial sector, such as the Depositors Insurance Scheme and Finance Denmark (Danish Bankers Association). · Banking & Finance

Henrik Selchau Poulsen

Henrik Selchau Poulsen heads Bruun & Hjejle’s insolvency group and is among financial institutions and others recognized as a leading insolvency practitioner. Henrik is appointed Permanent Trustee by the Bankruptcy Department of the Maritime and Commercial Court in Copenhagen and advises on restructurings and insolvency, suspension of payments and bankruptcy compositions as well as financial creditors on distressed financial engagements, including distressed engagements in property companies. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Jakob Lentz

Jakob Lentz is an experienced litigator who regularly represents professional advisers and major Danish banks in cases before the Danish courts. He has played a key role in the investigations into the now terminated portfolio of non-resident customers at Danske Bank’s Estonian branch. Jakob Lentz also has extensive experience with complex gas price arbitrations, involving a mixture of legal and financial issues, and with insurance matters. Jakob Lentz helps large businesses manage the complex legal, commercial and reputational risks resulting from allegations of misconduct, financial crime and regulatory investigations. Jakob has vast experience conducting internal investigations on behalf of financial institutions, boards of directors and audit committees. · Litigation

Jesper Schultz Larsen

Jesper Schultz Larsen has assisted clients in a significant number of corporate transactions, including public-to-private deals, and in capital markets transactions. His clients are mainly private equity sponsors and financial institutions as well as large Danish and foreign corporates – both listed and unlisted. · Corporate / M&A

Johannes Hedegaard

Johannes works primarily with dispute resolution and insolvency and reconstruction. Johannes has experience advising creditors widely within bankruptcy and reconstruction. Johannes also has experience with the winding-up of bankruptcy estates within the real estate and service sectors. · Dispute Resolution

Josefine Movin Østergaard

Newly elevated to the partnership, Josefine Movin Østergaard has swiftly distinguished herself as one of the most dynamic and accomplished practitioners of her generation, amply justifying her inclusion among the jurisdiction’s elite. Acting for Danish and international companies alike, she commands the courtroom and arbitral tribunal with equal poise, delivering strategic, commercially attuned advocacy in high-stakes disputes that span the full spectrum of civil, regulatory and cross-border proceedings. Her substantive command extends from complex financial-product litigation to cutting-edge ESG matters, marketing regulation and consumer-protection law, allowing her to offer clients seamless advice at the intersection of market practice, reputational risk and evolving regulatory frameworks. Complementing her dispute-resolution prowess, Josefine is frequently entrusted with sensitive internal and external investigations - ranging from discreet, single-issue inquiries to large-scale, multi-jurisdictional reviews - where she deftly navigates the competing imperatives of stakeholder rights, evidentiary integrity, confidentiality and data-protection compliance. Josefine was Ole Spiermann's right hand in the investigation regarding Danske Bank's Estonian branch, which lasted nine months and was concluded with an investigation report in September 2018. Together with Ole Spiermann, Josefine represented Bech-Bruun in the firm’s dispute with the Danish tax authorities involving the largest claim for professional negligence ever brought in Denmark against a law firm. Together with Ole Spiermann, Josefine represented Bech-Bruun in the firm’s dispute with the Danish tax authorities involving the largest claim for professional negligence ever brought in Denmark against a law firm. Together with Karsten Kristoffersen she defended the Danish fintech bank, Lunar Bank from enforcement of a Norwegian first instance judgment in a first ever case of its kind against a bank under the Lugano Convention. Each year, Josefine co-authors with Karsten Kristoffersen the Denmark chapter in In-Depth: Securities Litigation (published by Lexology). · Litigation

Karsten Kristoffersen

Karsten Kristoffersen practises in the interface between legal and financial issues. He primarily advises clients in the financial and energy sectors about complex disputes and investigations focusing on financial regulation and products, AML, capital markets matters, M&A-related claims, management and audit liability, natural gas, LNG and other off-shore issues. Karsten has previously advised on finance transactions, regulatory issues and corporate transactions, and he has in-depth experience with economic analyses, including accounts analyses, statistical data, financial and investment models, and fair value analyses. · Dispute Resolution

Lars Kongsgaard Hansen

Lars Kongsgaard Hansen primarily advises on M&A transactions, private equity-related investments, and alternative investment structures, including investments in energy and infrastructure projects. Among others he advises pension funds and other institutional investors on Danish and cross-border alternative investments. Furthermore, he advises on insolvency and restructuring of distressed businesses. · Corporate / M&A

Lasse Mikkelsen

Lasse has extensive experience in advising and representing clients in litigation, arbitration and legal investigations and has been involved in some of the most complex disputes in Denmark in recent years within a wide array of areas, including banking and finance, capital markets, M&A, oil and gas and management liability. · Litigation

Liv Helth Lauersen

Liv Helth Lauersen is a leading profile in construction and contract law and has extensive experience advising domestic and international clients. Liv has successfully handled multiple leading court and arbitration cases representing owners, contractors and advisers. Liv Helth Lauersen is a specialist in construction and contract law, i.e. the formation of contracts, subcontracts, bonds and guarantees in construction contracts, drafting/interpretation of contracts, performance, scope, termination and breach of contract, including the principles for calculating and determining damages in the construction industry. · Construction

Morten Jensen

Morten Jensen advises Danish and foreign private equity funds, financial institutions and corporate clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers and alternative investments. Morten also advises issuers and underwriters on equity capital markets transactions such as initial public offerings, rights issues, private placements and sell-down transactions. · Capital Markets

Morten Stadil

Morten Stadil's practice concentrates on Media, IT, Corporate and M&A transactions. He assists major Danish and international IT and media businesses on general corporate and commercial legal issues. Morten acts as a fast track arbitrator in large-scale, complex agreements on IT outsourcing and has in-depth knowledge about the media and IT sectors, etc. Furthermore, Morten is a seasoned negotiator. · Corporate / M&A

Nina Ringen

Nina Ringen is a partner and head of Bruun & Hjejle's IP and Life Science practice group. With more than 15 years of experience, Nina is a specialist in IP (both contentious and non-contentious) providing advice on a variety of matters relating to trademarks, copyrights, designs, domain names, marketing law, consumer law and other related areas. She also assists clients with IP portfolio management in particular relative to trademarks and designs and frequently advises on transactional matters pertaining to IP. Nina is chair of the board of the Danish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (DACG) which is part of the board in the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG). Nina is a permanent reporter to the World Trademark Review (WTR). · Intellectual Property

Olaf Koktvedgaard

Olaf Koktvedgaard advises on issues of EU and competition law, merger control and State aid with a focus on disputes. Olaf’s work focuses to a great extent on the interaction between public enterprises and government. He has extensive experience within dominance issues, State aid, cartel investigations and criminal defence and related investigations. He regularly acts before the Danish competition authorities, the Danish courts, the European Commission and the European Court of Justice. · Competition

Ole Spiermann

Ole Spiermann is head of Bruun & Hjejle’s dispute resolution practice. During recent years, he has conducted some of the most comprehensive and complex legal and arbitral cases in Denmark, acting for major Danish financial institutions among others. He also has vast experience appearing before the European Court of Justice. Further, Ole Spiermann leads legal investigations, often across national borders, and he acts as lead partner in the ongoing investigations into the now terminated portfolio of non-resident customers of Danske Bank’s Estonian branch. Ole Spiermann’s practice areas also include public law and criminal law. He is a member of the Inquiry Commission of Tibet as well as the Scrutiny commission appointed to investigate the mink case and is active in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Ole Spiermann is former professor of international law at the University of Copenhagen. He was awarded the University of Copenhagen’s gold medal in 1994 and a PhD in law at the University of Cambridge in 2000. Ole Spiermann is chairman of the board of directors of Bruun & Hjejle. · Litigation

Paula Grønlund

Paula Grønlund specializes in company law, capital market law and business transfers. Paula mainly advises major Danish and foreign companies, including listed companies, as well as private equity funds and financial institutions. · Corporate / M&A

Rasmus Moliin

Rasmus is an experienced restructuring and insolvency specialist who offers niche expertise, particularly in matters concerning distressed real estate properties, and who is experienced in handling sensitive matters of public interest. Rasmus is a certified insolvency lawyer and member of The Danish Debt Collection Agency’s panel of administrators. · Restructuring

Rasmus Skov

Rasmus advises Danish and international clients on real estate matters, particularly in connection with sale and purchase of commercial and residential properties (and property companies), development projects, determination and regulation of rent. He also drafts and interprets all types of lease agreements. In addition, Rasmus advises on dispute resolution in relation to real estate, particularly in connection with commercial and residential lease law. · Real Estate

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. · Corporate / M&A

Søren Damgaard

Søren advises domestic and international clients in all matters involving real estate, including property transactions, development, real estate financing, construction projects, construction law, PPP projects, lease agreements, etc. · Real Estate

Søren Danelund Reipurth

Søren Danelund Reipurth is a partner in Bruun & Hjejle’s department for IP. Søren has litigated a number of significant IP cases before the Maritime and Commercial High Court, the High Courts, and the Supreme Court. Søren has extensive experience in IP, but is particularly specialized in trademarks, designs, domain names, copyrights and marketing. Søren also advises on IP-heavy transactions. Søren has a Master of Law (LL.M) in IP from the University of Melbourne and is entitled to appear before the Danish Supreme Court. · Intellectual Property

Søren Kopp

Søren Kopp advises Danish and international clients on matters related to real estate, particularly in connection with M&A-real estate transactions and real estate development. · Real Estate

Søren Zinck

Søren Zinck specializes in all aspects of competition law, including in Danish and international cases on merger control, distribution strategies, damages, dominance issues, state aid, and cartel investigations, including criminal defense and related investigations. He regularly litigates before the European Court of Justice and the Danish courts, and during recent years he has litigated several of the major, leading Danish competition cases. · Competition

Therkel Brinth

Therkel is a part of Bruun & Hjejle's insolvency group. He is an experienced restructuring and insolvency specialist who offers niche expertise in matters concerning complex insolvency law issues, e.g. restructuring proceedings, structured processes, e.g. sale of businesses as going concerns, insolvency-related disputes and who is experienced in handling sensitive matters of public interest. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Thomas Kræmer

Thomas Kræmer has more than 20 years of experience as a legal advisor in the field of mergers and acquisitions. Over the years, he has assisted in completing more than 100 transactions concerning all sorts of businesses from small to large blue-chip companies in most industries and represented both the buyer and the seller side. Thomas has extensive experience in handling cross-border transactions and transactions concerning companies with operations in many countries. Thomas has particular experience advising sellers on streamlining and positioning their business for a successful sale. It is not least the commercial and value-adding focus of the advice that Thomas' clients appreciate. Thomas also regularly advises a number of professional footballers on their day-to-day business and contracts, just as Thomas has advised on the purchase and sale of several Danish football clubs · Corporate / M&A

Thomas SKJELLERUP

Thomas has broad-ranging international expertise with transactional finance work advising lenders and borrowers on a range of debt products, including syndicated loans, acquisition financings, project financings, real estate and asset financings and bond offerings. He regularly works with restructurings and has a strong knowledge about the Danish financing market. · Banking & Finance