The Legal 500

Employment boutique Norrbom Vinding’s ‘strong team’ has ‘sufficient depth to cover challenging tasks in a demanding time frame’. Jørgen Vinding is conducting an inquiry for the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs into the FSA’s role in the failure of Roskilde Bank. Yvonne Frederiksen successfully represented Coop Danmark regarding exemptions under the Danish Anti-Discrimination Act. Clients recommend the ‘highly competent and analytical’ Nicole Offendal. Mariann Norrbom handled major Supreme Court Cases, and Christian Clasen successfully represented Aller Media in an industrial arbitration concerning freelance journalists. Tax expert Torben Mølgaard Hededal was promoted to partner. Lateral hire Tom Bork Petersen from Gorrissen Federspiel brings IP and life sciences expertise – and clients – to the group.

Bech-Bruun’s six-partner practice, led by the ‘straightforward, respectful and deeply experienced’ Mette Klingsten, who represents British American Tobacco and Capgemini, advises on collective dismissals, redundancy programmes and outsourcing activities. Bjarke Vejby is representing Amagerbanken in a Supreme Court case concerning claims by retired bank employees. Morten Ulrich represents TDC and Lars Svenning Andersen has been appointed legal adviser to the ADP Group. The ‘experienced, savvy’ Jette Ronøe specialises in stock options; and discrimination lawyer Mads Krarup successfully defended JS Danmark in the Supreme Court.

Clients describe Kromann Reumert’s four-partner practice, led by the ‘practical, knowledgeable and accessible’ Helene Amsinck, as ‘the best in Denmark’, combining transactional support with standalone employment advice. Copenhagen team leader Claus Juel Hansen, commended for his ‘valued advice and high integrity’, assisted Finansiel Stabilitet with the takeover of Gudme Raaschou Bank. Marianne Granhøj, who also advises Nordea, assisted Norwegian insurance company Gjensidige BA with its aquisition of the Danish insurance company Nykredit Forsikring. ‘Strong, perceptive’ employment litigator Jens Lund Mosbek handles public sector work. Tina Brøgger Sørensen is a ‘rising star’.

Plesner’s ‘highly qualified, down-to-earth, service-minded, honest, reliable and capable team’ advises on M&A, restructuring, outsourcing, large-scale redundancies and incentive programmes. Group head Tina Reissmann advised Infineon Technologies Denmark following its sale to Intel and Transavia on the closure of its Danish operations. Henriette Stakemann was promoted to partner and Poul Flemming Hansen is a judge in the Danish Labour Court.

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab recruited Anne Marie Abrahamson and Anja Staugaard Jensen from Rønne & Lundgren, but the well-respected Anne Katherine Schøn has left the firm. Commended for its ‘good commercial understanding’, the team provides transactional support and advises on standalone matters. Clients include Motorola and Tower Group.

Clients recommend Bruun & Hjejle’s Elise Ross-Hansen, who is Danish employment law counsel to Analog Devices and its Danish subsidiary AudioAsics. D/S NORDEN is another longstanding client of the team. Poul Heidmann advises on the employment aspects of M&A transactions, and employment litigator Søren Bagger has ‘vast experience of management liability claims’.

At niche employment practice Advokatfirmaet Elmer & Partnere, Peter Breum has an excellent reputation for representing employees and trade unions.

At Gorrissen Federspiel, Aarhus-based Jacob Sand and his team provide transactional support and standalone advice, recently assisting Danske Bank with IT outsourcing negotiations. Nina Wedsted represented Rae Systems in the Supreme Court.

Leading arbitrator Finn Schwartz heads Horten’s 12-strong team, which provides ‘fast, precise and detailed answers’. Clients include the City of Copenhagen and timber company Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman. Recently promoted partner Jens Jakob Hartmann advises Siemens Wind Power. Erik Wendelboe Christiansen acts for the Danish Cancer Society on restructuring collective agreements. The firm’s links with DLA Piper LLP brings cross-border instructions.

MAQS Law Firm provides ‘superior service and advice’ on Swedish and Danish employment law. Henrik Teide and the ‘well-qualified, insightful’ Jeppe Hoyer Jorgensen head the practice. The prestigious client list includes GE Healthcare, VKR (Velux), AT&T, NCR, Scandlines, Louis Vuitton and Philips.

Magnusson Advokatfirma’s practice, led by Anders Etgen Reitz, was strengthened by Nicolai Hesgaard from Gorrissen Federspiel, whose clients include GN Store Nord. Other clients include Accenture and Microsoft. Anders Worsøe successfully defended longstanding client LSG Sky Chefs Danmark.

Poul Schmith Law Firm’s team, led by the ‘excellent’ Niels Banke, represents the Danish government in employment and related public procurement matters.

Eversheds Advokataktieselskab advises on redundancies, whistleblowing and compliance. Nikolaj Juhl Hansen’s clients include Symantec, SPX and Tyco. Practice head Catrine Søndergaard Byrne joined from Accura Advokatatieselskab.

Lett Law Firm’s employment practice is led by the ‘effective, knowledgeable negotiator’ Niels Henrik Nielsen, who advised PARKEN Sport & Entertainment on footballers’ employment contracts. DJØF – The Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists – is a longstanding client. The team provides transactional support and standalone advice to clients including Abbott Laboratories, Akzo Nobel and Nordea Bank. The group hired Charlotte Storgaard from Norrbom Vinding.

Nicolai Westergaard and Asger Tue Pedersen, who head Lind Cadovius’ labour and employment law practice, are judges at the Danish Labour Court.

Mette Ravn Steenstrup at Mazanti-Andersen, Korsø Jensen & Partnere advises on structuring and outsourcing, including employee transfers.

Philip Law Firm advises foreign businesses establishing Danish operations. Steen Rode advises Rambøll on incentive schemes and disputes. Jesper Rothe advises Brightpoint. Other clients include Tia Technology and Vattenfall.

At Advokatfirmaet Schebye Jacobsen, Karen-Margrethe Schebye in Copenhagen and Ulla Jacobsen in Aarhus represent employees and trade unions.