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Bruun & Hjejle offers ‘good industry knowledge and clear advice’ on electricity, gas, oil and renewables, and represents clients including DONG Energy, Vattenfall and Københavns Energi. Claus Høeg Madsen and Christine Jansby represent municipal heating utilities, notably advising KE Varme in discussions with the Danish Energy Authority, while Poul Heidmann advised EnergiMidt on its acquisition of the majority of shares in EnergiGruppen Jylland. Jeppe Skadhauge and Christian Sinding are also recommended.

Horten advises on a range of energy matters. Klavs Gravesen’s team assists 40 municipalities regarding water and waste water facilities, and Lise Lotte Hjerrild advised the Municipality of Glasaxe on the DKK2.6bn formation of Nordvand from the merger of its water and waste business with that of the Municipality of Gentofte. Søren Hornbæk Svendsen focuses on oil and gas exploration, while Peter Bisgaard advises electricity companies, investors, brokers and consultants. Key clients include Nordvand, Global Investment and Vestforbrændingen.

Clients commend Anders Stubbe Arndal and his team at Kromann Reumert for ‘excellent response times, industry knowledge and business acumen’. It advised DONG Energy on the purchase of offshore wind turbines from Siemens Windpower; on the acquisition of A2SEA; and on its investment in Better Place Danmark, which aims to create a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Other clients include SEAS-NVE, Green Wind Energy and Eksport Kredit Fonden. Jens Blomgren Hansen advises on photovoltaic and wind turbine projects.

Plesner’s nine-lawyer team ‘always delivers’, and notably includes Poul Flemming Hansen, Christian Kjølbye, Frants Dalgaard-Knudsen and Niels Chr. Ellegaard. Jacob Bier led a team advising DONG Energy on its planned IPO. The group provides corporate, competition, litigation and regulatory advice to clients including Q8, Chevron, Shell and Siemens Wind Power. It is also advising Energinet.dk on expansion of Denmark’s natural gas transmission system.

Bech-Bruun provides specialist advice on oil and gas regulation, E&P transactions, licences, joint operating agreements, guarantees and offshore construction projects in Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Group head Per Hemmer advises transmission system operator Energinet.dk. The team represents E.ON Vind Sverige on the establishment of Rødsand II offshore wind farm and the waste-to-energy plants DONG Energy Generation, Amagerforbrænding and Vesterforbrænding. Wind turbine expert Jakob Østervang joined from Abel & Skovgård Larsen Advokatfirma.

At Gorrissen Federspiel, Jan-Erik Svensson and his team advise on electricity, oil, gas and heating matters. Key clients include Hillerød Kommune, Better Place Denmark, and BP Oil International.

Lett Law Firm advises on electricity, natural gas, heat, water and waste water supply and waste management. It represents trade organisations including Dansk Energi and DANVA. Group head Jacob Christiansen advises several municipalities regarding the divestment of water supply enterprises, while Niels Bo Andersen advised DONG shareholders on its planned IPO.

Lind Cadovius’ Hans Madsen offers ‘unique’ gas-purchase expertise.

Kåre Stolt and Lars Bruun at Accura Advokataktieselskab advised Global Wind Energy on various matters.

Carsten Brink at Lund Elmer Sandager assists a growing number of Danish individuals and companies in wind-turbine investments internationally.

Thomas Rhyl and his team at MAQS Law Firm specialise in renewable energy, advising solar-heating providers – notably SolarCAP – and wind-farm and clean-tech businesses. The group also advises Danish and multinational clients within the oil and gas production, exploration, storage and distribution sectors.

Magnusson Advokatfirma focuses on clean tech, and provides a ‘dynamic, fast and efficient’ service. Aage Krogh and Anders Worsøe advise on renewable energy (wind), oil, energy trade and water treatment. The firm has offices in Poland and Sweden.

Jesper Rothe and Jakob Kristensen at Philip Law Firm undertake transactional work in the wind, energy and gas sectors for clients including Vattenfall, Altinex and Primagaz (SHV).

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Legal Developments in Denmark for Energy

  • Lifting of water Law 54

    Nærværende faglige nyhed omhandler ophævelse af vandforsyningslovens § 54. Ændringen er indført for at sikre større hensyn til forsyningssikkerheden og naturen, men får stor betydning for vandforsyningsselskaber, der med lovændringen har mistet deres fortrinsstilling til betaling i forbindelse med tvangsauktioner og konkurs.
    - DELACOUR

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  • Lifting of water Law 54

    Nærværende faglige nyhed omhandler ophævelse af vandforsyningslovens § 54. Ændringen er indført for at sikre større hensyn til forsyningssikkerheden og naturen, men får stor betydning for vandforsyningsselskaber, der med lovændringen har mistet deres fortrinsstilling til betaling i forbindelse med tvangsauktioner og konkurs.
    - DELACOUR

  • Employers’ age discrimination of under-18s legal

    On 30 June 2010, the Danish Eastern High Court established that the provisions and the practice on a number of areas covered by collective agreements, supporting a lower pay for employees under 18 years and termination of the employees when they turn 18, cannot be deemed to constitute a violation of the Employment Equality Directive (Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000).
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Danish Holiday Act amended

    The Danish Ministry of Employment wants to stop employees speculating in having their holiday pay paid out. This has resulted in an amendment of the Danish Holiday Act.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • ”Honey” was not sexual harassment

    Close physical contact and calling an employee “honey" was not enough to prove that a manager had sexually harassed an employee.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Doubt about how to interpret part-time leave agreement

    The Danish Board of Equal Treatment was not satisfied that an employer’s interpretation of an agreement about part-time leave was in breach of the Danish Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Part-time and fixed-term employment in the EU

    Three provisions of Austrian law about part-time and fixed-term employment met with opposition at the European Court of Justice – they were held to be at odds with EU law.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Public-sector managers, too, are entitled to freedom of speech

    The Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman has established once again that public-sector employees enjoy a high degree of freedom of speech.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • The Danish Posting of Workers Act amended

    Stricter duty to notify when posting employees to Denmark – new Act adopted.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Retention of football players

    It is not a barrier to the free movement of labour for sports clubs to require players they have trained to sign their first professional contract with the club.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Maximum compensation under the Danish Statement of Employment Particulars Act

    The Copenhagen City Court recently awarded a woman 20 weeks’ pay: her employer never issued a statement of particulars although she had asked for one.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

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