The Legal 500

Lett Law Firm’s clients appreciate its lawyers’ ‘quick, appropriate and detailed advice’. It represents Danish and international insurers Danica Pension, SEB Pension, Tryg Forsikring, AIG, AXA and Zurich. The well-reputed Georg Lett is defending Ernst & Young against a DKK1bn claim by the former Roskilde Bank, and is handling cases related to former board members or auditors of collapsed companies. Michael Grønbech represented Alm Brand Forsikring in the Supreme Court. Pernille Sølling successfully represented Danica Pension in a High Court case concerning disability insurance.

Jes Anker Mikkelsen and Henrik Valdorf-Hansen and their team at Bech-Bruun have ‘a high understanding of the insurance industry’, having experienced a significant increase in regulatory work regarding life insurance and pension schemes. Mikkelsen, who is Danish counsel to Lloyd’s of London, successfully represented Ernst & Young in a Supreme Court Case. Clients include international and Danish insurers Zurich, AIG, TrygVesta and If, and commercial clients including Energinet.dk, Hewlett-Packard and Vestas. Jesper Windahl left to establish boutique Birch Windahl.

Kromann Reumert’s 20-lawyer team handles insurance company mergers, regulations and compliance and advises international insurers entering Denmark. Jens Rostock-Jensen, who is ‘good on strategy and preparation, and listens to his clients’, advised DSB on potential compensation claims from employees exposed to asbestos. Together with Jakob Rosing, he advised on Denmark’s first class action – the Bank Trelleborg case – and related compensation claims. Jens Steen Jensen assisted insurer Gjensidige Forsikring with its purchase of Nykredit Forsikring.

Plesner’s 12-lawyer team, headed by successful litigator and certified arbitrator Torben Bondrop, handles international cases, including reinsurance arbitrations, and advises on product liability, commercial liability, workmen’s compensation, personal injury and professional liability. Bondrop and Mikael Rosenmejer are defending Scandinavian Tobacco Company in the High Court against claims by smokers for alleged smoke-related injuries. Key clients include Codan (RSA), SEB, and ACE Europe.

Bruun & Hjejle’s clients include Danish and international insurers Codan Forsikring, Tryg Forsikring and AIG Forsikring. Work has focused on professional liability and board member liability. ‘Highly competent’ group head Søren Lundsgaard is representing insurance companies in a high-profile lawsuit brought by the bankruptcy estate of IT Factory The team successfully represented insurers and financial institutions in the Supreme Court, and successfully defended Codan in an arbitration against LGT Bank.

The ‘analytical’ Henriette Gernaa and her ‘well qualified, competent’ team at Gorrissen Federspiel apply ‘excellent industry knowledge’ to contentious and regulatory work, notably relating to product recall and product liability. Peter Appel and Jens V Mathiasen handle marine insurance work, advising insurers and reinsurers, P&I clubs, underwriters, insurance brokers and agents, and charterers.

At Horten, Nicolai Horten advises insurers including Chubb Insurance, on commercial matters and professional indemnity. Susie Stærk Ekstrand advises industrial clients on product liability. Practice head Finn Schwartz handles personal injury and liability cases, representing public-sector clients including Copenhagen Hospital Corporation.

At MAQS Law Firm, Thomas Ryhl and insurance arbitrator David Rubin advise insurers and reinsurers Allianz, HDI-Gerling, Chubb, Amlin, Chartis Insurance and Assuran, on regulatory matters, reinsurance and product liability claims, and D&O cases.

Insurance litigator Michael Wiisbye at Nielsen Nørager handles regulatory and claims work for insurers including If.