The Legal 500

Bech-Bruun’s team, headed by the ‘business oriented’ Niels Andersen and Arly Carlquist, advised on Terracom’s purchase of mast, fibre network and telecom equipment from Broadcasting Services Denmark and Telia’s sale of its TV transmission company Stofa as well as handling regulatory matters related to the telecoms market. Key clients include ACN, Comitel, Microsoft and payment processor PBS.

At Bruun & Hjejle, Christine Jansby assists energy companies in the establishment of fibre optic networks. Per Magid and Erik Kjær-Hansen successfully represented the Telecommunications Complaints Board in a High Court case against TDC. Mogens Ebeling is also recommended.

Kromann Reumert is ‘excellent at handling large, complex cases’. Torben Waage and his team advised TDC on the purchase and implementation of 4G (LTE) equipment for the Scandinavian market. It successfully defended Altibox Danmark against an attempted injunction requested by Smile Content (now Waoo), and represesented DONG Energy in the €57m sale of its fibre communications network to TDC. Other clients include Verizon Business. Clients recommend Søren Skibsted.

Lett Law Firm ‘s lawyers sit on TDC’s panel of legal advisers. René Offersen handles regulatory and technology-related matters, and is representing TDC in the Supreme Court against Cybercity’s DKK78m claim for compensation. Other key clients include Polycom and Bang & Olufsen Telecom.

Plesner’s Niels Christian Ellegaard, who is commended for his ‘well-founded and detailed industry knowledge’, represents Cybercity against TDC. Transactional work included assisting Waoo in its acquisition of Dansk Bredbånd. Jon Balsby is ‘quick and competent’. Michael Hopp and Per Håkon Schmidt assisted TELE2 in the Pirate Bay matter, upholding the injunction initiated by IFPI on behalf of right holders in the music and film industries. Other clients include Brightpoint Europe, Relacom, Telefonica, AT&T and Sprint.

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab’s ‘responsive and precise’ team was strengthened by Jeppe Brinck-Jensen from Rønne & Lundgren, who is representing Thales Transportation. René Thornfeldt advised Alcatel-Lucent Danmark on Banedanmark’s tender for a GSM-R system for national railway coverage. Ericsson Danmark is a regular client.

Clients recommend telecoms boutique Brandt & Lauritzen as ‘quick, responsive, good quality with a business knowledge that is hard to find’. ‘Great negotiator’ Mikkel Bansholt Oxfeldt is advising Hi3G Denmark on the rollout of its 3G network and Nexit Ventures on its investment in video streaming software provider Octoshape. Michael Brandt advised Global Connect on several acquisitions.

Gorrissen Federspiel provides ‘quick responses and appropriate advice’. Klaus Søgaard assisted by the telecoms team, represented TeliaSonera in the DKK1.1bn sale of STOFA to RATOS. Janne Glæsel’s clients include Savvis.

Michael Goeskjær at Horten represented longstanding client Motorola in negotiations with the Danish State regarding a new communication network for emergency services, based on the TETRA standard. Hans Abildstrøm advises Global Crossing and Butlernetworks across the Nordic region. Mads Nygaard Madsen is advising new client Verizon.

At MAQS Law Firm, practice head Philip Graff assists BT in the Nordic region. The team advise Sprint, Huawei Technologies and Danske Telecom, and recently assisted Telogic in obtaining a new French shareholder, BNP Paribas Private Equity. Jørgen Frandsen counts AT&T as a longstanding client.

EU and competition lawyer Henrik Peytz is Nielsen Nørager’s authority on telecoms matters, providing advice to Danish and international service providers.