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Mr Ole Spiermann

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Energy and Infrastructure and Public and International Law

Position

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.

Career

2013: Admitted to the Danish Supreme Court
2009-: Partner, Bruun & Hjejle
2005-2008: Professor in Public Law, University of Copenhagen
2005-2008: Advisor to the Greenlandic side in the Greenlandic-Danish Self-Government Commission 1999-2009: Attorney, Bruun & Hjejle

Languages

English and the Scandinavian languages.

Memberships

  • The Scrutiny Commission to investigate the mink case (2021-)
  • Executive Council of International Law Association and expert committees on the protection of foreign investments (2003-2008) and international arbitration (2003-)
  • International Council for Commercial Arbitration
  • Working Group on Constitutional and International Law of the Greenland-Danish Self-Government (2005-2008)
  • Arbitrator with the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (2007-2019)
  • The Danish Ministry of Justice’s Committee on incorporation etc. in the human rights area (2013-2014)
  • The Inquiry Commission of Tibet I and II (2016-2017 and 2018-)
  • The board of directors of The Danish Bar and Law Society
  • Various professional associations

Education

Ph.D, University of Cambridge (2000). Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen (1998), LL.M., University of Cambridge, England (1996). Gold Medal, University of Copenhagen (1994).

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Greenland > Foreign firms

Bruun & Hjejle‘s Greenland desk is a key contact for public authorities and governments, regularly advising on public and administrative law issues, regulatory work, contracts and foreign investments. The practice also notably handles real estate, construction, infrastructure and energy projects, leveraging its expertise in the mining, metals, and oil and gas sectors. Litigator Ole Spiermann leads the group and regularly acts in disputes involving Greenlandic clients.

Denmark > Dispute resolution

(Leading individuals)

Ole Spiermann – Bruun & Hjejle

Bruun & Hjejle is known for its capability in major cross-border dispute resolution mandates and is particularly active in disputes arising from the financial services and energy sectors. The ‘competent and efficient’ team is known for its strong expertise in commercial disputes, professional liability claims, competition matters, tax disputes, state aid claims and public law issues; white-collar crime issues, including complex internal investigations and criminal proceedings, form another core pillar of the group’s workload. Practice head Karsten Kristoffersen is a key contact for all things related to banking and finance, capital markets, M&A and oil and gas disputes, while Ole Spiermann represents major Danish financial institutions on a wide range of matters. At the junior level, senior manager Josefine Movin Østergaard assists on many of the team’s key mandates.

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