The Legal 500

Within Dispute resolution, Norrbom Vinding is a third tier firm,

Norrbom Vinding appears in most labour and employment Supreme Court cases. Marianne Norrbom is representing Danske Bank in a Supreme Court appeal concerning employee share plans. Yvonne Fredriksen won a High Court case for Coop Danmark. Christian Clasen successfully represented Aller Media in an industrial arbitration.

Within Employment, Norrbom Vinding is a first tier firm,

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.

Within Intellectual property,

Gorrissen Federspiel’s new clients include Bang & Olufsen, Carlsberg and Disney. Janne Glæsel, who ‘focuses on winning cases, is thorough and has an excellent knowledge of trade mark matters’, successfully represented TeliaSonera against Deutsche Telekom’s attempt to claim exclusive rights to the colour magenta in a case that has been postponed pending an appeal. Together with group head Lasse Søndergaard Christensen, Glæsel represents Budejovický Meštanský Pivovar in its ongoing battle against Anheuser-Busch over rights to the beer names Budweis and Budweiser. Jacob Orndrup successfully represented BASF in patent injunction proceedings against Makhteshim-Agan. Christian Kragelund, who joined from IPR consultancy Chas Hude, leads the trade marks group. Life science lawyer Tom Bork Petersen moved to Norrbom Vinding.