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NORDIA Law Firm

STOCKHOLMSGADE 41, 2100 COPENHAGEN OE
Tel:
Work +45 35 27 26 26
Fax:
Fax +45 35 27 26 27
Web:
www.nordialaw.com
Email:
Stockholm, Oslo, Göteborg, Copenhagen

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Denmark

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Advokatfirman Nordia is a third tier firm,

NORDIA Law Firm advises on international investment disputes and international arbitrator Niels Schiersing successfully represented Lithuania in an ICC tribunal. The practice was joined by Krester Kroeger Kjaer and Andreas Medom Madsen from Poul Schmith Law Firm.

Insolvency

Within Insolvency, Advokatfirman Nordia is a third tier firm,

Henrik Sjoerslev at NORDIA Law Firm is an appointed receiver at the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court and is administrator of Phoenix Fondsmaeglerselskab, Bryde Gruppen and Deadline Games. The firm is handling over 150 pending insolvencies and numerous restructuring cases.

Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, Advokatfirman Nordia is a third tier firm,

NORDIA Law Firm’s seven-lawyer life science group advises clients ranging from international corporations to pharmacies and distributors. In 2009, the team advised new client Medice Arzneimittel Pütter in setting up a new marketing entity in Denmark, and assisted longstanding client AstraZeneca on a joint venture with Bristol-Myers Squibb. Christian Vinding Thomsen, Morten Bruus and Rasmus Lund ‘form a dynamic and efficient trio ensuring a consistently high level of service’. Jørgen Bender Pedersen joined the team from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 5

Torben Mauritzen at NORDIA Law Firm handles cross-border real estate mergers, notably for a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Life. He represented Kiwi Deposit Holdings in its purchase of NASDAQ OMX-listed Gudme Raaschou Vision. Michael Vesthardt’s longstanding clients include AstraZeneca and Valora Trade Denmark.

Real estate and construction

Within Real estate and construction, tier 5

Torben Mauritzen at NORDIA Law Firm advises Lejdinbolig, which owns over 1,500 newbuild apartments in Copenhagen. Rasmus Lund assisted Belgian roofing manufacturer Imperbel with a product liability and guarantee programme.

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Legal Developments in Denmark

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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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