Mr Thomas Høj Pedersen > DLA Piper Denmark > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Denmark
Oslo Plads 2
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Thomas Høj Pedersen has vast experience of construction and consultancy law and has for 15+ years assisted various construction-industry players in drawing up and negotiating contracts. Furthermore, he has conducted a large number of survey proceedings, performance-bond-payment proceedings as well as litigation and arbitration proceedings. As part of his regular legal services, Thomas provides advice to a number of construction-industry players on negotiation, risk management, preservation of evidence, contract management and claims management as well as dispute resolution, including alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation and conciliation.

Moreover, Thomas specialises in project development and has, particularly in recent years, been involved in project development within new types of housing, such as shared living and senior citizen housing.

Thomas also has wide experience of real-estate transactions, including the completion of sale and purchase processes, due diligence, negotiation, etc. He has assisted foreign as well as Danish property investors in a number of major real-estate transactions.

Thomas has studied in France at Université Jean Moulin III Lyon and holds an LL.M. from the University of San Diego. Thomas has also worked as a mediator at the San Diego Court.

Thomas is an experienced lecturer and has relevant lecturing experience from Aarhus University and from teaching courses to a number of construction-industry players, including several large and medium-sized construction companies as well as the City of Copenhagen and the Municipality of Køge, where Thomas has taught courses on the new General Conditions (AB 18) applied within the Danish construction industry, preservation of evidence, contract and claims management, dispute resolution, etc.

At DLA Piper Denmark, Thomas provides in-house training on construction law for junior attorneys and assistant attorneys.

Languages

English
 

Education

  • LL.M. Business & Corporate Law, University of San Diego (2013)
  • Mediator, National Conflict Resolution Center, USA (2013)
  • Master of Law, University of Aarhus (2007)
  • Université Jean Moulin III, Lyon (2005)