Mr Lars Rosenberg Overby > Bech-Bruun > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Bech-Bruun
Gdanskgade 18
2150 Nordhavn
Denmark

Work Department

Dispute resolution, Transport and Logistics

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Lars Rosenberg Overby specialises in Dispute Resolution and Maritime and Transport Law.

With more than 30 years of experience, Lars is one of Denmark’s most experienced lawyers within his specialities. Lars has been involved in drafting the standard contract Windtime, which is used in the offshore wind industry, and he has advised on the charter of ships for several years. He has experience as an arbitrator and has litigated cases before all Danish courts and in international arbitration proceedings.

Lars is also chairman of the Danish Maritime Law Association and active in the Polar Shipping Committee in Comité Maritime International. Lars has a background in P&I/defence insurance and has, in addition to his work as a lawyer, been an acting judge at the Eastern High Court. He is a member of the Danish Supreme Court Bar Association and the Danish Arbitration Association. He has also been admitted to the doctoral programme at the Institute of Law at the University of Oslo.

In addition, Lars has written several books and articles on maritime law topics and has been an external lecturer in maritime law at the University of Copenhagen.

Languages

The Scandinavian Languages, English

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Shipping and transport

(Leading associates)

Lars Rosenberg Overby – Bech-Bruun

Renowned as a ‘market leader in Denmark,’ Bech-Bruun advises domestic and international clients in the shipping and transport sectors on both wet and dry shipping matters. The firm has also developed a specialised cross-border insolvency shipping team to work on complex industry insolvencies. Team head Johannes Grove Nielsen, praised as ‘a leader in the industry,’ brings extensive expertise in maritime law and international arbitration. The ‘responsive’ Camilla Søgaard Hudson focuses on cargo transportation, charter party agreements, and offshore matters. Regarded as a ‘top maritime lawyer,’ Lars Rosenberg Overby has significant experience drafting wind industry contracts and representing clients in litigation before Danish courts as well as in international arbitration proceedings.