Gorrissen Federspiel > Copenhagen, Denmark > Firm Profile

‘The team delivers consistently high-quality work.’

‘Morten Nybom Bethe is incredibly knowledgeable and one of my go-to persons for questions regarding financing as well as regulatory matters.’

‘Tina Herbing is a skilled financing lawyer. Knowledgeable, highly efficient and very pleasant. Delivers high-quality work.’

‘Mikkel Fritsch delivers constant high-quality work and is a very pleasant person at the same time.’

‘‘Thomas Maaberg Hansen: Has a second-to-none commercial understanding and approach. He wants to know your business and delivers first-class tailor-made solutions. He is a strong negotiator with deep insights into the market.’

‘With unlimited capacity, impressive knowledge and presence, a lovely sense of humour and an unbelievable sharp understanding of the balance between law and commercial success, Chantal Pernille Patel is hereby ‘world class’.’

‘Excellent and trustworthy execution end to end – close collaboration and helping with a combination of extensive knowledge, experience, and in-time execution to get us to our end goal.’

‘Rikke Schiøtt Petersen is a truly exceptional adviser with a commercial mindset, that steers the team’s efforts and provides thoughtful advice. Truly indispensable in our work with her.’

‘They have extremely good experience and a good insight in both rules – Danish as well as EU legislation – and they have a commercial mindset. They understand the client’s challenges in a way and always work to find the best solutions within the applicable framework.’

‘They are the leading ECM provider in DK. Easy to work with and very experienced.’

‘Rikke Schiøtt Petersen – always makes herself available, and delivers high quality always.’

‘Great experience and commercial understanding. Thorough understanding of applicable rules. Always accessible and seeking to find viable solutions.’

‘Gorrissen Federspiel has broad coverage of departments and expertise to address a range of issues in any commercial transaction. Their lawyers worked extremely well cross-discipline when we had financing, corporate, litigation and insolvency queries arise on a transaction.’

‘High quality across the board.’

‘Rikke Schiøtt Petersen – always makes herself available, and delivers.’

‘Top of the class legal advice and an outstanding understanding of the business.’

‘Based on an impressive business understanding and a strong commercial mindset, Tue Goldschmieding always provides excellent legal advice on all aspects of Data Protection Law that work in a business setting. Tue Goldschmieding is one of the best attorneys I have ever worked with and he is always my first choice when I need a trusted adviser.’

‘A highly skilled team with good understanding for commercial needs.’

‘Our partner’s operational approach has helped us out many times.’

‘The practice is very successfully built around the partner Tue Goldschmieding and consists of quite a number of highly qualified but yet very business-oriented lawyers. Whether a contractual matter is addressed or the recent publications of the Danish Data Protection Agency need to be considered: the team will be ready to help with fully compliant and directly business-applicable suggestions, brought into the format you as client can best work with.’

‘Approachable, flexible, solution-minded.’

‘A solid and coherent arbitration team that works efficiently and to great effect.’

‘The team is best in class.’

‘Jacob Skude Rasmussen is an outstanding litigator and the best in class within his core competences.’

‘Intellectual capacity, knowledge and experience.’

‘Very professional, always accessible and deep knowledge of the client’s sector and a personal touch, making you feel as if you are the most important client!’

‘The Dispute Resolution Team is extremely capable of handling large complex disputes. They have the knowledge, resources and expertise to be the preferred choice in large, complex disputes.’

‘The team has a fine way of thinking strategy and to incorporate our commercial needs in the strategy.’

‘Jacob Rasmussen is a superb advocate with a style that makes arbitral tribunals sit up and listen, and with a cross-examination technique that puts witnesses exactly where he wants them.’

‘Very skilled competencies within EU and competition law. Always feel safe as a client working with Gorrissen Federspiel.’

‘Gorrissen is outstanding in managing large projects with many parties and more jurisdictions. They are second to none on the Danish market in this regard. Very strong in M&A transactions, but also generally in respect of competition law.’

‘Very large & very experienced team. One of the best in the market – EU-wide.’

‘Erik Kjær-Hansen and attorney Josephine Alsing have been highly valued partners in specific litigation with an outcome of substantial value for our company.’

‘Very professional, always accessible and deep knowledge of the client’s sector. New billing procedure works very well.’

‘Martin Dittmer is certainly one of THE Danish, if not European specialists in competition law matters. He is an exceptionally skilled expert in material law and knows how to convince not based on volume or quantity of arguments, but on their quality and depth.’

‘Cecilie Sivertsen has a good understanding of our business and the special circumstances surrounding this. She has extremely good personal skills and knows how to handle delicate situations.’

‘Erik Kjær Hansen delivers legal advice in a client-friendly, value-based and solution-oriented way. You never walk away from a meeting with Erik Kjær Hansen without more than one possible solution to a company challenge.’

‘Good sector expertise with genuine industry experts.’

‘Highly talented team. First to implement new trends into contracts. Great knowledge of the market.’

‘Christian Aaby Köhler: Highly talented, shows great awareness of trends in the market. He has a formidable knowledge when it comes to IT and outsourcing, adding true value both under the negotiations and during implementation. The go-to young IT lawyer in Denmark.’

‘I really enjoy working with GF, I think they are very professional and timely. They deliver what is agreed and are also very empathic.’

‘The best information technology team in Denmark with great legal and technical experience and understanding.’

‘Ole Horsfeldt is the go-to partner on information technology in Denmark. He has a lot of experience and is very good at understanding the situation of the client.’

‘The individuals are very approachable and quick at returning my phone call if I need urgent assistance. Many of the partners have a broad spectrum of knowledge.’

‘Excellent insight in insurance, accessible and professional.’

‘Accessible, professional and fair prices.’

‘The team is very responsive and always to the point. They have a deep knowledge of all areas of insurance (with a particular stronghold in Marine insurance) and understand how to operate complex insurance matters in a business context. They are strong and very reliable in insurance litigation and arbitration.’

‘Peter Appel is very responsive and always available. His insight into and knowledge about insurance matters (in particular in the context of the maritime industry) is unique, and his support and dedication is outstanding. He forms and positions arguments that are effective and pertinent from a legal and commercial perspective. He is a strong, credible and thorough litigator. He is forthcoming and straightforward to deal with.’

‘The team at Gorrissen Federspiel delivers assistance to international clients in a very professional way and defines the correct legal team for each case.’

‘A broad team embedded in a great full-service firm with the right ‘can do’ mentality. Sharp and practical advice, hard on content soft on delivery.’

‘One of the best in Denmark in their field. Very flexible, very well updated on latest practices and strong focus on commercial needs.’

‘Lasse Skaarup Christensen is very commercially driven but has an eagle eye for legal details that may make the difference. He is strategically very strong in litigation and provides strong strategic advice.’

‘The Gorrissen team is very knowledgeable, quick to respond and extremely service-minded. They are always available and provide to-the-point advice.’

‘The players combine excellent juridical skills with unique business understanding and approach.’

‘Extremely accessible, able to deliver on very short notice, very skilled and knowledgeable.’

‘Søren Høgh Thomsen has taken availability, accessibility, communication and speed of high-quality advice to a totally different level. Working with him and his team is like working with an in-house colleague sitting right next door. Only much more expertly skilled in IP matters. Be it contracts; marketing; trade marks; but also disputes: Søren will deliver the highest available quality of advice. And he will do so fast.’

‘The Gorrissen team is exceptionally placed in the Danish shipping market and is really the only real tier 1 firm for shipowners in Denmark. The team has a wide range of capabilities covering traditional maritime law areas but have in recent years built capabilities within shipping M&A, private equity and ship finance which is only rivalled by the top London firms.’

‘All are very qualified in shipping issues and available to assist (service minded) and innovative in reaching solutions also in an international light.’

‘Gorrissen Federspiel is the go-to shipping law firm in Denmark. The shipping practice is very strong in classic shipping work as well as any other legal issues a shipping operator may require.’

‘Gorrissen is a full boutique law firm that can handle all aspects related to shipping ranging from acquisitions, employment contracts, financing and all kind of arbitration. Strong team and internally cooperative.’

‘The knowledge of both the shipping and financing market as well as the business of the client. The thoroughness in the work delivered.’

‘Outstanding in every way.’

‘Always only a call away and good at answering all different questions. Good at giving comfort and security in a situation that is special for most people having to go to court.’

‘The employment team of Gorrissen Federspiel is great. They are super skilled, highly professional and find solutions instead of highlighting difficulties.’

‘I believe that the company has an international approach and the team has a very strong understanding of EU law which makes them marked leaders within EU law.’

‘Ditte Grundtvig Larsen is a very dedicated lawyer, and she is always 100% engaged. Her advice is always to the point and creates great value for clients as she also remembers to consider the bigger picture and not just the case at hand.’

‘The team is one of the best in DK and certainly a tier 1 firm. The team practice employment law at a really high level while still maintaining the highest ethical standards.’

‘Jacob Sand’s knowledge of EU law is outstanding. Furthermore, his ability to think outside the box and challenge the way you “normally do things” is really amazing.’

‘Rasmus Høj Christensen, the best employment lawyer in Denmark I have worked with. Practical, knowledgeable and fun to work with. He always responds quickly.’

‘Have used Gorrisen Federspiel for the last nine years. The collaboration has been extremely good. Two who stand out are Jacob Sand who gave and guided me through the period of Corona, kept me updated and was a good speaking partner. Ditte Grundvig Larsen is the lawyer I have worked with for a long time. Wise, skilled and extremely accessible – things that mean a lot.’

‘Grasp the tasks quickly and know how to resolve complex issues without escalating them.’

‘Great team and partner awareness and communication. Great attention to detail.’

‘The real estate team has a very wide knowledge and experience.’

‘The team possesses a deep knowledge of both legal and commercial aspects of the industry/sector. They always provide relevant advice and thorough analysis, and they deliver quickly, to the point and high quality on actual projects, products/documents etc.’

‘Alexander Troeltzsch Larsen is extremely competent and his legal and commercial skills are at the same high level as other leading lawyers that have been working in the Danish real estate business for a much longer time than he has. Alexander has a great ability to see the case in a 360 degree perspective – both in relation to solving a problem, landing an agreement and ensuring our legal position.’

‘They are doing a good job getting the right resources on the case and still maintaining one point of contact.’

‘A great strength of the team is the ability to work in teams in a way that the client always has several key persons to interact with within the team.’

‘Good pragmatic approach to litigation.’

‘Availability and insight to the shipping industry and specific tax issues in that relation.’

‘High focus on people and diversity (skills).’

‘Very experienced and knowledgeable team.’

‘Jakob Skaadstrup Andersen – highly professional, deep knowledge within his area of expertise and with a profound understanding for and ability to meet the client’s needs for pragmatic solutions without ever compromising any legal or ethical quality. Further, he is easy to reach, timely and very pleasant to work with on a personal level.’