Mr Thomas Edelgaard Christensen > Gorrissen Federspiel > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Gorrissen Federspiel Offices
AXELTORV 2
1609 COPENHAGEN V
Denmark
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Mr Thomas Edelgaard Christensen
Work Department
Shipping / Offshore / Transportation
Position
Thomas Edelgaard Christensen focuses on litigation and arbitration and advises on all legal areas specific to the shipping, port and yard industries and other maritime industries. Thomas advises on traditional maritime and transport law, commercial law in general as well as regulatory matters such as ship recycling, planning law, environmental permits, ferry services tenders, crewing and sea safety requirements, passenger rights and border control. Thomas has also experience in criminal law and internal investigations within these areas.
Thomas has a particular knowledge of Greenlandic law, the laws of the seas and conflicts of laws issues, including in respect of Brexit. Finally, he has worked with aircraft financing and registration of security rights in aircraft in Denmark and internationally.
Career
Gorrissen Federspiel 2013 –
Languages
English, German
Education
Right of audience before the Danish High Court 2021
Magister Juris, University of Oxford, 2019
Admitted to the Danish Bar 2016
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen 2013
Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg 2012
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Shipping and transport
(Rising stars)Gorrissen Federspiel represents major Danish and international ship-owners, shipyards and ports, airlines, aircraft lessors, industry investors and financiers and insurance companies on a broad suite of matters, including wet and dry shipping mandates. Practice head Peter Appel
handles large transactions, financing deals and establishing operations abroad, as well as being a key name for shipping litigation. Morten Hans Jakobsen advises on aviation, air finance and ship financing, as well as work relating to leasings, purchases and regulatory issues. At the associate level, Thomas Edelgaard Christensen‘s practice encompasses litigation and arbitration arising out of the shipping, port, maritime construction and other maritime industries.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- EU, competition and public procurement
- Information technology
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Shipping and transport
- Tax