Mr Philip S Thorsen > Mazanti-Andersen > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Mazanti-Andersen
AMALIEGADE 10
1256 COPENHAGEN K
Denmark

Work Department

Company law, M&A, foreign investments, contracts, procurement law, competition and tort law, litigation and arbitration.

Position

Philip S. Thorsen has more than 25 years of experience regarding company law, M&A, contracts, procurement law, competition law and tort law.

Philip also assists in civil litigation and arbitration, where he has extensive experience from the Danish courts, including the Supreme Court, the Greenland High Court, the International Chamber of Commerce, The Danish Arbitration Institute in addition to ad hoc arbitration tribunals in Denmark and abroad, the Competition Council, the Competition Appeals Tribunal, Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board and The Tribunal for Auditors.

Philip is a board member of several companies, foundations and associations. He is a permanent arbitrator in International Court of Arbitration (IMAC) at the Polish Chamber of Maritime Commerce and is a former chairman of the Polish Danish Business Forum. Philip S. Thorsen is recommended by the French Embassy in Denmark, and is in Legal 500 recommended in relation to Dispute Resolution and EU & Competition.

Philip has published a number of articles and co-authored several publications mainly on investments in Central and Eastern Europe and on international arbitration clauses.

Career

2007 Admitted to the Supreme Court l 2001 Partner, Mazanti-Andersen l 1995 Attorney-at-law, Mazanti-Andersen l 1993-1995 Ole Nielsen & Partnere, Kolding and Vejle l 1992-1993 Ole Nielsen & Partnere, Warsaw l 1992 Master of Law l 1985-1987 Danske Bank l 1984 IB, Atlantic College, Wales

Memberships

Philip S. Thorsen is a board member of several Danish and foreign companies, foundations and associations, and is the chairman of the Association of Lawyers in Copenhagen. He is a permanent arbitrator in International Court of Arbitration (IMAC) at the Polish Chamber of Maritime Commerce and is a former chairman of the Polish Danish Business Forum. Philip S. Thorsen is recommended by the French Embassy in Denmark, and is in Legal 500 mentioned in relation to M&A, Dispute Resolution, Shipping & Transport and EU & Competition.

Education

Admission 1995. Admitted to the Supreme Court 2007.

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > EU, competition and public procurement

Mazanti-Andersen handles all aspects of competition law including mergers, cartel investigations and standalone litigation, with particular strength when it comes to dispensing specialist advice regarding competition regulations. Philip S. Thorsen leads the team, with his practice emphasising complex international transactions and litigious competition matters. Mia Anne Gantzhorn is a key contact for multi-jurisdictional merger filings.

Denmark > Dispute resolution

Mazanti-Andersen‘s dispute resolution team has a strong reputation for handling high-profile and complex work including litigation and international arbitration proceedings. Lawsuits involving the Danish state, cross-border work and acting for companies and former directors in D&O litigation are other key specialisms of the ‘full-service practice with very competent lawyers’. Anne Almose Røpke centres her work on tort and contract law; she co-leads the practice with Philip S. Thorsen, who is a go-to name for disputes involving professional liability and breach of contract claims. Supreme Court litigator Morten Samuelsson is frequently engaged on liability suits involving bank directors, management and board members.