Poul Schmith > Copenhagen, Denmark > Firm Profile

‘When I need assistance on product liability disputes in Denmark, I turn to Poul Schmith to help and advise me. I have worked with several members of the team and they have all been excellent, indicating strength in depth.’

‘Tomas Ilsøe Andersen- an excellent grasp of complex financial issues and a first-choice for Danish assistance on cross-border matters.’

‘The individual specialists have all familiarised themselves with our needs, our history, values and can thus give us legal advice that surpasses the pure legal sparring.’

‘Highly knowledgeable within the Danish public sector but also very good and loyal in their advising of private companies.’

‘Kasper Mortensen has large experience and provides a steady hand when things get rough. Very pleasant and flexible to work with and provides very valuable and insightful advice, also beyond the legal aspects.’

‘This team is highly specialised, and possesses in-depth knowledge of environmental law and practice. The team is very experienced, due to a wide range of public clients, generating a large amount of cases of principal importance.’

‘The environmental team must be considered one of the best in DK.’

‘The firm are extremely knowledgeable and also efficient when it comes to dealing with environmental issues. The firm has deep knowledge of our organisation, and the tasks and challenges we face. The co-operation is exemplary and they are excellent at communicating, also when it comes to complex legal disputes. The talent and dedication is such, that we have no need to look elsewhere when it comes to advisc and handling of disputes.’

‘The firm handles our legal disputes with great care and enthusiasm. It is evident that associates, lawyers and partners simply love what they do.’

‘Stig Grønbæk Jensen is the stand out partner and one of the most experienced and high quality environmental lawyers in Denmark, representing the Danish state in environmental law issues and legal proceedings.’

‘When it comes to public law and environmental law this firm is on top-level.’

‘Very well-experienced group of lawyers within the area of environment law, especially in relation to litigation. It feels very secure to leave the responsibility of cases to the members of the team. Always available for their clients and very professional in their relations to the clients.’

‘Their knowledge and insight in regards to the public governmental administration in Denmark is unique, and is very valuable to us – the law alone does not always provide the necessary answers and results.’

‘Anni Noes Westergaard – Highly skilled and excellent communicator. Gives clear and concise advice and support to all matters – even those that are not directly related to legal.’

‘The people I have worked with are in general very talented, with a commercial mind-set, and structured and friendly approach. In regard to outsourcing, Tom Holsøe is our first choice as he is very experienced and has developed a state-of-the-art legal framework for outsourcing.’

‘Overall a great team, which is a guarantor for high quality legal and business solutions. Good at allocating appropriate resources for projects, taking responsibility and delivering high-quality products on time.’

‘Is always available. Provides practical guidance – prepares proposals and delivers templates and presentations. Communicates constructively and advises based on context. Value for money.’

‘The team is in regard to legal knowledge and efficiency highly professional, it targets the jobs with a precise understanding of the needs of the customer. The team has a solid understanding of the special obligations of a public sector agency.’

‘Thomas Dithmer and his team deliver strong, solution-oriented and on time legal and commercial advice on complex IT procurements and contractual issues.’

‘Outstanding practitioners combining great command of the details of the matter with astute strategic capabilities. Very pleasant to work with. Realistic expectations.’

‘The team has vastly more experience than any others in the field. To me, the go to team in Denmark. Superb knowledge not only of the law, of course, but deep industry experience and the history to predict outcomes with rare accuracy.’

‘Boris Frederiksen: one of the most impressive lawyers of his generation, in and outside Denmark. Unflappable, plays the long game and sees the big picture, while maintaining a surprising recall of facts that most of us working on the same case have long forgotten. Also, enjoys what he does and manages to convey that to his team, which inspires huge respect and loyalty.’

‘This law firm has a very high level of competencies in many areas. We experience a great ability to get the right competencies brought into play at the right times, so we get an optimal case process with good results.’

‘The partners we work with are typically insolvency law specialists. They have a great deal of insight and the ability to bring all competencies into play to solve a case. At the same time, there is a great deal of support from specialists in the law firm who cover the partner.’

‘Cathrine Wollenberg Zittan: her ability to retain information and run what can only be described as a massive legal team while still being so approachable is a real skill. He ability to digest information and apply the law to it is second to none.’

‘Just great! Really understands what is driving the value on specific transactions.’

‘Great and dedicated team.’

‘Extensive experience within employment practice.’

‘The ability and willingness to seek other/right solutions. Very competent and always get back with a proposed text. Very reliable! Worked with Marianne Lage for 3 years and she is so very skilful and her knowledge of the airline industry is impressive. Her negotiation skills towards unions are nothing less then superb! Highly recommended.’

‘Understanding – Listening – Realism – Collaboration – Professionalism.’

‘Highly qualified partners and staff. Very high availability. Deep insight in public employer regulation. Easy access to direct, fast, qualified and usable advice. Showing interest in the business and looking for business-oriented solutions.’

‘Extremely high market knowledge and in-depth knowledge of agreements and contracts.’

‘Team Poul Schmith – Energy – Denmark led by Klint Klingberg-Jensen is a solid team of extremely competent, experienced and dedicated corporate lawyers with a disarming humour and a motivating ability to include both their service minded administrative colleagues and their talented young lawyers.’

‘The teams exceptional diplomacy skills and eagerness to find (disruptive) solutions – to the benefit of all participating parties – are the qualities which make the full-service firm stand out compared to other firms specialized in Energy including offshore and contract law.’

‘It has been of indescribable value to our company that Klint Klingberg-Jensen’s versatile expertise accommodates our company’s legal challenges and that he always willingly refers to named lawyers from his network of specialised corporate lawyers – internally in Poul Schmidt and worldwide.’

‘Klint Klingberg-Jensen has along with his superstar team introduced a whole new level of service not to mention the speed the service is provided in.’

‘What makes this team unique is the team’s ability to advise major international offshore wind developers with their largest contracts, in particular the turbine supply agreement and balance of plant. The team already have extensive experience in contractually handling the challenges that developers have when the relevant markets have no solid supply chain.’

‘Klint Klingberg-Jensen: Klint is extremely well-organised and key in the team’s advice to offshore developers. His knowledge and experience from being an in-house counsel gives him an unique insight in what clients require. I will also highlight his ability to find good commercial and pragmatic solutions that bring the projects forward.’

‘The team consists of a group of very experienced, talented people. As it relates to public procurement there is no match for the collective. As a result, most often someone has tried or considered a particular approach however niche as knowledge is effectively shared.’

‘Kristian Hartlev is outstanding in providing holistic advice and guidance on public procurement and bridging any other relevant topic into the specific procurement at hand. Kristian provides a good, calm influence in every process which can be valuable in any procurement process.’

‘All individuals work efficiently in a team. They are all interested in fully understanding very detailed technical engineering questions in order to give the best legal advice.’

‘Very strong team within state aid and procurement.’

‘Outstanding legal advice regarding EU state aid rules. Very knowledgeable. Very pleasant people. Easy to talk with.’

‘Rass Holdgaard is highly skilled, always well prepared and extremely pleasant to work with.’

‘Great ability to get non-legal experts to understand the importance of, and give hands-on advice for doing things in the right legal way. Very good insight into the Danish and European public procurement rules and processes.’

‘All involved individuals were very professional at all times. In particular, Andreas Estrup Ippolito had an amazing capability to come up with very relevant perspectives, remarks and ideas even when dealing with complicated technical issues.’

‘The Insurance team operates with outstanding professionalism and has the proper approach in public sector disputes with the extra element of political context. In regards to personal injury, the team has the leading professionals in the industry, with excessive knowledge, experience and talent. The team excel in understanding what the client needs and have a remarkable foresight in difficult cases. Furthermore, they always provide the client with extremely useful and practical advice, because of their insight into the industry.’

‘The team is assembled by the leading experts in their legal niche of insurance law. In complex cases, drawing on competencies from other parts of the firm so you get the right legal advice every time.’

‘The individual specialists have all familiarized themselves with our needs, our history, values and can thus give us legal advice that surpasses the pure legal sparring within insurance law – it embraces all aspects of our company DNA.’

‘The team is composed of the best experts in insurance law, who have a wide range of different legal niche areas.’

‘What distinguishes the law firm, Poul Schmith, from other law firms is the understanding of the public sector and the actions in the political space.’

‘My experience of this team is that they are extremely well coordinated and well resourced. It comprises strong and experienced lawyers. There is consistency in the service delivery and they understand their clients’ needs. They have excellent advocates who provide solid legal advice in a very commercial manner. I was impressed by the coordination between teams and the breadth of their service offering.’

‘Henrik Nedergaard Thomsen is a fantastic advocate – he is smooth and compelling. He also provides extremely commercial advice and fully understands his clients’ needs. He is extremely user friendly (in my experience for both Scandinavian and UK clients).’

‘Sigrid Majlund Kjærulff goes the extra mile and then some for her clients. She has an excellent grasp of the detail. She is a real team player and an absolute pleasure to work with. Her organisational and project management skills are invaluable.’

‘Rikke Hoffensetz Andresen and Philip Prochownik both have a high understanding of client needs. Rikke Hoffensetz Andresen’s understanding of the balance between a commercial corporate business and a pension fund is extremely valuable.’

‘Highly skilled law firm concerning the transaction of real estate, with great insight on retail properties. Is furthermore one of the best Danish law firms in legal advice combining tax law with real estate transactions.’

‘I have worked with Kasper Mortensen, Rasmus Holm Hansen and Bo Schmidt Pedersen. They are always helpful and fact-based in their counselling. They all work with respect for all parties in the project/dispute. Their knowledge and their willingness to share it is remarkable. In many ways, they are setting good standards for conflict resolution and agreement documents in Denmark.’

‘We always experience getting competent, committed and accurate legal advice. The company has a very humane approach to clients and cases and makes the customer feel valued.’

‘The team is good. They work with the clients best interests in their minds and are avoiding complex solutions. Easy to talk with. Their experience is broad and deep as they have a long history and many cases within the field. They also work innovatively and help the real estate and construction practice with the development of tools etc. My view is that they are some of the best in the area of Denmark.’

‘They are extremely skilled professionals, very thoughtful of the legal mindset in a commercial setting, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses in the solutions so your decisions are well founded and well thought through. They have a continuation in their advisers/personnel which establishes confidence in the advice you get and makes the advice more holistic.’

‘The team acts as a trusted adviser with a view not only for the legal issues at hand but also the commercial aspects of transactions.’

‘Delivers a product of high quality where we as a client are reassured that all challenges and potential risks are dealt with.’

‘Solid, hard-working, unpretentious.’

‘The team has in-depth expertise of commercial and corporate law. They are pleasant to work with and their practice is effective, competent, and pragmatic. Always focused at achieving the end goal. My highest recommendation.’

‘Carina Vang Kristoffersen has in-depth expertise of commercial and corporate law combined with an expert understanding of business matters within life science. Carina grasps complexity with ease, works hard, thinks extremely fast, and communicates clearly. Her solution-oriented approach and excellence repeatedly helps us achieve target outcomes with speed.’

‘Thomas Bento-Nystad has a great understanding of commercial and corporate law. He is diligent, effective, and pleasant to work with.’

‘Highly capable and approachable team within M&A. Ronnie Kandler (partner) and Thomas Bento-Nystad (senior associate) stand out and are both excellent to work with.’