Kasper Mortensen > Poul Schmith > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Poul Schmith acts for public and private clients in a broad range of dispute resolution matters, including domestic and international arbitrations, appearing before tribunals, ad hoc panels, and the Supreme Court. Experienced tax litigator Sune Riisgaard heads up the department, which includes Sune Fugleholm, who is known for his representation of the Danish government at an international level, including before the ECJ. Tomas Ilsøe Andersen is a specialist in complex commercial litigation and multi-sector international arbitration work, while Kasper Mortensen is a key name for high-profile disputes relating to construction and real estate projects, IT systems and acquisitions. Elsewhere within the group, Paw Fruerlund is an important point of contact for technology, investment and administrative disputes.

Poul Schmith’s real estate and construction team is praised for providing ‘high-level legal advice on complex juridical matters’ and advises across the entire gamut of real estate transactions and projects, including commercial, industrial, residential and infrastructure-related issues. Four lawyers jointly head up the Copenhagen-based practice group: Rasmus Holm Hansen, Kasper Mortensen, Rikke Hoffensetz Andresen and Philip Prochownik. Hansen undertakes both contentious and non-contentious matters on behalf of both consultants and contractors, while Mortensen is a go-to name for a wide variety of work representing governmental agencies and public bodies, Prochownik focuses on transactional work, and Andresen comes highly recommended by clients for his ‘very good commercial understanding with a focus on finding solutions that get the deal done’.