Jacob Pinborg > Poul Schmith > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Poul Schmith Offices
Kalvebod Brygge 32
1560 København V
Denmark
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Jacob Pinborg
Work Department
Jacob Pinborg leads the firm’s competition work, with 24 years’ experience in this space. He advises public and private clients on matters involving competition law, State aid law, procurement law, telecommunications law and EU law, and conducts cases on these issues before the Supreme Court, the High Courts, the Maritime and Commercial Court in Danmark as well as the General Court and Court of Justice of the European Union. He is appointed as NGA to the ICN on behalf of the Danish Competition Authority.
Position
Partner, Attorney
Career
2011
Partner, Poul Schmith
2007
Associate partner, Poul Schmith
1996 –
Poul Schmith
1994 – 1996
Assistant judge
Languages
Danish
English
Memberships
Jacob is a member of the Danish Bar and Law Society’s Training Committee and member of the board of the Danish Competition Law Society.
Education
1994
Master of law, University of Copenhagen
1994
LL.M., University of Exeter
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > EU, competition and public procurement
Poul Schmith is known for acting as key counsel to the Danish state and various public bodies on state aid, competition and public procurement matters before the Danish courts and competition authorities, alongside acting for a wider private sector client list that counts private equity funds, insurance companies and players in the defence and security industries. The Copenhagen-based team is jointly led by Jacob Pinborg , Kristian Hartlev and Rass Holdgaard . Pinborg is praised for his ‘special ability to transform his expertise and business understanding into clear and understandable advice on highly complex matters’ – particularly those pertaining to global competition law issues. Hartlev is frequently engaged on large-scale procurement projects and is known for his ‘great network in the industry’ and understanding of ‘the political setting of the public sector’. Christina Heiberg-Grevy acts as lead counsel in complex merger filings, as well as critical competition and procurement law cases before the relevant authorities.