Mr Morten Ruben Brage > Viltoft > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Morten Ruben Brage
Work Department
Specialist areas: Dispute resolution, construction, public procurement and enviromental law.
Position
Partner.
Morten Ruben Brage advises public authorities, private-sector enterprises and technical consultants on all aspects of construction and procurement law, with a special focus on consultant liability. In addition, Morten provides advice on issues pertaining to environmental law, including general availability restrictions, planning law, EIAs, waste and soil management, and expropriation. Morten has conducted a number of cases in the field of environmental law.
Morten has extensive litigation experience and has conducted cases in the high courts, the Maritime and Commercial High Court and the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board, as well as the Complaints Board for Public Procurement. In 2015, Morten served as acting high court judge in the Eastern High Court. From 2011 to 2015 he was an external lecturer on property law (environmental law) at the University of Copenhagen and co-editor of Miljøretlige Afgørelser og Domme (MAD), a journal on decisions and judgments in environmental law.
Morten’s recent work includes assistance in matters relating to building and construction:
- representing a construction client in arbitral proceedings concerning the termination of a construction contract and arbitral proceedings concerning fee for additional works
- acting as litigator in a case concerning consultant liability
- representing a client in a case heard by the Complaints Board for Public Procurement
- providing advice on a number of matters, including the question of obligations under the Public Procurement Act, rules concerning participation in joint ventures in relation to the same tender, and assessment of compliance with conditions
In the field of environmental law, Morten has recently provided advice on the following:
- assessment of application of the EIA Directive in connection with the adoption of construction-related legislation
Morten is the co-author (with Michael Gjedde-Nielsen et al.) of “ABR 18: General Conditions for Consulting Services”, Karnov Group, 1st edition, 2021.
Career
Admitted to the Supreme Court, 2022
Partner, VILTOFT, 2021-
Junior partner, VILTOFT, 2018-2020
Attorney, VILTOFT, 2015-2018
Temporary judge, the High Court of Eastern Denmark, 2015
Attorney, Kammeradvokaten, 2014-2015
Attorney, Bruun & Hjejle, 2012-2014
Admitted to the High Court, 2012
Admitted to the Danish Bar, 2012
Assistant attorney, Kammeradvokaten, 2009-2012
Languages
Morten speaks the Scandinavian languages and English.
Memberships
Co-editor of Environmental Law and Judgements (Miljøretlige Afgørelser og Domme (MAD)), 2011-2015
Education
Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Copenhagen, 2009
Studies at University of California, 2007
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Dispute resolution
Specialist boutique firm Viltoft is renowned for its strong emphasis on dispute resolution within the fields of construction, real estate and public procurement, with a strong track record in handling complex litigation and arbitration cases. The group also undertakes general disputes work, including contractual, corporate, shareholder and general commercial matters, as well as labour and employment cases. Practice leader Peter Fauerholdt Thommesen comes highly recommended as ‘a top performing attorney with deep experience within his field and a sense of the important issues‘. Henrik Hauge Andersen has notable experience in complex disputes arising out of the construction sector, while Morten Ruben Brage maintains his robust practice emphasising construction, procurement and environmental cases.
Denmark > Real estate and construction
(Next Generation Partners)Praised by clients as a ‘leading construction firm in construction law and public procurement in Denmark’, boutique construction firm Viltoft acts on behalf of private and public owners, contractors, technical advisers and real estate developers on the entire gamut of construction-related work, with noted expertise in contentious matters. Practice co-head Peter Fauerholdt Thommesen is a go-to name for urban development projects, commercial real estate transactions and arbitration proceedings, while fellow co-head Henrik Hauge Andersen has notable experience in disputes arising out of the space. Eva Olesen is another important point of contact for sophisticated construction projects, and Morten Ruben Brage advises on public procurement work and transactional issues. Steen Hellmann departed the firm to join Gorrissen Federspiel in 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Denmark > Real estate and construction
- Real estate and construction Denmark
- Dispute resolution Denmark