Mrs Christina Steen > Horten > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Horten
PHILIP HEYMANS ALLÉ 7
2900 HELLERUP
COPENHAGEN
Denmark

Work Department

Commercial disputes and arbitration & Insurance law and tort law

Position

Christina Steen has in-depth knowledge of damages and insurance in commercial disputes. Christina especially advises on disputes within Financial Lines (professional liability, liability of executives and board members and crime and cyber insurance).  By virtue of her work with professional liability, Christina has dealt with a number of legal areas as the representation of lawyers, auditors and technical advisors touches on numerous areas.   
As Christina has been employed with both the insurance and the legal industry, she has wide experience drafting and interpreting insurance and policy conditions within a wide range of insurance products. Christina therefore often advises on questions concerning insurance cover and provides “legal reviews” in connection with the approval of insurance conditions.
Christina is an experienced litigator before the Supreme Court.

Career

Partner, Horten, 2018; Right of audience before the Supreme Court, 2012; Mediator, the mediator education of the Danish Bar and Law Society, 2009; Right of audience before the High Court, 2007

Languages

The Scandinavian Languages; English

Memberships

JUC Network, Damages/Liability/Insurance

Education

Master of Laws, the University of Aarhus, 2000

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Insurance

(Next Generation Partners)

Christina SteenHorten

Horten provides a full-service insurance offering, handling both contentious and non-contentious work for major insurers and brokers in the Danish market. The team has a particular focus on commercial insurance disputes, often with cross-border elements. The ‘very talented’ Christina Steen heads up the practice and specialises in professional liability insurance and matters pertaining to the liability of executives and board members.

Denmark > Dispute resolution

The ‘very professional and highly qualified’ dispute resolution team at Horten specialises in complex commercial and financial disputes, often with a cross-border element. It handles all types of commercial claims, with a particular focus on post-M&A, professional liability, insolvency and regulatory disputes. Birgitte Frølund  leads the team that includes Jakob Tingskov and the ‘highly skilled’ Christina Steen.