Mr Klavs Gravesen > Horten > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Horten Offices
PHILIP HEYMANS ALLÉ 7
2900 HELLERUP
COPENHAGEN
Denmark
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Mr Klavs Gravesen
Work Department
Energy and Supply Law, Public Law. Regulatory.
Position
Klavs Gravesen is specialised in energy law, supply law and municipal company law and has many years’ experience advising on issues relating to the interaction between the energy sector and the municipal sector. He advises municipalities and municipal communities and has since 2000 dealt especially with issues relating to privatisation of municipal companies and transactions in the supply area.
Klavs was previously employed with the Ministry of Justice, the Law Department, including as Secretary to the Minister, and with the Legal Secretariat of the Danish Parliament. He therefore has in-depth knowledge of the legislative process. Klavs has been a partner at Horten since 1998. He has been a teacher for many years at the University of Copenhagen in contract law, the law of obligations and consumer law.
Career
Partner, Horten, 1998; Right of audience before the High Court, 1991; Admitted to the Danish bar, 1989.
Languages
Scandinavian languages and English.
Memberships
Chairman of the board, Archiland A/S; Member of the board of Høeg-Guldbergske Familiefond; Member of the board of the Association of Danish Law Firms; Member of the expert committee on energy and supply law of the Association of Danish Law Firms; Member of the Danish Bar and Law Society’s panel of experts concerning administrative law, planning law, environmental law and energy law; Member of the Danish Energy Association.
Education
King’s College London, 1988-1989; Master of Laws, the University of Copenhagen, 1985.
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Energy
(Hall of Fame)The energy and infrastructure team at Horten complements its long track record of assisting domestic utilities and power authorities with project mandates, with growing expertise in acting on cross-border renewable power transactions. Alongside practice head Christian Tullberg, who is a specialist in cross-border energy and infrastructure transactions, the team can draw upon the knowledge of Søren Hornbæk Svendsen, who has extensive experience advising on contracting and regulatory matters for landmark and strategic energy projects, and René Frisdahl Jensen, who is a notable authority on power, gas, and heat supply regulation. Klavs Gravesen
remains a key adviser on government and municipal engagement in the energy sector.
Greenland > Foreign firms
Horten‘s Greenland desk team is led by Søren Hornbæk Svendsen and is noted for its expertise in the energy and infrastructure spaces, regularly advising on corporate issues, commercial matters and employment work in these industries. Svendsen is a go-to name for advice on energy projects, particularly those relating to Greenland’s green energy transition. Other key names include Lars Gregersen, who specialises in construction mandates; project specialist Christian Tullberg, and energy expert Klavs Gravesen. The firm also closely cooperates with local Greenlandic firm Nuna Advokater to add further regional capabilities.