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Claus Bennetsen

Claus Bennetsen is specialised within banking and finance law. He has more than 20 years of experience advising banks, financial institutions and their customers about financing and reorganisation, including acquisition finance, financing of real estate portfolios and other major assets like windmills, and preparation of standard documentation.Claus has special knowledge of and wide experience in organisation of cross-border financial transactions. In addition, he advises Danish and international fund managers, investment funds and hedge funds on fund management, and he also advises on the regulation of the financial sector, including the formation and operation of investment companies.Claus also advises foreign groups' Danish subsidiaries and a number of manufacturing, service and commercial companies, which he has often assisted in connection with acquisition or formation.

Thomas Booker advises on Danish and international tax law, restructuring, group taxation and tax consolidation and formation of holding companies. Thomas also conducts litigation within tax law before the ordinary courts and the administrative authorities, including the National Tax Tribunal. Thomas is specialised within taxation of real estate and advises major property owners in Denmark on property tax etc.

Frederik Bruhn is a certified IT attorney under the Association of Danish IT Attorneys and has 20 years of experience with the contracts and ongoing legal challenges of IT businesses. He often assists suppliers of IT services in connection with outsourcing, project and acquisition agreements, licence agreements etc. and with the preparation of standard contracts for IT businesses. Frederik also provides legal services in relation to contract management, contract optimisation, purchasing of IT based companies (and other rights-based enterprises) and investments in these types of companies. Frederik has extensive experience with innovative enterprises with IT driven business concepts, and he is a part of DAHL’s fin-tech advisory team. He gives advice on matters related to application and permissions from the Danish Financial Services Authority (Finanstilsynet), in particular in relation to digital payment solutions. He has taught in contract law at the University of Copenhagen and still works a great deal on commercial contracts. He also provides legal advice within sports and entertainment law, including for transfer of football players, e-sport and legal matters and contracts related to publicly known persons.

Sophus Bøgeskov Christensen

Sophus Bøgeskov Christensen conducts litigation and arbitration, including institutional as well as ad hoc arbitration.In this connection, he represents insurance companies and foreign clients.Sophus is a leading adviser within all problems relating to operation, transfer and dispute resolution within the horse and veterinarian industry, including contract drafting and dispute resolution.Further, he is a certified arbitrator before Danish and international arbitration tribunals, and he is also qualified to act as arbitrator.In 2003, Sophus was a deputy judge at the Western High Court.From 2003-2012, he was part-time lecturer in Procedure at the University of Aarhus and tutor for the University’s team in the international arbitration competition Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.Sophus has been appointed by the Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society as external examiner at the bar exam.

For more than 25 years, Arly Carlquist has worked with all types of IT agreements, including those regarding system development, outsourcing, distribution, consultants, and software licenses as well as all related legal and commercial matters. Additionally, Arly has significant experience with IP related matters, including protection, buying and selling, licensing (inbound/outbound), and enforcement of IP rights. Regarding regulations concerning copyrights, Arly maintains an updated knowledge of the development within both Denmark and the EU. In such matters, he has advised some of the world’s leading tech companies. In connection to Arly’s extensive insights in IT and IP law, he has continuously worked with related areas where experience with complex contractual issues is crucial. These include cooperation agreements, development agreements, and other types of commercial agreements.

Thomas Francis Beckett

Thomas Francis Beckett’s practice area is M&A transactions and private equity related investments. He advises on formation and structuring of private equity funds, venture capital and infrastructure related funds. Thomas is a seasoned, commercial deal-maker and has led a large number of transactions of all types and sizes, Danish and cross-border, involving private equity- and corporate clients. He advises a broad range of Danish and international clients, investment banks, private equity funds and financial institutions.

René Frisdahl Jensen

René Frisdahl Jensen is specialised within energy and supply law and has more than 17 years' experience within the area. He has in-depth knowledge of the regulations within electricity supply, supply of natural gas and heat, remote cooling, waste management and the water sector. He has wide experience in revenue and price adjustment of energy and supply utilities and company conversion and restructuring. He further advises on the establishment of wind parks, solar energy plants and biogas systems.René conducts cases before the courts and complaint boards within energy and supply and further advises on EU law and international legal relations in the energy and supply sector. René has previously been employed as a commercial and energy counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Union in Brussels and as a special consultant at the Danish Energy Agency.

Birgitte Frølund

Birgitte Frølund is specialised within complex litigation concerning commercial and/or financial matters. She has many years' experience advising on financial matters, especially on insolvency and banks’ legal position in this respect. She also advises commercial undertakings on commercial and employment matters. In addition, she advises on succession, wills and estates.Birgitte has wide experience handling international cases and holds an MA from the University of Copenhagen as well as an LLM from King's College in London.In addition, Birgitte has extensive lecturing experience and currently teaches at the legal education on the code of legal ethics. Birgitte has been a member of the Disciplinary Board of the Danish Bar and Law Society since 2017.

Morten Lund Gladbjerg

Morten Lund Gladbjerg specialises in business transfers and has assisted several large Danish and foreign companies in connection with M&A transactions. Morten advises in all aspects of the transaction process, including selection of the transaction model, planning and optimization of sales processes, investment and ownership structures, legal due diligence as well as the design and negotiation of transaction documents. Additionally, Morten has experience in M&A Real Estate, where he regularly assists clients in relation to development projects and real estate transactions.

Michael Goeskjær

Michael Goeskjær is specialised in IT law, intellectual property rights, and contract law, including M&A transactions. During his 35 years as a legal adviser, he has assisted Danish and international companies in a wide range of legal matters - including IT and IPR, telecommunications, M&A, distribution and dealer issues as well as general company law and contract law matters. Michael is an experienced litigation lawyer. He has conducted a significant number of high-profile cases before the Danish courts and in arbitration.

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.

Lars Gregersen advises on contracts and conducts legal and arbitration proceedings especially within matters pertaining to construction law and tort law. He has assisted a full-service consultant in connection with the largest arbitration proceedings so far before the Building and Construction Arbitration Board. For more information, please see: Over the years, Lars has conducted numerous large arbitration proceedings for both consultants, contractors and owners. Lars is a very experienced advocate in all forums. He also has wide experience advising and conducting litigation on behalf of public authorities on the above issues. Lars is an experienced lecturer at JUC and Byens Ejendom, and he holds a number of courses each year concerning issues pertaining to construction and insurance law. In addition, Lars was previously an external lecturer at the Aarhus School of Business/the University of Aarhus, and he is the author of “Guarantees within construction law”, 2013.

Asger Heine Jensen

Asger Heine Jensen has extensive experience with commercialisation and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He advises foreign and Danish companies whose business revolve around IP rights on e.g. R&D matters, joint ventures, licensing, investment, private placements, M&A and transactional matters. He has extensive legal and commercial experience with respect to advising clients within the IT and Media and Entertainment segments, and his practice includes numerous computer game producers.Asger is an experienced litigator, and he has over the years represented numerous domestic and international clients in both IP and commercial litigations before arbitration courts and national courts, including the Supreme Court, as well as the European Court of Justice.

Lise Lotte Hjerrild

Lise Lotte Hjerrild is specialised in M&A. She advises a number of Danish and foreign companies on all M&A, capital markets and company law matters. Since 1997, Lise Lotte has led a large number (+100) of private and public M&A transactions, including cross-border purchases and sales of companies, mergers and demergers of listed companies, listings and delistings, take-over bids, structured auction processes and investments in Danish and foreign companies. Further, she has a unique experience in privatisations, especially of airports, energy companies and other utilities, and in worldwide group restructurings. Internationally, Lise Lotte is regularly speaking on M&A and Corporate Governance topics. Further, Lise Lotte is an Officer of ABA’s International M&A and Joint Venture Committee. In addition, Lise Lotte is Vice Chair of IBA’s Women Lawyer’s Interest Group and Counsellor of IBA’s Legal Practice Division.Lise Lotte was awarded the Women in Law Awards 2017 in acknowledgement of her outstanding legal expertise and contribution within the practice area of Corporate Governance.

Ulrik Holsted-Sandgreen

Ulrik Holsted-Sandgreen provides legal and strategic advice to Danish and international companies. Furthermore, Ulrik is a member of the board of directors of several Danish companies, including listed companies.He has wide expertise in advising on financial restructuring and turnaround, and he advises companies and banks on bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings and non-performing loans. Ulrik has been appointed trustee and restructuring administrator of many companies. Ulrik also advises on the purchase of assets and activities from distressed companies (distressed M&A).Ulrik holds a right of audience before the Supreme Court and has conducted many fundamental cases before the High Courts and the Supreme Court.

Søren Hornbæk Svendsen

Søren Hornbæk Svendsen has more than 15 years' experience working as an adviser to companies in the Energy Sector. Søren has special expertise assisting on the sale and purchase of companies, wind farms, oil and gas licences and other assets in the energy sector. Søren also has extensive experience negotiating and drafting energy sector contracts and handling regulatory matters in the energy sector. Søren has experience from and understands the challenges of both sides of the table – from his more than 15 years with law firms and almost 10 years as General Counsel of DONG Energy and as Corporate Counsel with the industrial conglomerate FLSmidth.

Poul Hvilsted manages legal, strategic and commercial advice to Danish and international public and private sector organisations on regulatory and business issues.In the context of general business and contract law practise Poul has had a particular focus on the body of regulatory law and concession enterprise, including life/pension insurance law and insurance arrangements for the labour market. Further, he advises on and negotiates commercial contracts, including transactional agreements. Poul possesses a particular expertise in the negotiation of procurement contracts concerning military and security material and in the Danish and international regulation of military equipment and dual-purpose products. The broad commercial and business experience forms the basis for Poul advising on general or specific compliance programs. Poul municipalities and public enterprises on matters relating to public law and administrative law and especially environmental law and planning legislation.In his career, Poul started out as a litigation lawyer. He is an experienced advocate and has conducted several cases before the Danish courts, including a substantial number of high-profile and leading cases. He has also been involved in a number of international arbitration and legal proceedings in for instance the USA, Great Britain and Thailand. Poul is a skilled arbitrator and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators which is an international centre of excellence for the practice and profession of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He accepts appointments in both national and international arbitral matters as both sole arbitrator or member of the panel.

Poul Jensen is mainly concerned with the transfer and rental of real estate. He has considerable knowledge and experience in the field of property transfers of all kinds and provides advice within purchases and sales of real estate, project development, cooperative housing, tenancy law and agriculture and forestry. He helps both professional property investors and business enterprises and provides advice to private individuals on the purchase and sale of owner-occupied flats, detached houses, villas, holiday homes or cooperative dwellings. He has advised private individuals, business enterprises and social housing organisations on tenancy law for many years. He has considerable experience and specialist knowledge within all areas of tenancy law, including social housing. In addition, he works in family and inheritance law. He advises in connection with the division of matrimonial property on legal separation and divorce, administration of estates of deceased persons, and preparation of marriage settlements, wills etc.

Robert Jønsson

Robert Jønsson advises both Danish and international companies within the industries of media production and video games. Due to his extensive knowledge of the industries and many years of experience, Robert is highly specialised in providing targeted and action-oriented advice regarding investments, publishing agreements, licence agreements and user terms, company law and commercial agreements in general. Robert is the preferred attorney within the Danish gaming industry. For many years, he has supported the industry’s growth by cooperating with the industry. Additionally, he has been accepted as a member of the international organisation Video Game Bar Association (VGBA.org). Furthermore, Robert has experience with advising Danish and international companies in relation to robotics, AI and blockchain. He has assisted in creating contracts that encompass the new technologies, and has conducted a number of transactions within both entertainment and new technologies with successful results.

Birgitte Jørgensen

Birgitte Jørgensen works in insolvency law, including bankruptcy and restructuring, and has a PhD in the field. She also advises businesses and banks on finance law matters, in particular the different types of security and general loan financing. She is a certified insolvency lawyer and runs courses on restructuring, bankruptcy, business charges and other forms of charge. She is also head of the department of Restructuring and Insolvency.

Anne Sophie Kierkegaard Vilsbøll

Anne Sophie Kierkegaard Vilsbøll advises public authorities and organisations and public and private enterprises on all aspects of administrative law, public law and environmental law. She is an experienced litigator and conducts cases for committees and commissions within her areas of expertise for both businesses and public clients. Anne Sophie has many years' experience advising municipalities on fundamental administrative issues, including preparation of legal opinions and investigations. She also gives more specialised advice to technical and environmental administrations on issues pertaining to planning, construction and environmental law. She has a special interest in public regulation of real estate, including easements and the so-called "neighbour principle" for laying cables along public and private roads, where Anne Sophie has conducted a number of leading cases. Anne Sophie has assisted in environmental due diligence procedures and advised on environmental issues in connection with many of the largest business transfers during the past ten years.

Tim Krarup Nielsen

Partner Tim Krarup Nielsen has worked with IT law since 2008 and with IT from a technical perspective since the late 90’s. Tim primarily works with IT and tech companies, usually advising on contracts concerning i.e. IT projects, outsourcing, and licensing. He has a deep technical understanding and is thus often remarked as being able to efficiently match the technical aspects of a situation with the correct legal framework. He is an often-used negotiator known for his commercial and solution-oriented approach. Tim is also a well-known name within the field of personal data protection law, where he is a popular speaker at events concerning personal data protection. Additionally, he is a guest lecturer at the Copenhagen School of Design and Technology. Tim has for many years been a certified IT attorney under the Danish Association of IT Attorneys. He was recently recognised by his peers as one of the leading IT attorneys by being elected to the board of directors for the Danish Association of IT Attorneys. Tim has previously been ranked in 2012 for his part in the landmark dispute between Saab AB and the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation.

Thomas Krucov Jensen

Thomas Krucov Jensen primarily advises on real estate, including purchase, sale and financing of real estate, lease agreements, rent legislation, environmental law and construction law. Thomas advises Danish and international enterprises, a number of municipalities and municipal communities. He has a thorough knowledge of the real estate business and the building sector as well as of public regulations in this area. Thomas has advised in connection with purchase of business properties and real estate portfolios in Denmark and abroad, including limited partnership projects. Thomas has participated as adviser in a large number of open tender procedures and is also experienced in drafting tender documents regarding leases, drafting of lease agreements and legal advice in connection with rent and lease disputes.

Albert Kusk has been employed for over 15 years in the fields of commercial contracts and corporate law. He has extensive experience of organising and implementing mergers and acquisitions, and also provides general advice on contract law and commercial matters to a number of regular clients, always showing exceptional commercial insight. He also works in dispute resolution in these areas of expertise and on VAT and other indirect taxes. His assistance comprises advice and conducting appeals through the administrative appeals system and the courts.

Lars Lüneborg is specialised within banking and finance law and has substantial international experience from working several years in the City of London. He has acted for both lenders and borrowers/sponsors and he has gained commercial insight from a secondment to a major investment bank in London. Lars advises on a wide range of areas within banking and finance - primarily on national and international transactions involving syndicated loans, leveraged finance, financial restructuring and general corporate finance. Lars has substantial experience in drafting and negotiating loan agreements, intercreditor agreements and security documents and in complex project management across jurisdictions. Lars also provides advice on general company law.

Tanja Lykke Stougaard

Tanja Lykke Stougaard has wide experience within insolvency and finance law. Tanja primarily advises on financing of chattels, including leasing and credit law questions. In addition, Tanja has in-depth experience in debt collection and has conducted numerous legal proceedings within insolvency and finance law.

Marie Løvbjerg

Director, Attorney

Partner Nicolai Mallet advises on general commercial law with main emphasis on commercial contracts, project management, M&A, company law and employment law. He is a member of a number of company boards and serves as strategic advisor for various Danish and German commercial undertakings and organisations. Since 2000, Nicolai has had special focus on development, sale and financing of wind turbine and solar energy projects within the EU. Nicolai is an experienced litigator having conducted a wide range of cases before the courts in all instances. He is among the most experienced appointed assistants in government-appointed commissions of inquiry (most recently the Instruction Commission, the Tibet Commission 2 and the Commission of Inquiry into SKAT). Nicolai also advises companies within professional sports. In connection to this, he has conducted various national and international arbitration proceedings.

Partner Thomas Markert works within the field of corporate law, insolvency law, succession/mergers and acquisitions and litigation. As an experienced insolvency lawyer, Thomas works with restructuring of distressed businesses and serves as a trustee of estates in bankruptcy and as a liquidator. Thomas’s primary areas of work within general corporate law are contracts, succession and mergers and acquisitions. He has considerable knowledge of the healthcare sector, doctors and dentists and the problems associated with transfers of their practices and investments in them. Thomas is admitted to appear before the Supreme Court. Additionally, his focus areas include major lawsuits, including directors' liability cases, professional liability cases and associated disciplinary cases for and against professional advisors such as lawyers and accountants.

Piya Mukherjee is head of Horten’s insolvency and restructuring group. She is specialised in insolvency law and has more than 25 years’ experience in restructuring and winding up of ailing commercial enterprises. Piya advises Danish and foreign creditors with impaired exposures and provides legal advice to corporate management in connection with analysing financial difficulties experienced by commercial enterprises, drafting proposals for restructuring or winding up, carrying through restructuring and advising on directors’ liability. Piya has many years’ experience in formal insolvency proceedings and often acts as trustee in connection with administration of insolvent estates and as liquidator in connection with compulsory dissolution of companies.

Michael Neumann

Michael Neumann specialises in real estate and construction law. He has many years of experience advising Danish and international companies as well as public companies and authorities within the fields of purchase/sale of real estate, development projects, construction, rent law, business leases and property financing. He is an experienced litigator and has conducted many important cases within his field of expertise. Other areas of expertise include environmental law, company law, contracts, M&A. Michael is also an experienced lecturer and teacher.

Jakob Krag Nielsen

Søren Ole Nielsen

Søren Ole Nielsen offers specialist advice on individual employment law and collective labour law, primarily as an adviser to employers. He works with all aspects of employment law, e.g. employment contracts, executive service contracts, non-competition and non-solicitation of customer clauses, equal treatment, disabilities, terminations, summary dismissals, severance agreements and mass lay-offs. He conducts cases before the ordinary courts and industrial organs such as the Labour Court, industrial arbitration, the Unfair Dismissals Tribunal and the Dismissals Tribunal for Managers and Executives on terminations and summary dismissals, equal treatment and discrimination, and on violation of non-competition clauses and the Marketing Practices Act. He is an experienced lecturer and has run a number of courses for businesses on labour law topics. He also provides advice on agents and distributors and has represented a number of sports clubs. He therefore has extensive experience in sports law and negotiation of player contracts.

Christina Nissen

Christina Nissen primarily handles litigation and arbitration cases of a commercial nature, including in particular M&A disputes, disputes concerning interpretation of contracts, defects, breach of contract etc. as well as insurance and compensation cases. As part of her work in conflict resolution, Christina has assisted many of DAHL's clients in negotiating solutions, also out of court, and in arbitration. Christina has previously worked extensively with insolvency proceedings and has conducted a number of avoidance cases and other bankruptcy-related cases before the Danish courts. In addition to dispute resolution, Christina also advises on family governance with a special focus on owner families and co-operation, including prevention of potential conflicts.

Mads Nygaard Madsen

Partner Mads Nygaard Madsen is a certified IT attorney and his specialisation in IT law has made him one of Denmark's leading attorneys in this area. He is a certified IT attorney. From 2017 to 2020, Mads was chairman of the association of Danish IT Attorneys. His legal expertise covers all areas of IT law, including outsourcing, software licensing matters and personal data law. Among other things, Mads has solid experience in the preparation and negotiation of IT contracts as well as handling disputes regarding IT services. He advises a wide range of Danish and international clients - both suppliers of IT products and services and customers who purchase IT. In addition to his law degree, Mads has completed an education in computer science and economics. He is thus particularly competent in handling matters that require insight into complicated technical and commercial matters.

Niels Jørgen Oggesen

Niels Jørgen Oggesen is specialised within construction law and has more than 10 years’ experience advising Danish and international parties in relation to construction projects. Niels Jørgen therefore has expertise within all aspects of construction law.Niels Jørgen often represents parties in disputes before the Building and Construction Arbitration Board and before the ordinary courts. He also has expertise within guarantee calls.Finally, Niels Jørgen has considerable experience in negotiating major international FIDIC based contracts.

Partner Henrik Ottosen has since 1995 primarily worked with corporate law, international contracts, and M&A, in Denmark and abroad. Additionally, Henrik is appointed member of the Board of Directors by several Danish companies, thereby having obtained a considerable insight in various business areas. His wide experience within M&A primarily covers the traditional private and public Danish manufacturing companies. Furthermore, he advises clients within the finance and IT & Fintech sectors. He occasionally works as a mediator or as an arbitrator. Henrik strives to have a profound knowledge of his clients’ businesses. He believes having a close personal relationship with his clients’ representatives is the most eligible way to find valuable solutions.

Hans Christian Pape

Hans Christian Pape advises domestic and international clients including public sector clients and PE funds on all matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, company law and equity capital markets. His involvement comprises all types of mergers and acquisitions, including leveraged acquisitions, mergers and demergers, joint ventures and other strategic alliances both domestically and cross-border.In addition to his legal career he has several years of professional experience as executive director in international sector leading companies within Branded Goods/FMCG.

Annelouise Dalgaard Pedersen

Annelouise Dalgaard Pedersen is specialised within procurement law and state aid. Annelouise has wide experience as an advisor to both public authorities and private companies. She has in-depth knowledge of supply utilities and of the practical and legal aspects characterising these companies.In addition, Annelouise is a certified Prince2 project manager, and she acts as project manager in often complex procedures with many players and stakeholders.Within procurement law, Annelouise advises on all aspects of the procurement rules and the related procedures. Her expertise ranges from preparation of tender and contract documents, carrying out of tender procedures to the handling of complaints (before the Complaints Board for Public Procurement) and contract management. Annelouise has wide experience in tender procedures concerning complex building and construction works that require special considerations both during the tendering and the execution phase. Within state aid, Annelouise advises municipalities, supply utilities and public and private companies on all aspects of state aid, including the existence of aid, the possibilities of (group) exemptions and the duty to notify. She has wide experience advising both public and private parties in a legal and political context.

Jesper Petersen Bach

Jesper Petersen Bach is specialised within procurement law and strives to facilitate complicated procedures and always provide solution-oriented and useful advice. Throughout his career, Jesper has worked in both the private and public sector, including as head of a procurement division. Jesper has in-depth experience conducting procurement procedures for public contracting entities and has conducted numerous cases before the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the courts and the Building and Construction Arbitration Board. Jesper’s areas of expertise include advice on procurement procedures within the area of construction, healthcare, harbours, supply, etc. Since 2009, Jesper has taught procurement law and construction law as an external lecturer at the University of Aarhus, including in connection with a course for elite students. Jesper also holds various courses on procurement on a regular basis.

Jens Grønkjær Sjølander Pihl

Partner Bent Ramskov has for more than 25 years, since the beginning of his career, worked full time within the field of tax law. He is a specialist within tax law primarily focusing on corporate tax law. Bent's core competencies are advices on generational change, restructuring of both companies and personally run companies, including demerger, merger, company transformation, etc. Furthermore, he advices on clarifying tax issues and tax optimization for both individuals and companies. In his advice, Bent focuses on ensuring a fast, competent, and value-based solution for his clients. In addition, he provides tax advice on the transfer of assets of any kind, including valuation, tax liability advice, company law advice and advice from other advisors. Bent is also a part of DAHL Law Firm’s specialist group within property valuations, DAC6 and international tax law. Bent has the right to appear for the Supreme Court and regularly conduct tax cases in all instances on behalf of both private individuals and corporate clients. He regularly lectures several courses targeted other advisors, especially within tax law topics. Furthermore, Bent participates in a number of ERFA groups focusing on tax law and is the author of several books and articles on tax law topics. Bent is the head of DAHL Law Firm's department for Tax, Company Law and Private Client.

Michael Rehling

Partner Michael Rehling is a certified IT-lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience in the field of IT and technology law. He has assisted Danish and international businesses in a large number of contract negotiations regarding the sale and purchase of complex IT services, including system developments, implementation projects and operational services and the later contract management of such projects. Michael is especially knowledgeable about the procedures and legal standards which apply to the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish market for IT services. In addition, Michael is an experienced litigator with the right to attend before the Danish Supreme Court, having conducted a significant number of commercial cases before the Danish courts and arbitral tribunals, concerning IT and trademark disputes, prohibition cases, and other infringement cases. Michael's other areas of expertise include matters and counsel regarding copyright, domain name disputes, marketing law and other IP-related matters. The key for Michael is to provide commercially valuable content to his clients in an accessible format which lives up to the highest expectations of quality. He strives to always be updated on current legal and technical developments to fulfil the changing needs of his clients in an ever-moving field where today’s technology is outdated tomorrow. He is also a member of the board of directors of several companies.

Kim Ricken Jørgensen

For more than 25 years, Kim Ricken Jørgensen has devoted his time to providing advice within corporate commercial law and M&A to companies of all sizes. Kim is highly experienced in M&A transactions, where he acts as an advisor for both sellers and buyers. In doing so, his assistance includes due diligence, preparation and negotiation of transfer agreements as well as advice on financing. Notably, Kim has in-depth knowledge of the Danish industrial and logistics sector and has assisted in numerous transactions. Additionally, Kim’s extensive knowledge and many years of experience also include tailored advice on company law issues, including company forms, ownership agreements, company contracts as well as contract management and risk management. When advising his clients, he offers a 360-degree perspective ensuring that all pitfalls and related aspects are taken into account. In recent years, Kim has been involved in renewable energy transactions providing full range legal services for primarily sellers of onshore renewable energy projects, including development projects. At DAHL, Kim is also chairman of the board. Furthermore, he acts as board member in several Danish companies.

Frans Rossen is engaged in national and international corporate acquisitions and provides advice on the preparation and implementation of corporate acquisitions, legal due diligence and related contracts. Frans is also admitted to the bar in Germany (Rechtsanwalt) and is specialised in advising Danish and German companies on Danish/German legal matters, in particular corporate acquisitions. In addition, he advises on general company law and contract law.

Mads Rossen Jakobsen

Partner Mads Rossen Jakobsen specialises in M&A and company law and is head of DAHL's M&A department. Mads advises on all aspects of the transaction process, including selection of transaction model, planning and optimisation of sales processes, investment and ownership structures, M&A insurance solutions, legal due diligence and on the drafting and negotiation of transaction documents. Over his many years working with mergers and acquisitions, he has gained extensive experience with controlling the processes, managing teams and coordinating international transactions. In every transaction, Mads commits himself deeply to the client relationship and is strongly dedicated to the process towards the goal. He is an experienced negotiator with a markedly solution-oriented and time efficient approach, driven by the commercial element in M&A cases.

Jacob Sandholt provides specialised advice on sector legislation within the field of energy law. Jacob has significant experience with Danish law, EU law and international law - across the value chain. Jacob has particular experience with regulatory matters, transactions and the drafting of relevant agreements. Jacob's expertise also includes public authority matters, for instance applying for and submitting permissions as well as handling complaints brought against the public authorities. Having previously worked for Energinet and Ørsted, Jacob has obtained in-depth knowledge of the energy sector and gained vast specialist knowledge of this field. Accordingly, Jacob is well versed with regulatory matters within the field of energy law and associated areas. Jacob has a Master of Business Law degree from the Copenhagen Business School and has also completed the LL.M programme "North Sea Energy Law Programme" at the universities in Groningen, Oslo, Aberdeen and Copenhagen.

Janus Skak Olufsen

Janus Skak Olufsen has extensive experience with all aspects related to real estate, including commercial properties and complex property development projects. In addition to his work with real estate, Janus provides legal advice on corporate issues. His legal advice on corporate law issues is often aimed at family-owned businesses. In this connection, he also advises owners of large farms and forests, including in connection with generational changes. In addition to his work as a legal advisor, Janus is a member of a number of boards.

Kristian Skovsgaard

Partner Kristian Skovsgaard specialises in construction law and has more than 10 years of experience. Kristian advises private businesses, technical consultants and public authorities on all aspects of construction and procurement. Additionally, he assists in the drafting and negotiation of contracts and has extensive experience in court and arbitration proceedings in the field of construction law. Furthermore, Kristian advises on tenancy law, assisting landlords in particular. In this field, he also has extensive experience in court and arbitration proceedings in the field of tenancy law. Kristian holds a Ph.D. in construction law from Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences (Aarhus BSS). He has considerable teaching experience and is an external lecturer at Aarhus BSS. Finally, Kristian is the author of “The contractor’s extra work”, Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag, 2017, and is the author of several journal articles.

Henriette Soja has been specialising in environmental law for many years and is among the leading attorneys in Denmark within this area of the law. She has thus advised in many leading cases within the areas of environmental, planning and construction law and has conducted negotiations and a large number of cases of general public importance within all the areas which are traditionally handled by the municipal technical administration and the municipal supply sector. Henriette has many years' experience in environmental due diligence projects, compliance programmes and risk management in private enterprises. She has represented municipalities and private enterprises in some of the largest environmental and construction cases in recent years and has carried out legal investigations within the areas of environmental, planning and construction law. Henriette teaches on the assistant attorney programme and the special environmental law programme under Local Government Denmark (LGDK). Since 1998, she has been a part-time lecturer at the Copenhagen Business School in the subject damages and insurance and has earlier lectured on public law at the University of Copenhagen. Henriette performs comprehensive course and lecturing activities, including special courses for authorities and private enterprises concerning environmental, municipal and administrative law.

Emil Spurr Madsen

Emil Spurr Madsen advises real estate investors on Real Estate M&A, real estate development, commercial lease contracts and general asset management. Emil has experience with dispute resolution and litigation, and he regularly acts as appointed counsellor for witnesses in public investigation commissions. In addition, Emil is experienced from corporate M&A, corporate law and commercial matters, such as ownership structures, shareholders’ agreements and other commercial contracts. Emil has an eye for balancing the interests of several stakeholders, and he strives to provide simple, practical and effective solutions which are sustainable in both the short and the long term.

Christina Steen

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.

Hans Erik Steffensen

Hans Erik Steffensen has considerable experience in advising corporate clients, especially concerning contracts and the negotiation of contracts. Over the years, Hans Erik has become familiar with the construction industry, including the preparation of construction contracts and resolution of the conflicts that may unfortunately arise during a construction process. In addition, he specialised in arbitration and litigation related to real estate, construction law and procurement law. Hans Erik has the right to appear before the Danish Supreme Court and he has years of experience in conducting matters before both arbitral tribunals and the ordinary courts. Hans Erik assists both large and small companies. The cases range from minor arbitration matters to lawsuits involving significant multi-million sums. Additionnaly, Hans Erik has considerable experience in buying and selling companies within the retail trade and the construction industry as well as handling related issues to this. Hans Erik is a member of several company boards and he provides ongoing advice to owner managers. Parallel with his advisory activities, Hans Erik teaches in construction law and he has for several years been associated with Aarhus University as an external lecturer. Furthermore, he has been the Honorary Consul of South Korea in the period 2008-2018.

Henrik Stig Lauritsen

Henrik Stig Lauritsen is head of Horten’s Taxes and Duties team. He advises on general taxes and duties and is specialised within company formation/acquisition, incentive programmes, taxation of principal shareholders, reorganisation and ownership transfers, litigation concerning taxes and duties, restructuring, relocation of employees and general corporate tax. Henrik has wide experience advising national and international enterprises and groups on tax matters.

Rikke Søgaard Berth

Rikke Søgaard Berth is specialised in the special regulatory set-up applying to public authorities and publicly owned companies. Rikke advises on the organisation of public assignments, including the cooperation with private parties. She has been responsible for the merger of utility companies, for instance the establishment of HOFOR in Copenhagen, municipal emergency services and various public-private co-operation supporting culture and sports. She has advised on the establishment of the Tinderbox Festival in Odense and on the consortium between the Danish state and five municipalities responsible for the Tour de France in Denmark if the Danish bid to host the event in 2021 is accepted. In addition, Rikke advises on the rules of administrative law, questions concerning authority, local government mandate, governance and other issues relating to public law. In 2017-2018 Rikke was a member of the government’s external expert committee on the Harbour Act and of the committee on expropriation under the Planning Act. Finally, Rikke is responsible for Horten’s strengthening of its efforts on the state market. Rikke has wide experience in working within a politically managed organisation from her former employment with the Ministry of Justice, and she holds a BA in political science. She is co-author of a book on municipal public limited companies (2009), and she has lectured at the University of Copenhagen since 2003 where she is now an external examiner.

Kristian Harald Vibæk Sørensen

Kristian Harald Vibæk Sørensen is specialised in real estate and construction law, where he especially advises on project development, transactions and construction contracts. Kristian advises both private and public clients as well as foundations etc. on real estate and construction law, and he takes pride in providing concrete and targeted advice with clear recommendations that are easy to understand.

Nicolai B. Sørensen

Nicolai B. Sørensen is a highly experienced litigator and focuses on complex litigation and arbitration in the areas of professional liability, board and management liability, and tax litigation. Nicolai has more than 20 years of experience in litigating before the Danish courts. He advises a number of both Danish and foreign insurance companies on insurance law matters related to professional liability, particularly concerning the liability of lawyers and accountants for negligent tax advice. Nicolai also has considerable experience assisting insurance companies with coverage issues and other regulatory matters. Finally, Nicolai has extensive experience as a defence counsel in criminal tax cases and financial crime litigation.

Thomas Christian Thune

Director, Attorney

Jakob Tingskov is specialised in dispute resolution and litigation. He has wide experience solving complex disputes and conducting cross-border litigation for both Danish and foreign clients. Jakob often represents banks and large companies in connection with commercial and property law disputes. In addition, he advises on tort law and has in-depth experience in insolvency law and often assists clients in disputes with bankruptcy estates. Jakob is an experienced advocate and regularly appears in court. He holds a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court.

Alessandro Traina

Alessandro Traina has more than 10 years’ experience advising on real estate, M&A, business leases and property development. Due to Alessandro’s international background growing up and studying abroad, his primary focus has been on assisting international clients with a large number of property transactions and negotiation of prominent high-street lease agreements. Alessandro’s in-depth knowledge of real estate and business leases implies that he has become a daily sparring partner to a large number of clients in relation to current asset management of property portfolios. In addition, Alessandro has established a special niche advising professional athletes in connection with their club transfers to/from Italy.

Christian Tullberg

Christian Tullberg is specialised in general commercial law and energy law advising companies within and outside the energy business. As regards energy law, Christian has special expertise within contracts, transactions and regulatory affairs in the oil and gas industry. He further advises on contracts and transactions within renewable energy. From his previous employment as an attorney with A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S, he has wide experience in international legal matters and transactions.

Troels Tuxen has extensive experience advising Danish and international clients in insolvency, restructuring and dispute resolution matters. He serves as an administrator in bankruptcies for both small and large companies and act as an estate administrator in reorganization proceedings, out-of-court suspension of payment procedures and creditor arrangements. In addition, he advises clients in different insolvency situations and on general commercial matters, e.g. company law issues, and acts as an adviser for boards of directors and management of distressed companies. As a member of the board of companies he has been part of the development of several successful businesses and later sale hereof. Being an experienced litigator, Troels has conducted numerous court cases concerning insolvency and property law issues. For more than 20 years, he has been a representative in international coorperations of law- and accounting firms, mainly in Northern Europe, through INSOL Europe and the informal network of Global Restructuring and Insolvency Professionals.

Henning von Lillienskjold

Henning von Lillienskjold specialises in M&A, acquisition financing and general corporate law. He is appointed to the Association of Danish Law Firm's (Danske Advokater) specialist committee for corporate law. Henning von Lillienskjold has extensive experience in managing due diligence processes, structured processes and preparing and negotiating transaction documents. He has been involved in numerous cross-border transactions, public takeovers and some of the most complex Danish transactions. His work also includes fund regulations (AIFMD). Henning von Lillienskjold is recommended as key lawyer by Legal 500 in Commercial, Corporate and M&A, and IFLR1000 in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions. He is DAHL's representative at The International Lawyers Network (ILN). Henning is chairman of the board of DAHL.

Erik Wendelboe Christiansen

Erik Wendelboe Christiansen advises national and international enterprises, public authorities and organisations in public law, employment law, contract and tort law. He is an experienced litigator, having conducted many key cases within his areas of expertise for both businesses and public clients. Erik advises on all aspects of employment law with special focus on management and public sector employment. Erik has many years’ experience as advisor to public and semi-public enterprises and institutions concerning the special regulations governing public enterprises, administrative law and municipal law. Erik has authored a number of books and articles on employment law and public law issues and is an experienced lecturer.

Partner Claes Wildfang is an experienced litigator where his primary focus lies within IP (currently ranked in IP) and corporate matters. Furthermore, Claes has experience in cross border litigation in India, France, Germany, UK and USA as well in bound as out bound. His litigation experience ranges from the ordinary courts to arbitration. He has a long-standing relationship with the local university (Aarhus University), where he has previously taught international arbitration to the Vis Moot team for the past five years, and he has a strong grasp on different arbitration rules. Claes is appointed by the Danish Bar Association (Advokatnævnet) as one of the few lawyers to represent the Bar Association in litigation matters. He is a regular in the High Courts and Commercial and Maritime Court (a specialized court in IP and trade cases) and has to date tried 9 cases in the Supreme Court, to which he has held an admission since 2007. Finally, Claes is regularly appointed as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.

Partner Søren Wolder is specialised in intellectual property rights. He gives legal advice to clients regarding trademarks, designs, patents and the Marketing Practice Act (unfair competition). His primary focus is strategical IP, litigation and prosecution in matters especially related to trademarks and brand management. He has extensive experience with litigation in preliminary injunction proceedings, preservation of evidence proceedings and in main proceedings. Søren is often involved in cross-border matters both related to infringement matters and prosecutions.

Anders Ørskov Melballe

Anders Ørskov Melballe has many years of experience as a specialist in restructuring companies, bankruptcy processing and dispute resolution. He is a certified insolvcency lawyer by the association Danish Insolvency Lawyers (Danske Insolvensadvokater). As a partner in the insolvency department, Anders advises a large number of Danish and foreign companies, including especially financial creditors, on destitute engagements, reconstructions and bankruptcies. He does this based on a commercial, solution-oriented and transaction-based approach that ensures the client the best solution. Anders' experience also includes advising both companies and creditors in connection with board and management liability, overturning and creditor rights, including options for conducting legal proceedings. In addition, he assists in connection with general business law matters, just as he has extensive experience in dispute resolution, including the initiation and conduct of court and arbitration proceedings. Anders is recognised by the leading international rating agencies in insolvency and reconstruction, including Chambers Europe, Legal500 and IFLR1000.