Ms Trine Overby Laursen > Skau Reipurth > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Ms Trine Overby Laursen

+45 31 39 69 66 tla@skaureipurth.com View profile

Work Department

Construction law / commercial law / Dispute resolution

Position

Trine Overby Laursen specialises in construction law and technical consulting and, owing to her 20 years of experience in these areas, she has gained solid knowledge of the general issues prevalent in the industry. She advises on matters in virtually all phases of construction and in particular on the legal challenges that arise during the actual construction phase, including handling of additional requirements, faults and defects as well as claims regarding delay and disruption, etc. In this connection, she is used to acting as a sounding board to project management from the early stages of a dispute in order to identify key issues and focus efforts on the most important aspects for the purpose of resolving the dispute efficiently and cost-effectively.

In addition, Trine Overby Laursen has extensive experience in handling disputes between parties to the construction project, including handling expert appraisal, warranties, status meetings and handling large and complex arbitration proceedings.

Trine Overby Laursen primarily advises construction companies as well as private and public developers, and over the years she has assisted clients on a number of large and complex construction projects. She has provided legal advice in connection with all kinds of construction projects, ranging from multistory dwellings to industrial buildings, warehouses, schools, laboratories, research buildings and infrastructural facilities.

Trine Overby Laursen has been a member of the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board since 2019.

Career

Skau Reipurth Advokatpartnerselskab (2024 –); Gangsted Advokatfirma I/S (2020 – 2024); Aumento (2018 – 2020); Poul Schmith / Kammeradvokaten (2016 – 2018); Plesner (2009 – 2016); Nielsen & Thomsen (2008 – 2009); Bech-Bruun Law Firm (2004 – 2008)

Languages

The Scandinavian languages, English and French

Memberships

• The Danish Bar and Law Society/ Appointed by the Danish Ministry of Justice
• The Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board
• The Danish Society for Construction Law
• The Danish Building Society

Education

PRINCE 2 certified (2017); Right to appear before the Danish High Courts (2008); Admission to practise law (2007); Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen (2004)