Mr Jacob Sparre Christiansen > DLA Piper Denmark > Aarhus, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Denmark
DOKK1, Hack Kampmanns Plads 2, Level 3
Aarhus, DK-800
Denmark

Work Department

Energy & Natural Resources

Position

Jacob Christiansen is highly specialised in the extensive regulation imposed on energy and utility groups as well as in the legal affairs of municipalities.

He has been in charge of a substantial number of reorganisations within the energy and utilities sector, including the carve-out of municipal utilities in a corporate form and mergers, demergers, transfers as well as the conclusion of strategic alliances between energy and utility companies.

Within this area practice, Jacob also provides general advice concerning renewable energy projects. Moreover, Jacob advises industrial organisations across the sector.

Jacob acts as an advisor and sounding board on a daily basis to executive officers and senior staff members in a large number of Danish energy and utility companies.

Within the municipal field, Jacob advises municipalities nationally on the specifics of municipal law, including in relation to the formation of municipal companies.

Languages

English

Memberships

The Danish Energy Law Society

The Danish Association for Company Law

Education

Right of audience before the Danish High Courts, 2001
Admitted to the Danish Bar, 2000
Master of Law, University of Aarhus, 1997

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > Energy

DLA Piper Denmark’s energy and utility practice is a notable adviser on transactions, financing agreements, and project development matters across the renewable energy industry, regularly acting for clients concerning wind power, hydrogen, and biogas projects. Jacob Sparre Christiansen, who leads the team, has a wealth of experience in investment, M&A, and commercial agreements in the renewable energy sector, counting leading municipal utilities and power developers among his clients. Alongside longstanding expertise in renewable energy transactions, Martin Juste has a deep familiarity of project and contracting matters in the offshore power space.