DLA Piper Denmark

Intellectual Property and Technology

Marlene Winther Plas specialises in IT law and data protection and has more than 20 years’ experience.

Marlene is a certified IT attorney and is  the data protection responsible person in DLA Piper Denmark as well as Head of IPT for all four Nordic DLA Piper offices.  Finally, she is listed in Kraks Blå Bog, the Danish Who's Who.

Marlene advises Danish as well as foreign businesses and public authorities. She assists clients especially regarding the negotiation and preparation of complex technology and data protection contracts, outsourcing projects, development projects, cybersecurity/NIS2, major technology transactions as well as within AI.

Furthermore, Marlene is a qualified mediator and is well known for her mediation in several high-profile IT and technology-related disputes. She is also a qualified arbitrator and deals with dispute resolution and litigation regarding complex technology contracts and technology-related law.

Moreover, Marlene has vast experience of data protection compliance projects and provides advice on data breaches and cybersecurity.

She also specialises in sports law and advises the association of Danish elite football clubs (Divisionsforeningen) and the Danish premier league clubs on various matters, including security, the enforcement of the common code of conduct at Danish football stadiums and the combating of hooliganism.

Since 2001, Marlene has been involved in political and professional activities within the legal sector. In 2008, she assisted in establishing the Association of Danish Law Firms and was its vice-chairperson up until 2016.

Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2017

Partner, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 2012-2017

Partner, Lind Cadovius, 2003-2012

Attorney, Lind Cadovius, 1997-2003

Attorney, Kromann Reumert, 1996-1997

Assistant Attorney, Kromann Reumert, 1993-1996

Danish, English

The Association of Danish IT Attorneys

The Danish Arbitration Association

The International Bar Association (IBA)

The Copenhagen Bar Association

Certified IT attorney, The Association of Danish IT Attorneys, 2007 Certified arbitrator, the education programme for arbitrators operated by the Association of Danish Law Firms, 2003 Certified mediator, the Association of Danish Law Firms, 2002 Right of audience before the Danish High Courts, 1997 Admitted to the Danish Bar, 1996 LLM, Maîtrise de droit international et européen, Panthéon-Assas, Paris II, 1993 Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 1993