About

Konica Minolta, specialising in the provision of managed print and document management solutions has over the last decade branched out into the IT sector, putting it face to face with many new, complex legal matters. Kristian Øhrstrøm, jurist, legal adviser and compliance officer for the company has played a crucial role in ensuring a smooth transition by developing contractual and Term & Agreement templates for the company. As a proactive member within the business he is able to identify and deal with legal shortcomings and potential risks of new products during the infant stage of implementation. As a skilled legal adviser, he has an ability to ensure clients are, in a friendly and cooperative legal climate, ensuring both the company and the customer are content with business dealings. Not only does Øhrstrøm display successful mediating between client and company, he has correspondingly made an impact on public authorities to ensure that their assessment of matters is best analysed while reaching a mutual understanding with the company. Through his work as a legal advisor at Konica Minolta his abilities to negotiate and handle complex situations has been made very clear: ‘I enjoy when things come together and a matter is settled in a way where all parties are satisfied and believe in the final result as being a fair result. These settlements are often results of negotiations where I have been able to facilitate a process where all parties have respected basic rules of being able to not only present their own opinion but also being willing to try to understand the other parties’ opinions’. His efforts do not go unnoticed, with a lawyer from a leading Danish law firm praising ‘Kristian Øhrstrøm to be rated among the best and most influential in-house lawyers in Denmark’. They proceed to point out his noteworthy communication abilities and conclude that ‘Kristian is among the longest-serving senior officers of the group’s Danish entity. Thus, the company’s Danish “corporate memory” is in large part vested with him’.