Poul Schmith is noted for advising governmental entities on complex data protection and privacy matters relating to the improvement of Denmark’s digital public infrastructure. The firm is also focusing on the growth of its private sector work, adding pharma companies and online gaming providers to its client roster. The team frequently handles high-profile privacy projects advising on data protection regulations, regulatory frameworks and impact assessments, with capabilities extending to representing personal data cases before the High Court. Jakob Kamby leads the practice with a depth of expertise on the Danish Public Information Act, Danish Data Protection Act and European data protection rules.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Martin Sønnersgaard and Milena Anguelova Krogsgaard have high professionalism and integrity and are very easy to work with. I am impressed by their ability to familiarise themselves with the area my organisation works in and thus their ability to link data protection law with special legislation.’
- ‘The team combines a deep knowledge of the law and legal state-of-play with a good understanding of technology.'
- ‘Martin Sønnersgaard has been important to us.’
- ‘Great and capable team.’
- ‘Kind and knowledgeable people. Capable of explaining the juridical stuff.’
- ‘High theoretical level of the legal specialists, good service and ability to connect to our practice. When I reach out to a law firm, it is important that it can deliver legal services at the highest level. You get that here!’
Key clients
- The Danish Agency for Public Finance and Management
- The Capital Region of Denmark
- The Danish Agency for Digital Government
- The Danish Prime Minister’s Office
- The Capital Region of Denmark
- The Danish Agency for ICT and Learning
- Frederiksberg Municipality
Work highlights
Assisted the Danish Agency for Public Finance and Management with handling the data protection legal issues associated with the use of cloud computing within the Danish state by all state authorities.
Assisting the Capital Region of Denmark with data protection legal compliance, including the preparation of a data protection impact assessment, in the research project PHAIR (Pharmacovigilance by Al Real-time Analyses), which explores the possibilities of detecting unwanted effects of medicines more quickly and thereby increasing the quality of treatment with medicines.
Assisting the Danish Agency for Digital Government (Digitaliseringsstyrelsen) with the preparation of a new regulatory framework for the Agency's use of the Nemkonto system, a public payout system that contains information on the accounts of Danish citizens and companies.
Practice head
Jakob Kamby
Other key lawyers
Martin Sønnersgaard; Milena Anguelova Krogsgaard