Restructuring & Insolvency
Denmark
09 July 2025
DLA Piper Denmark’s data protection team leverages the firm’s extensive international network to provide expert advice on a wide range of data privacy matters. Covering all sector requirements, the team is particularly noted for its specialist knowledge of biometrics regulation, AI, ChatGPT, and other language models. The practice is led by Marlene Winther Plas, a certified IT attorney specialising in technology-related law and data protection, with extensive experience in compliance projects, data breaches, and cybersecurity. Martin Hjørlund Nielsen strengthens the team with his focus on IT contracts, data protection, cybersecurity, and operational compliance.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction
Testimonials
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- 'It is an effective team where no time is wasted.'
- 'Jon Lauritzen is very good at determining need and is nice to have and the same with his team.'
Key clients
- NIO
- Brøndbyernes IF Fodbold A/S
- Danish Dental Organisation (Tandlægeforeningen)
- People Test Systems A/S
- Small Danish Hotels
- Kirkens Korshær (DanChurchSocial)
- The Velux Foundation
- TM Group
- BlueKolding
- The City of Copenhagen
Work highlights
Assisting NIO in its first wave process of entering into and operating on the European market, advising on many different aspects of Danish data protection law.
Assisting the City of Copenhagen in connection with the development of various AI-based services aimed at improving efficiency and quality of documentation for the treatment of citizens with reduced functional capacity.
Assisting a private dentist and the Danish Dental Association in a High Court case regarding GDPR brought by HK (a labour union) regarding non-material damages.
Practice head
Marlene Winther Plas
Other key lawyers
Jon Lauritzen; Martin Hjørlund Nielsen