Bruun & Hjejle’s dispute resolution team is a market leader, handling many of Denmark’s most significant and complex disputes across sectors including finance, energy, construction, insurance, and telecoms. The group is noted for its strength in commercial litigation, professional liability, competition, tax, state aid, and white-collar crime, and is increasingly active in major cross-border and arbitral proceedings. Practice head Karsten Kristoffersen leads on high-value financial and energy disputes, while Ole Spiermann is a go-to litigator for Denmark’s largest financial institutions. Lasse Mikkelsen and Johannes Hedegaard add strong expertise in infrastructure, insolvency, IT and international mandates.
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Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets and Energy and Infrastructure
Position
Karsten Kristoffersen practises in the interface between legal and financial issues. He primarily advises clients in the financial and energy sectors about complex disputes and investigations focusing on financial regulation and products, AML, capital markets matters, M&A-related claims, management and audit liability, natural gas, LNG and other off-shore issues. Karsten has previously advised on finance transactions, regulatory issues and corporate transactions, and he has in-depth experience with economic analyses, including accounts analyses, statistical data, financial and investment models, and fair value analyses.
Career
2017-2021: Managing Partner, Bruun & Hjejle
2013: Admitted to the Danish Supreme Court
2006- : Partner, Bruun & Hjejle
2003: Admitted to the Danish High Court
1999-2005: Attorney, Bruun & Hjejle
Languages
English and the Scandinavian languages.
Memberships
Danish Arbitration Association and the London Court of International Arbitration.
Board member of a large Danish real estate investment company.
Member of the investment board of a major Danish private equity fund.
Education
2003-2004: LLM New York University School of Law
1994-1999: Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen
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Testimonials
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‘Large and specialised dispute team making it very agile - meaning that no matter the size or subject matter of a case, they'd have the right person to deal with it.’
‘Johannes Hedegaard is as diligent in the preparation of a case as he is a good guy - and that speaks volumes. I'd trust Johannes with handling as good as any dispute - and would always know that my interests would be looked after properly.’
Key clients
- Danske Bank A/S
- Nordea Bank Abp
Work highlights
Defended Bech-Bruun, one of Denmark’s largest law firms, through its professional liability insurer, against a claim for damages estimated at DKK 1.35 billion from the Danish tax authorities concerning legal advice provided by Bech-Bruun to a German bank, North Channel Bank, in 2014.