Gorrissen Federspiel’s dedicated employment team advises on complex and business-critical labour and employment matters, with a particular focus on restructurings, collective redundancies, executive benefits and workplace misconduct issues. The practice is also proficient in navigating the employee aspects of cross-border transactions and IPOs for key industrial sectors. Described by his clients as an ‘outstanding market leader’, Jacob Sand leads the team, with deep expertise in collective labour law, EU law and union rights issues. Other key contacts include Ditte Grundtvig Larsen, who is known for her guidance on outsourcing projects and investigations surrounding sensitive employment matters, and Rasmus Høj Christensen, who has expertise in employee relations work related to M&A transactions. Morten Ulrich joined the practice in 2025.
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‘Always available and responsive, clear advice and supports execution’.
‘Jacob Sand is the outstanding market leader in Denmark. Exceptional legal and commercial skills.’
‘Ditte Grundtvig Larsen is an outstanding lawyer combining in-depth knowledge and expertise with hands-on practical advice. Always available and responsive, clear advice and supports execution.’
‘The Gorrissen employment team is exceptional. Everything from availability to delivery is perfect.’
‘Very pragmatic and with a huge knowledge of EU law’.
‘Jacob Sand is second to none when it comes to EU and Employment law. He offers great advice and is never afraid of having a clear opinion. Ditte Grundtvig Larsen is an excellent lawyer. She is responsive and has huge knowledge of employment law and (especially) bonus schemes’.
‘We have had Morten Ulrich as our lawyer to proceed with several court cases and he is really excellent - highly skilled, very service-minded, and a very nice person at the same time.’
Key clients
- Aarhus Universitet
- Andel Holding A/S
- A.P. Møller – Mærsk
- A. T. Kearney
- Chr. Hansen
- Citibank Europe plc
- Eik Banki Føroya P/F
- Føroya Reiðarafelag
- GEA Process Engineering A/S
- Green Power Denmark
Work highlights
- Advising Denmark-based global bioscience company Chr. Hansen Holding A/S in connection with its $25bn merger with Denmark-based bio solutions company Novozymes A/S.
- Assisting Nordic Waste A/S with a collective redundancy process which reduced the total workforce by more than 75%.
- Assisting the Faroese shipping association in a high-profile case against the Faroe Islands’ government before the Danish Supreme Court regarding freedom of association under the European Convention of Human Rights and relevant ILO-conventions.
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Practice head
Jacob Sand
Other key lawyers
Ditte Grundtvig Larsen; Rasmus Høj Christensen; Morten Ulrich