Bech-Bruun‘s shipping and transport team is home to a team with ’excellent service, knowledge, and capabilities’, and is well versed in maritime, insurance, energy, and the financial aspects of shipping law. The team handles bankruptcy cases, insolvencies, and liability cases, as well as non-contentious matters with drafting and negotiating contracts. Johannes Grove Nielsen is head of the team and brings experience in litigation matters, both on domestic and international matters. Camilla Søgaard Hudson offers the team expertise in transportation, casualties, and offshore matters, while Lars Rosenberg Overby, ‘a very good maritime lawyer’, adds depth, with experience in contract drafting, and advising on ship chartership.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Testimonials
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- The leading shipping practice has a very good team with deep substantive knowledge and excellent litigators.
- Great strengths within the shipping and transport practice area support full-service capabilities and a very strong international network.
- Johannes Grove Nielsen is Denmark's leading shipping lawyer and the most international. He has very good substantive knowledge in maritime law, but also long experience advising on corporate matters for shipping companies. In addition, and foremost, he is a very good litigator with an exceptional strategic legal mind. Camilla Sögaard-Hudson is also great. She is a very good lawyer and extremely efficient and client-minded. Lars Rosenberg-Overby is one of the most experienced shipping lawyers in Denmark with deep academic knowledge (PhD).
- Johannes Grove Nielsen is a prominent and standout shipping and transport law practitioner, both in Denmark and abroad. He is very skilled and pragmatic. Camilla Søgaard Hudson is a highly regarded shipping and transport law practitioner.
- ‘Great team of specialists, working together where necessary and profitable for the client. The team covers all aspects of maritime, shipping, transport, offshore energy and insurance law. The other departments of the full service team will support.’
- 'Unrivaled expertise, deep knowledge of the industry, smart, responsive and a good sense of humor. Internationally recognised and connected.’
- ‘Excellent service, knowledge, and capabilities.’
- ‘Johannes Grove Nielsen is the bright shining star. Extremely competent and pleasant to work with. Lars Rosenberg Overby knows all there is to know.’
- ‘The team is very good, and they provide clear, practical, and precise advice. They have a hands-on approach that is rooted in a very good grasp of the legal issues as well as the relevant markets.’
- ‘We most often work with Lars Rosenberg Overby, who is a very good maritime lawyer. He is not only practical but also very strong academically. He has provided assistance in litigation cases and general legal advice, which we have been very happy with. We also know Johannes Grove Nielsen.'
Key clients
- MAN Energy Solutions
- GARD
- A. Henriksen Shipping A/S
- SKULD
- Kuehne & Nagel A/S
- A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S
- Monjasa
- Codan Insurance
- ADM
- Nordic Sugar A/S
- Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Limited
- MS Amlin Marine
- Hamborg Offshore AHT “Pegasus” GmbH & Co
- Dansk Søredningsselskab
- DHL Global Forwarding
- Scan Global
- ZeroNorth
Work highlights
Acting for Thor Shipping and Sofia Shipping A/S in a series of maritime bankruptcy cases.
Assisted Rederiaktiebolaget Gotland with the purchase of the two vessels Pearl Seaways and Crown Seaways operating the RoPax ferry service between Oslo, Frederikshavn, and Copenhagen as well as the surrounding business from DFDS A/S.
Acting for Skuld Hamburg, whose member vessel grounded in Danish waters in March 2024, in the vicinity of bridge construction works related to the upcoming tunnel connection between Denmark and Germany.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Johannes Grove Nielsen
Other key lawyers
Camilla Søgaard Hudson; Lars Rosenberg Overby