Global Guide 2026 : Denmark
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Bruun & Hjejle
Department: Dispute Resolution
Head of Department: Karsten Kristoffersen
No of employees in department: 56
Our Dispute Resolution department is headed by Karsten Kristoffersen, highly experienced in representing clients in some of the most complex cases in the converging area of law and finance. He is assisted by Ole Spiermann, one of the most active Supreme Court lawyers in Denmark. The core Dispute Resolution team consists of 7 high-profile partners and 31 other qualified lawyers.
Areas of strength
Our Dispute Resolution team is known for its exceptional practice offering extensive experience from across a considerable range of contentious matters. We have a longstanding tradition of representing major financial institutions before the courts in high-profile and complex disputes – often requiring us to manoeuvre in uncharted waters.
Our team of specialists takes on a large share of disputes ranging from public law issues and professional liability to competition and state aid.
We have a reputation as market leaders in conflict resolution, and our clients include multinational companies, financial businesses, insurance companies, international organisations and governments.
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Brunn & Hjejle offers extensive experience across a range of contentious matters, including cross-border disputes. The team is active in complex banking and finance cases, often involving insolvency-related topics. The firm's other areas of expertise include litigation resulting from transactions, as well as assisting with white-collar crime proceedings, professional liability disputes and international arbitration.
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Bruun & Hjejle represented Nordea in proceedings connected to allegations of violating the Danish AML Act.
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Bruun & Hjejle are supreme in giving good and quick advice regarding cases and disputes in general. It is, without a doubt, the best law firm we have ever used for disputes.
The lawyers are proactive and available when needed.
Bruun & Hjejle's skill sets are based on a very deep and extensive understanding of Danish law and principles, which they combine with a commercial approach to the issue at hand.
The team have a very proactive, business-oriented and solutions-oriented approach.
Bruun & Hjejle offers tactical and strategic thinking and a depth of knowledge in the law and how to apply it in the specific case.
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Karsten Kristoffersen is very proactive and commercial.
Karsten Kristoffersen is experienced, knowledgeable and a great tactician.
Karsten is a stellar practitioner who I would not hesitate to recommend.
It is a pleasure working with Karsten Kristoffersen.
Karsten is very intelligent and creative in his arguments. He is extremely experienced and performs on the highest level from a regulatory, commercial and negotiation perspective.
Ole Spiermann is great in litigation and investigative cases.
Ole Spiermann is a top-ranked lawyer whom we like to use for principal matters and litigation in the High Court and Supreme Court.
Ole Spiermann is a superstar. He operates at an extremely high level from a strategic dispute resolution standpoint.
He is very skilled and good at litigation.
Josefine Movin Østergaard is an up-and-coming dispute resolution practitioner who has experience assisting with several large and highly complex cases, often without precedent. She is knowledgeable in damages claims connected to M&A and professional liability.
Josefine Movin Østergaard is an overall great adviser.
Josefine offers solid advice, a quick response time and high quality.
Josefine Movin Østergaard delivers a very satisfactory handling of client relations and legal issues.
She is knowledgeable in the subject matter, available to the client and solid in negotiations.
She's really bright and has the ability to get people to listen.
Lasse Mikkelsen offers experience in a wide variety of contentious matters, ranging from post-M&A disputes to administrative and regulatory proceedings. He acts for the Danish state as well as private equity firms and major companies from the energy and life sciences sectors.
Lasse Mikkelsen has an impressive ability to sense issues before they actually arise. That is most helpful.
Lasse is a great lawyer to work with. He has a deep understanding of the process and the pain points in both litigation and arbitration.
He really has a lot of experience and is super hard-working. He is very good at what he does and really makes an impression.
Head of Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
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Johannes Hedegaard
Josefine Movin Østergaard
Olaf Koktvedgaard
Josefine Movin Østergaard
View profile of Josefine Movin ØstergaardOle Spiermann
View profile of Ole SpiermannLasse Mikkelsen
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Practice area: Dispute Resolution
Location: Denmark
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