NJORD Law Firm

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About

Provided by NJORD Law Firm

Europe

Firm Overview

Number of partners: 24

Number of lawyers: 69

Languages: +25

Firm Overview:

NJORD Law Firm is a leading international full service law firm with a strong presence in the Nordic and the Baltic Sea Area. 200+ professionals provide legal services within all corporate and commercial law aspects and adapt it to any market condition. Some half of the world’s TOP100 brands are among NJORD Law Firm’s clients. A large number of foreign native partners and associates give us access to a wide range of jurisdictions, and the firm continues to add new nationalities to its team. Currently, NJORD Law Firm’s lawyers think, talk and cooperate in more than 25 languages. Whether the assignment is a Danish transfer of business or a Pan-Nordic trademark protection, NJORD Law Firm brings openness, regional scope, and international knowledge and vision into play.

Practice Areas and Offices

Banking and Finance

Corporate

Mergers and Acquisitions

Intellectual Property

Real Estate & Construction

Digitization and IT

Capital Markets

Commercial Lease

Commercial Agents and Distributors

Insolvency and Restructuring

Employment & Labour

Transport & Maritime

Tax

EU and Competition

Energy

Criminal Law

Media, Sports and Entertainment

Private Equity

Procurement Law

Insurance and Reinsurance

Data protection

Franchising and Distribution

NJORD Law Firm has a strong business sense and extensive expertise in working across all legal disciplines and cross-border. The firm also collaborates across areas of expertise with several multidisciplinary team working across the departments. The firm’s major practice areas are highlighted below:

Main Areas of Practice

EU and Competition:

NJORD Law Firm offers second to none legal advice on regulatory, market access, marketing, and competition law issues. The team specialises in advising clients in complex and highly regulated industry sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, media, food and beverages, as well as advanced consumer and cleantech products.

Contact: Thomas Ryhl

Tel: +45 77 40 11 58

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

The NJORD IP team ranks among the biggest on the market and has extensive experience in all areas of IP law, from prosecution to enforcement. The team has a first mover position. Being considered market leaders in anti-counterfeiting work and filing of CTM trademarks, the team is known for representing leading brands in complicated court and administrative actions.

Contact: Jeppe Brogaard Clausen

Tel: +45 77 40 11 22

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate & Construction:

NJORD Law Firm assists clients in all legal areas regarding ownership or use of property, e.g. rental and other usufruct rights, land parcelling and land development, as well as property transfers. The experienced team of lawyers are experts on construction law and environmental law. They are in the forefront with respect to providing legal advice on complicated property transactions and other property-related issues, assisting a number of the major municipal and private property companies.

Contact: Christian Schwarz-Hansen

Tel: +45 77 40 11 47

Email: [email protected]

Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions:

NJORD Law Firm has a great deal of experience in negotiating and documenting both public and private acquisitions. NJORD represents buyers, sellers, and their financial advisers in all types of corporate acquisitions and transfers. The corporate law team offers legal advice to all types and categories of legal entities.

Contact: Lars Lokdam

Tel: +45 77 40 11 43

Email: [email protected]

Banking & Finance

NJORD Law Firm provides legal advice within international banking and financial industry with a deep knowledge of local laws and practice within the sector. With a long-standing experience in financial law, NJORD offers advice within all kinds of financial issues, from major complex international transactions to minor and simpler loan finance structures.

Contact: Thomas Ryhl

Tel: +45 77 40 11 58

Email: [email protected]

Employment & Labour:

The NJORD labour law team offers legal advice in all areas of labour law – both within the private and the public sector. The team draws up a broad spectrum of contracts and incentive schemes for salaried employees and managers. Furthermore, the team assists clients in relation to organisational changes, e.g. restructuring, mass dismissal, acquisitions or sale of operations, as well as redundancies when operations are downsized.

Contact: Miriam Michaelsen

Tel: +45 77 40 11 66

Email: [email protected]

Transport & Maritime:

NJORD Law Firm has vast experience in dealing with transport law and provides advice on all types of national and international transport matters, including uni- and multimodal transports, logistics, and shipping. The transport team has in-depth understanding of the industry and assists both domestic and foreign cargo owners, stevedores and carriers, as well as their insurance companies and P&I clubs on all aspects of maritime and transport law.

Contact: Ulla Fabricius

Tel: +45 77 40 10 12

Email: [email protected]

OFFICES:

NJORD Law Firm Copenhagen

Pilestræde 58

1112 Copenhagen

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NJORD Law Firm Aarhus

Åboulevarden 17

8000 Aarhus

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