Christian Johansen

Practice Areas

Christian Johansen is specialised in construction law, litigation and arbitration.

Christian Johansen specialises in the legal matters of construction and has for more than 25 years provided advice to Danish and international parties in the construction industry (builders, contractors, architects, engineers, banks, guarantee companies, etc.) on the conclusion of contracts, disputes during the execution and handling of disputes in settlement negotiations, legal proceedings, arbitration proceedings, etc.

Career

2023-: Managing Partner, Bruun & Hjejle

2012: FCIarb, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London

2012-: Partner, Bruun & Hjejle

2009-2012: Partner, Horten

2011: Admitted to the Danish Supreme Court

2007: Certified arbitrator, the Association of Danish Law Firms

2000-2009: Attorney and (since 2003) partner at Søby & Partners

Professional Memberships

The Danish Bar and Law Society, Danish Arbitration , Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (FCIArb)

Publications

Bygherrens Ændringsret (1999) [Variations in Construction Contracts]

AB92 § 46 og 400 sager om sagkyndig beslutning (2004) [AB92 § 46 and 400 cases on adjudication]

T:BB 2001.6, Afregning af entreprenørens ændringsarbejder - om enhedspriser og AB92 § 14 [Quantification of Variations – on Unit Rates and AB92 § 14]

Festskrift til DSFB (1999), Sagkyndige beslutninger, jf. AB92 § 46 – problemstillinger etc. [Adjudication, cf. AB92 § 46 – Specific Issues etc.]

T:BB 2012.144, Rådgiverens ansvar for kvaliteten af bygherrens udbudsmateriale (with Tanja Nielsen) [The Responsibility of the Engineer related to Tender Documents]

ICLR 2013.266, The Emergency Arbitrator in Construction

T:BB 2013.687, Ole Hansen: Entrepriseretlige mellemformer (review) [Modern Construction Contracts]

Entreprisegarantier, sagkyndige beslutninger og hurtige afgørelser (2019) [On bonds, adjudication and fast track arbitration]