Career
As a partner in Bird & Bird's international Tech & Comms sector group in Denmark, Jesper brings a wealth of experience and expertise of the legal implications of technology and data-driven innovation. Jesper provides legal advice to IT companies on a wide range of technology-related issues as well as on IP and data protection aspects of new disruptive technologies.
Jesper advises IT companies of every size, from startups to large corporations as well as public authorities, on contractual and public procurement law issues, with a particular emphasis on drafting and negotiating outsourcing and IT agreements, as well as resolving IT-related disputes. Over the years, he has developed a deep understanding of the legal landscape surrounding the tech industry. Furthermore, Jesper handles public tenders, mostly in relation to complex IT projects and framework agreements and have been involved in various cross-border IT transactions.
In addition to Jesper's extensive experience in contractual and public procurement law, he is also highly knowledgeable in data protection law, including data processing agreements, privacy aspects of cloud computing, data transfer agreements, and GDPR compliance projects.
Jesper is a certified IT lawyer, which requires a minimum of 500 hours of annual work on IT cases, ensuring that he has top-level technological insight and in-depth knowledge of market practices. Jesper is also an experienced negotiator and litigator, and a certified mediator and arbitrator. He has represented clients in a number of arbitration cases, and has been appointed as arbitrator in some major IT-related arbitrations. Jesper is a certified IT-disputes expert by the organisation of Danish IT Attorneys.