Peter Dianati

Practice Areas

Commercial Law

Company Law

Construction Law

Infrastructure

Procurement Law

Real Estate

Specialised Dispute Resolution

Career

Work experience:

2024- Dianati & Klink Larsen Advokatpartnerselskab

2012 – 2023 Skau Reipurth Advokatpartnerselskab

2006 – 2012 Plesner Law Firm

2011 Patterson Belknap Tyler & Webb, New York (secondment from Plesner Law Firm)

2010 General Counsel, North Media A/S (leave from Plesner Law Firm)

2008 Lego Juris A/S (secondment from Plesner Law Firm)

2006 Stampe Haume & Hasselriis Law Firm

2004 – 2006 Kyed & Jybæk Law Firm

2003 – 2004 The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority

Educational background:

2019 Mediator Training Course with a Construction Theme, the Association of Danish Law Firms

2006 Admission to practise law

2003 Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen

2002 Southampton Solent University

Professional Memberships

Memberships:

The Danish Society for Construction and Consulting Law

The Danish Association for Corporate Law

IBA (International Bar Association)

Byens Strateger II (network group, Byens Netværk)

Positions of trust:

2006 – 2007 Appointed member, the course organisation committee on the training of attorneys under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Justice

2004 – 2007 Member, the governing body of FAAF – Foreningen af Ansatte Advokater og Advokatfuldmægtige) (an association for salaried attorneys and assistant attorneys)

Publications

“Nye regler for landbruget – enkeltbetalingsordning og nye arealgrænser” (New agricultural legislation – Single farm payment and new limits for possession of farm land), Månedsbladet BankInfo, 9/2004

“Beskatning af goodwill ved generationsskifte” (Goodwill taxation in transfers of ownership to a new generation), Månedsbladet BankInfo 4/2005

“Danske Hedgefonde” (Danish hedge funds), Månedsbladet BankInfo 12/2004

“Nye regler for pant i andelsboliger” (New legislation regarding security in co-operative housing), Månedsbladet BankInfo 10/2004

The Danish construction journal ”Licitationen” – legal aspects of building and construction:

Article on contribution ratio (29 January 2016)

Article on documentation in construction projects (26 February 2016)

Article on arbitration clauses (4 April 2016)

Article on back-to-back clauses (29 April 2016)

Article on direct claims (30 May 2016)

Chambers Global Practice Guides 2018 (Construction)

Chambers Global Practice Guides 2021 (Construction)

Chambers Europe Practice Area Overview Guidelines 2022 (Construction)

Legal 500’s Comparative Guides 2018 (Construction)

Legal 500’s Comparative Guides 2019 (Construction)

Legal 500’s Comparative Guides 2020 (Construction)

Legal 500’s Comparative Guides 2021 (Construction)

Legal 500’s Comparative Guides 2022 (Construction)

Chambers Global Practice Guides 2022 (Real Estate)

Personal

Peter Dianati specialises in construction law, building and construction disputes as well as company and commercial law issues, including in particular commercial contracts.

‍In this context, Peter conducts arbitration proceedings before the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board on behalf of mainly large contracting companies. He also advises on all legal matters relating to construction, including all relevant contract types and dispute resolution options.

Moreover, Peter provides advice on general commercial law, in particular on commercial contracts. In this context, he has relevant experience from the corporate sector as he has been seconded to LEGO’s legal department in Billund for a period of time, and he has held the position as head of legal in North Media A/S (a company listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen, parent company to Søndagsavisen A/S, Forbruger-Kontakt A/S and Boligportalen, among others).

Peter has worked at the New York-based law firm Patterson Belknap Tyler & Webb, where he primarily worked with US securities regulation, M&A and securities law.

Peter is a qualified building and construction mediator and has previously lectured in procedural law at the University of Copenhagen.