Led by Jakob Schou Midtgaard, Accura Advokatpartnerselskab‘s ‘super strong‘ real estate team continues to advise domestic and international real estate investors, particularly in the hotel industry, on value preservations, rental disputes, registrations in the land register, and public valuation complaints. Midtgaard advises developers and asset managers on acquisitions of hotels and exits of housing portfolios, while ‘exceptionally dedicated lawyer‘ Anders Friis assists a broad range of investors and developers, including pension funds, with forward sales. Lise Grothen and Christian Kjærgaard were promoted to partner in January 2022, leveraging their expertise in advising pension funds on developments. Jon Dyhre Hansen has broad expertise in establishing real estate funds, and the leasing of real estate.

Henrik Hjortsholm, Thomas O. Q. Krüger and Nikolaj Kjær jointly head up Aumento Law Firm’s practice, which is praised for its ‘excellent understanding‘. The team assists domestic and international investment and asset management companies. Hjortsholm focuses on the conversion of commercial properties to residential properties and international contracts, Krüger is particularly adept at drafting and negotiating commercial leases and purchase agreements, and litigation specialist Kjær advises on real estate financing disputes.

Bech-Bruun houses a team which has broad expertise and serves a diverse client base of international funds and investors. Tina Braad and Jens Hjortskov jointly lead the team from Aarhus and Copenhagen respectively. Hjortskov often represents general housing organisations and entrepreneurs in disputes, while Braad regularly advises public authorities and utilities on tender procedures and public procurement issues, areas in which associate Nikolaj Kromann Hellesen is also a specialist. Construction and procurement specialist Claus Berg is ‘extremely well prepared‘ when handling disputes and arbitration proceedings before the Building and Construction Arbitration Board (BCAB) concerning designer and consultant liability. ‘Rain maker‘ Steen Puch Holm-Larsen has notable expertise in real estate investments, M&A, and hotel investments, often advising on sale and leaseback acquisitions and single asset logistics transactions.

The ‘immensely skilled‘ Søren Kopp leads on the real estate side of Bruun & Hjejle‘s practice, while Christian Johansen heads up the construction side. Kopp advises a number of private equity funds and asset management bsuinesses on real estate transactions and developments, and Johansen ‘stands out‘ for assisting domestic and international parties in construction projects and disputes. Søren Damgaard and Christian Schow Madsen handle acquisitions and development projects for pension funds, and ‘outstanding‘ construction specialist Liv Helth Lauersen often represents consultants and contractors in disputes and arbitration proceedings. Rasmus Skov and Andreas Bøgh were promoted to partner in January 2022, and have experience in M&A real estate transactions and residential lease law.

Based in Aarhus, Clemens houses a team which dispenses ‘outstanding‘ advice on the purchase of tenanted properties, investment projects and rent-related matters. Simon Langvardt Müller and Harry Ruby Andreasen jointly lead the practice; Müller primarily advises domestic and international retailers and public institutions on commercial leases and real estate disputes, while Andreasen assists law firms and property owners with the purchase and sale of commercial properties. Søren Hammer Westmark  has substantial contentious expertise, and often handles arbitration proceedings and construction related disputes.

DAHL Law Firm advises on residential and commercial properties, developments, and the sale and letting of finished projects. Poul Jensen leads the team and primarily handles issues concerning real estate rentals and transfers, acting for investors, private individuals and social housing organisations. The ‘dedicated‘ Torsten Viborg Pedersen has extensive experience in advising on real estate M&A, procurement issues, and financing work.

DLA Piper Denmark’s team is ‘always two steps ahead‘, using its ‘high level of knowledge‘ to advise a varied client roster of investment management companies, ports and contractors. Line Marie Pedersen and Kristian Skovgård Larsen co-head the practice; Larsen has comprehensive expertise in handling contentious construction mandates, often acting in arbitration proceedings. The ‘tremendous’ Emilie Møller heads up the real estate transactional practice, and is a ‘very skilled adviser and possesses great skill‘ when assisting domestic and international clients, and institutional investors with real estate transactions.

GALST‘s ‘skilled and competent‘ team is known for its expertise in estate agent regulation and commercial leasing issues, and often advises on housing cooperatives and owners associations. Practice head Kristian Dreyer is ‘good and knowledgeable‘ and represents pension funds, property administration companies and estate agents in real estate disputes and arbitration proceedings. The ‘extremely competent and careful‘ Christian Steen Laursen has broad expertise in real estate M&A transactions and business lease contracts.

Gorrissen Federspiel‘s ‘committed and proactive‘ team assists a diverse client base of European real estate investors and managers, focusing on transactions within the retail, office, and residential areas. On the construction and development side, the practice advises on consultancy delivery agreements and joint ventures. Jesper Avnborg Lentz and Peter Sjøgreen jointly lead the practice; Lentz focuses on assisting clients with commercial leases, real estate tax and real estate arbitration, while Sjøgreen handles commercial real estate insolvencies. Hans-Peter Jørgensen advises clients on the full gamut of construction and conveyancing issues, and Alexander Troeltzsch Larsen has ‘top-notch‘ skills in handling real estate M&A matters, in addition to the sale and purchase of development projects. Steen Hellmann joined the team from Viltoft in early 2023.

Holst, Advokater‘s team utilises its ‘high level of knowledge‘ and ‘deep understanding’ to assist operators and distressed contractors in the public and private sectors with insolvency related matters, construction contracts and lease agreements. The ‘highly skilled‘ Holger Schöer co-heads the practice alongside Carsten Led-Jensen, who has key expertise in handling disputes concerning large construction projects for building owners, contractors, and advisers. Schöer has longstanding experience in advising on international projects.

Horten houses a ‘very knowledgeable‘ team of practitioners, who dispense ‘sensible and perceptive‘ advice on the structuring of commercial property transactions, the negotiation of public-private partnerships, and procurement contracts. Practice co-head Michael Neumann advises domestic and international corporates and public authorities and companies on business leases, property financing work and the VAT implications of real estate transactions. Standout co-head Niels Jørgen Oggesen often appears before the BCAB and the Danish Institute of Arbitration in disputes, and advises on the negotiation of international FIDIC contracts. Rune Halkjær Ebbesen was promoted to partner in early 2022, and handles rent-related disputes.

Innova Advokatfirma houses a ‘perfect‘ team, which provides ‘thorough and relevant‘ advice on property transfers. Group co-head Elisabet Villadsen Jensen primarily advises on M&A real estate matters, in addition to project development, leasing, and financing issues. Rated by clients as ‘one of Denmark’s leading lawyers‘, fellow co-head Christian Lomborg Jessen is a construction consultation specialist who frequently represents domestic contractors and operators in disputes.

KLAR Advokater‘s ‘well rounded‘ and ‘innovative‘ team primarily handles commercial real estate transactions, leasing issues, and development projects for hotel, development and real estate investment companies. The practice also has notable experience in advising public companies on project developments, contract negotiations and disputes, and Erik Mølenberg is proficient in assisting international corporations in the shopping centre industry on commercial lease agreements. Leif Djurhuus is also a key name in the practice. Former practice head Søren Plomgaard is now at Punct Advokater.

Kromann Reumert‘s ‘very competent and reliable‘ team most notable assists a diverse client roster on the purchase and sale of commercial property, commercial leases, and procurement matters. Flemming Horn Andersen has notable experience in advising domestic and international investors and fund managers on the sale and financing of Danish properties. Based in Aarhus, the ‘extremely competent and reliable‘ Jacob Møller and the ‘extremely competent‘ Max Jacob Stubkjær Jensen advise educational institutions and municipalities on the restructuring of real estate companies, and the transfer of residential and logistics properties. Søren Andreasen is a real estate and project finance expert, while the ‘exceptional‘ Steffen Bang-Olsen handles corporate real estate and lease related matters.

The ‘very experienced‘ and ‘trustworthy‘ team at Lundgrens takes a ‘hands-on‘ approach when assisting clients with real estate financing matters, tender processes, and sale and leaseback transactions. Practice head Ann Frølund combines her transactional experience in M&A and real estate to advise on investments into retail, logistics and residential properties. Tobias Vieth maintains his transactional focus and primarily advises foreign investors entering the Danish market for the first time. Lars Kjær has key experience in structuring real estate portfolio acquisitions, and Niels Gram-Hanssen has notable expertise in advising institutional investors, including pension funds.

The ‘excellent‘ and ‘highly trained‘ team at Mazanti-Andersen is known for advising private operators, development owners and landlords on purchasing properties, bidding matters, and landlord maintenance obligations. Claus Høxbro and Lars Hammer Wentoft lead the team from Copenhagen, while Christian Bonnesen leads from Odense. Høxbro is particularly experienced in drafting and interpreting construction agreements and often handles regulatory issues that arise in projects, and Wentoft has ‘all round strength‘ across project financing work and leasing contracts. Bonnesen uses his experience in M&A to advise on cross-border transactions concerning land for project developments.

Frantz Sigersted-Rasmussen and Thomas Weitemeyer jointly lead the real estate M&A team at Moalem Weitemeyer. The ‘excellent‘ team represents a diverse client base of student housing companies, funds and private investment companies. Sigersted-Rasmussen regularly acts for domestic and overseas investors, developers and asset managers, while Weitemeyer focuses on the restructuring of distressed real estate portfolios.

The ‘down to earth‘ team at NJORD Law Firm assists a varied client roster of housing associations, municipalities, project developers, administrators and construction companies with the purchase and sale of portfolios and housing complexes, and international tenders. Christian Schwarz-Hansen leads the team and often advises clients on the optimisation of portfolios, issues within the social housing sector, and real estate transactions. Erik Larsson has ‘vast knowledge‘ and substantial experience in advising on commercial leases and development projects, and the construction of hotels and schools.

Plesner‘s ‘confident and friendly‘ team assists contractors, asset management companies, real estate investment companies and pension funds on construction and infrastructure projects, and joint ventures. Niklas Korsgaard Christensen heads up the construction side of the practice, and Mads Berg leads the real estate side. Benjamin Bunnage is a commercial lease expert, handling the sale and transfer of property portfolios and assets, and Lasse Stjernholm Detlevsen dispenses ‘excellent‘ advice to investors on transactional matters and project developments. Anders Hermansen joined the group in January 2023 and excels in real estate transactional work.

Poul Schmith‘s ‘outstanding‘ real estate and construction team is known for its strength in advising on the establishment of joint ventures for urban development projects. ‘Skilled and structured‘ real estate expert Rikke Hoffensetz Andresen and construction specialists Rasmus Holm Hansen and Kasper Mortensen lead the team. Andresen assists pension funds and municipalities with property transactions and financings, Hansen advises consultants and contractors on both non-contentious and contentious matters, and Mortensen often represents the Building and Property Agency, among other government bodies, in disputes. Henrik Puggaard focuses on advising private bidding consortia on risk allocation issues and the PPP market.

The ‘incredibly talented’ team at SIRIUS advokater often ‘goes the extra mile‘ when advising on regulatory matters concerning social housing issues, construction disputes and real estate M&A transactions. Kim Ørnstrup Rasmussen co-leads the construction practice alongside Tina Ortega; Ortega has key experience in handling arbitration proceedings, and Rasmussen defends against claims from the Building and Property Agency. Kurt Helles Bardeleben advises social housing organisations on PPP and infrastructure projects, and Thomas Grønkær primarily advises suppliers and public authorities on public procurement matters. The ‘highly experienced‘ Joachim Ørum Petersen assists both public organisations and public companies with business leases and project development work and excels in real estate transactions.

Skau Reipurth houses a ‘very strong and solid‘ team which handles the full spectrum of construction law disputes and surveys before the Building and Construction Arbitration Board. ‘Absolute top-tier construction lawyer‘ Peter Dianati and Jeppe Reipurth jointly lead the practice. Dianati advises on both contentious and non-contentious construction matters, including contracts and agreements, while Reipurth utilises his contentious expertise to handle international arbitration proceedings and mediations. Dennis Hofmann joined the group in early 2023 and has notable expertise in tenant issues.

Merete Larsen leads the practice at environmentally focused firm Sustainable Law. The team consists of ‘great people with excellent knowledge‘ and provides ‘accurate and innovative‘ advice on the acquisition of development areas and large projects. Larsen is ‘second to none‘ in advising on project developments, and most notably advises on the long-term development of neighbourhoods, office areas and former sea territories.

The ‘outstanding, professional, and skilled‘ group at Viltoft often represents building owners, technical consultants and contractors in disputes, and is known for its expertise in handling transport-related construction mandates. Peter Fauerholdt Thommesen and Henrik Hauge Andersen jointly lead the practice; Thommesen uses his ‘high standard of knowledge‘ to advise on PPP urban development projects and construction management work, Andersen has substantial contentious expertise, often acting for municipalities in disputes; and Hellmann assists property developers and real estate proprietors with professional negligence cases and construction projects. Morten Ruben Brage regularly advises on public procurement and real estate construction transactions, while Eva Olesen, who was promoted to the partnership in March 2022, has key knowledge of procurement contracts and disputes concerning delays and disruption to construction works. Steen Hellmann departed to Gorrissen Federspiel in 2023.

WINSLØW LAW FIRM assists a diverse client roster consisting of real estate developers, investors, occupiers and owners. Practice co-head Claudia S. Mathiasen primarily advises on commercial leases and real estate M&A transactions, and co-head Iben Mai Winsløw focuses on urban and green field developments, in addition to divestment mandates. Andreas Antoniades advises pension funds, municipalities and private real estate investors on business and residential lease issues and investments into real estate portfolios.