Bech-Bruun acts on prominent mandates in the sector, handling both wet and dry shipping matters including bunker disputes, S&P and refinancing work, alongside contentious matters. The group also fields a dedicated cross-border insolvency shipping team in order to handle large-scale and complex insolvencies in the shipping industry. Practice group head Johannes Grove Nielsen comes highly recommended as ‘a clear leader in his field’ and is an expert in damages, commercial disputes and insolvency matters. Nielsen has also recently spent time representing shipping lines and crew management companies in relation to the Russian-Ukrainian War. ‘Superstar’ Camilla Søgaard Hudson advises on the full spectrum of maritime, transport and insurance law.

Gorrissen Federspiel represents major Danish and international ship-owners, shipyards and ports, airlines, aircraft lessors, industry investors and financiers and insurance companies on a broad suite of matters, including wet and dry shipping mandates. Practice head Peter Appel handles large transactions, financing deals and establishing operations abroad, as well as being a key name for shipping litigation. Morten Hans Jakobsen advises on aviation, air finance and ship financing, as well as work relating to leasings, purchases and regulatory issues. At the associate level, Thomas Edelgaard Christensen's practice encompasses litigation and arbitration arising out of the shipping, port, maritime construction and other maritime industries.

Boutique shipping and transport firm Hafnia Law Firm acts on behalf of a robust client base in the sector that counts shipowners and shipyards, marine insurers, and suppliers in the international bunker industry. The team handles a full-range of specialist work, including conversion and shipbuilding issues, offshore construction work and repair contracts. Head of team Niels Jørn Friborg has over 20 years’ experience with both wet and dry transportation and offshore-related matters, advising on most aspects of shipping, transportation, insurance and offshore wind. Harald Søndergaard‘s practice emphasises the oil industry and bunker fuel trading. Andreas Oxholm receives frequent instructions from marine and cargo insurers, liability insurers and H&M insurers on both cover disputes and recovery matters.

DLA Piper Denmark leverages its cross-border expertise to advise domestic and international clients in relation to traditional shipping and transport matters, including drafting, negotiation and preparation of shipping agreements and documents, terms of carriage, sale and purchase of vessels and ship finance, among others. Department head Henrik Kleis has over 35 years of experience in the industry and works closely with shipping lines, freight forwarder and Danish ports. Christian Benedictsen-Nislev's expertise extends across contracts of carriage and shipbuilding contracts, as well as financing, commercial contracts, public procurement and corporate transactions within the shipping and transport industry.

IUNO works across the entire spectrum of contentious and non-contentious matters on behalf of a broad range of clients, including insurers, freight forwarders, shipowners, and airlines. Aage Krogh leads the team and specialises in aviation and freight forwarding law matters for international air carriers. Lars Rosenberg Overby departed the practice to join Bech-Bruun in January 2024, and former practice head Mads Poulsen left to Loeven.

Kromann Reumert’s broad practice covers all areas of shipping and transport law, including both contentious and transactional work, including sale and purchase of ships, building contracts and M&A transactions within the shipping industry, alongside ship financing and restructuring of shipping companies. Practice head Jakob Rosing specialises in a broad range of contentious matters, specifically those regarding marine and transport insurance. The ‘high calibre’ Thomas Kaas has over 26 years' experience advising on shipping mandates, focusing primarily on sale and purchase of ships, newbuilding contracts, tax leases and ship financing.

NJORD Law Firm is known in the domestic market for its shipping and transport sector expertise and particular focus on logistics and road transport, as well as the offshore industry. Practice head and pre-eminent shipping and transport lawyer Ulla Fabricius represents large transport and shipping companies and is vastly experienced at litigating high-profile civil and criminal lawsuits. At associate level, Lene Ishøj is a specialist for all things pertaining to international trade and transport.

Plesner handles complex shipping and transport matters, including substantial bankruptcies, ship registrations and offshore installations. Niklas Korsgaard Christensen has extensive experience on major transportation projects, as well as in the harbour sector. He co-leads the practice in conjunction with Esben Kjær and Peter Fogh: Kjær is a go-to name in the public transport sector, whilst Fogh has vast experience regarding international shipping-related contracts concerning new building projects, ship financing and other types of financing.

WSCO Advokatpartnerselskab is known for its litigation and arbitration work, instructed by Danish and foreign clients to act on contentious matters concerning the arrest of vessels, injunctions and other interim measures in the shipping and transport sector. The group’s transactional work also includes shipbuilding and repair contracts and sale and purchase of ships and registration. Practice head Jesper Windahl is praised as ‘highly skilled, very professional and always works efficiently’.

Andersen Partners acts on behalf of a varied client base of transport companies, insurers and underwriters on the entire spectrum of transport law. Department head Lissi Andersen Roost comes recommended for her ‘outstanding knowledge of transport law, the transport daily business and judicial system in Denmark’.

Bruun & Hjejle’s shipping department works across all aspects of shipping, offshore, transportation and infrastructure for both Danish and international clients. Purchase and sale of vessels, vessel maintenance, tender work, mortgages and loan restructuring processes are among the team’s core work. Gregers Gam spearheads the group and is praised for his ‘unmatched level of dedication’ when advising on shipping matters.

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt‘s Danish practice sits within the firm’s wider Nordic network and acts for a varied range of ship owners, shipyards, charterers, financial institutions and insurers. With particular expertise in transactional work, the group also excels in contentious work, commercial contracts, financings and commodities issues. Jens V. Mathiasen is the key contact in the practice, which also includes transactional specialists Christian Thiele and Caroline Bruyant Bonde.