Business areas in focus

Dispute resolution

Challenges and requirements

To be involved in a dispute with a business partner or third party is an unpleasant experience for any company. A dispute absorbs many internal as well as external resources, and it also represents a temporal and financial uncertainty which has to be eliminated as quickly and as cost-efficiently as possible. The company's management must therefore continually focus on preventing disputes from occuring.

How we can help

Bech-Bruun's dispute resolution group comprises a number of highly qualified experts specialising in litigation before the supreme courts and arbitration tribunals, as well as administrative complaints boards. We also have in-depth knowledge of alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and court-based mediation. We have a close professional relationship with leading litigation experts in other countries and can, therefore, guarantee our clients optimal legal services, regardless of the jurisdiction in which their cases are to be heard.

Through our collaboration with other departments in our firm, particularly M&A and Employment, we ensure that business transfer agreements and employment contracts with key employees provide for tailor-made dispute resolution methods. In large or complicated cases, we collaborate with the relevant department to ensure that the dispute is handled in the best possible way, both procedurally and as regards substance.

Our advice encompasses, among others:     
  • Choice of law and jurisdiction clauses in international contracts
  • Dispute resolution methods
  • Litigation risk assessment
 
  • Settlement considerations
  • Mediation and court-based mediation
  • Enforcement of decisions made in and outside Denmark
 

Our ratings

Chambers Europe Rating 2012

Dispute Resolution

This dispute resolution team is made up of excellent lawyers with a broad range of expertise, covering general disputes as well as construction, insurance and employment law. The team focuses on high-value disputes for domestic and international clients, including Zurich, AXA and Danish insurer Tryg Forsikring.

Peers say that Carsten Pedersen is a "good all-round litigator and very savvy." His areas of expertise include professional liability and banking. Jes Anker Mikkelsen is well recognised for his international work and his specialism in transportation and maritime law.

Chambers and Partners Europe, Dispute Resolution

Chambers Global Rating 2012

Dispute Resolution

Peers say that Carsten Pedersen is a "good all-round litigator and very savvy." His areas of expertise include professional liability and banking. Jes Anker Mikkelsen is well recognised for his international work and his specialism in transportation and maritime law.

Chambers and Partners Global, Dispute Resolution

Legal 500 Rating 2012

Dispute Resolution

Jes Anker Mikkelsen leads Bech-Bruun’s practice, which includes former High Court judge Lars Lindencrone Petersen. The group notably represents insurers and reinsurers – including Zurich, AXA, and Codan – and large corporates such as A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Energinet.dk, TDC and Vestas. Aarhus-based Lars Svenning Andersen is representing 1,100 plaintiffs in a DKK4bn class action against DONG Energy. Henrik Valdorf-Hansen was an approved institutional arbitrator in the Xiamen Abitration Committee in China. Carsten Pedersen’s ‘analytic approach is second to none’, and Morten Ulrich is an ‘outstanding litigator’. Anne Buhl Bjelke was promoted to partner.

Legal 500, Dispute resolution

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Brochure 01 July 2011

Dispute Resolution