Real Estate
What the team is known for
Esteemed team noted for its full-service coverage of real estate matters. Acts for a variety of Danish and international clients, including financial services and public sector clients, as well as joint ventures and investment funds, on acquisitions, divestments and real estate financing. Additional expertise in construction law, focusing on large infrastructure projects and urban development, involving public procurement processes, contracts and contentious work. Often selected by clients involved in the hospitality sector for advice on their real estate activities.
Strengths
A satisfied client praises the firm's "very strong team which has a lot of experience working with international counterparties and is able to deliver advice and reports to a high institutional standard."
Another client lauds the team as "action-minded and always available."
Work highlights
Advised Resolution Property on the acquisition of Billund Shopping Centre, including on the construction and commercial lease agreements.
Notable practitioners
A client enthuses that Claus Berg is "good at understanding the technical issues and is straightforward when he deals with engineers. He has a good business sense and brings value to the deal by also taking commercial issues into consideration." Berg has long experience in construction and procurement law disputes, frequently representing clients in arbitration and litigation.
One client describes Jens Hjortskov as "a team player who is fast, available, hard-working and trustworthy," while another client points out that his "commercial awareness brings value" to the cases. He advises clients from a range of sectors, including energy, pharmaceutical and technology, on construction matters. He also assists with tendering and redevelopment projects.
Steen Puch Holm-Larsen has significant experience advising international and domestic investment funds and property developers on real estate transactions, leasing agreements and project development matters. According to a commentator, "he has a good combination of technical and commercial skills and he manages to maintain speed in the transactions while not compromising the details, and is very responsive to the client's needs." He assisted AGA with a sale-and-leaseback transaction with PFA Pension.
Torben Brøgger assists clients, often from the public sector, with development and construction issues, and additionally has a background in procurement law and PPP projects. He advised Region Syddanmark on the DKK6.3 billion construction of a university hospital in Odense.
