Employment
What the team is known for
Highly experienced team recognised for its extensive and wide-ranging employment law experience. Notable focus on employment dispute resolution, representing clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings. Advises on the labour law aspects of corporate mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. Clients include organisations in the transportation and public sectors as well as in professional services. Also advises private companies. Areas of focus include incentive schemes, mass redundancies, collective bargaining agreements and whistle-blowing cases.
Strengths
Clients are keen to highlight the team's effective communication and clear advice, emphasising that "they respond very quickly, they are very good at clarifying what are the needs of the client" and "they make it quite clear what decision is the best."
Work highlights
Advised AJ Biologics on the management of individual employment terms and conditions deriving from a public collective bargaining agreement, following the transfer of more than 500 employees from state-owned Statens Serum Institute to privately owned AJ Biologics.
Acted for Region Zealand in a high court dispute concerning the claim of an alleged discrimination due to handicap in connection with the dismissal of an employee.
Notable practitioners
Morten Ulrich is a highly experienced lawyer advising both public and private employers on labour law matters with a significant expertise in employment litigation. He is particularly experienced in matters involving public labour law, equal treatment and collective bargaining agreements. A client highlights Ulrich's litigation expertise, saying that his substantial experience translates into a view that is "also strategic when it comes to handling the case."
Lise Lauridsen is a well-regarded employment law specialist with a notable expertise in advising both domestic and international businesses on reorganisations, outsourcing and contractual terms for senior management. A client notes that "the most important thing is that she really understands what I am after and she translates that into very practical and usable advice."
