For more than 20 years, Jacob Schall Holberg has specialised in public-law issues and has considerable experience as an advocate and with conducting legal proceedings, which is his primary area of expertise. Jacob is currently responsible for Bech-Bruun's public law dispute resolution area and the environmental and planning law areas for both the public and the private sectors.

Mainly in the public law areas, including the environmental and planning law fields, Jacob has conducted multiple legal proceedings before the District and High Courts as well as the Supreme Court, and he has worked with a wide array of regulatory aspects, including legal proceedings and consultancy on all aspects ranging from social, patient and industrial injury cases and cases on the liability in damages of public authorities for both judicial administration and administration in fact to compulsory acquisitions as well as cases on data protection, right of way, pipelines and cases in the utilities area, etc. Against this background, Jacob has accumulated considerable experience advising public clients ranging from State, regions and municipalities to public enterprises, and this has provided him with a solid foundation for handling complicated negotiations.

Jacob has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court, is admitted to the New York Bar and has been appointed acting judge at the High Court of Eastern Denmark. In addition to his extensive professional experience, Jacob has substantial teaching experience and has been a tutor and external lecturer of EU law at the University of Copenhagen, and he has lectured on, for instance, administration law and the liability in damages of public authorities. Jacob also holds an LL.M. degree from Columbia University in New York, USA.

Bech-Bruun’s environment, nature and planning team is headed by Jacob and is ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500, where Jacob Schall Holberg has been named Next Generation Partner. He has also been recognised as Green Ambassador by Legal 500 and as Notable practitioner by IFLR1000.

The following selected highlights from high-profile cases offer a glimpse into Jacob Schall Holberg’s expertise and professional achievements:

Compulsory acquisition of property law and utility line law: Lawyer to Energinet in the case regarding the relocation of the gas pipeline across West Funen
Compulsory acquisition of property law: Lawyer to Aarhus Letbane I/S, the Municipality of Aarhus, the Ministry of Transport and the Central Denmark Region in the "Aarhus Letbane judgment" on deductions due to added value (Supreme Court judgment of 23 October 2024 in the Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2025.144 H)
Environmental law: Lawyer to HOFOR Vind A/S in case concerning the Danish Energy Board of Appeal's revocation of the establishment permit for Aflandshage wind farm
Environmental law: Lawyer to Udviklingsselskabet By & Havn I/S in the "Fælledby case/Vandsalamander case" (ruling on stay of execution in the Danish Weekly Law Reports U.2023.4236 ØMRF 2023.134 – main proceedings are pending)
Compulsory acquisition of property law: Lawyer to Hovedstadens Letbane I/S and Metroselskabet I/S in the "cases on deductions due to added value" (pending)
Environmental law: Lawyer to Udviklingsselskabet By & Havn I/S in the "Lynetteholm case" (ruling on stay of execution in MAD 2024.15 – main proceedings are pending)
Human rights: Lawyer to the Capital Region of Denmark in the "vegan case" decided by the Court of Hillerød by judgment of 23 May 2024 (subject to appeal)
Human rights: Lawyer to the Municipality of Odense in a case concerning public liability for a mother’s abuse of her own children decided by the Court of Odense by judgment of 5 February 2024 (subject to appeal)
Compulsory acquisition of property law and utility line law: Lawyer to Energinet in the "Baltic Pipe case" (the Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2023.4032 V and ruling on stay of execution in MRF 2021.91/2)
Compulsory acquisition of property law: Lawyer to Hovedstadens Letbane I/S in a case on temporary compulsory acquisition (the Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2022.4989 H)
Compulsory acquisition of property law and utility line law: Lawyer to Energinet in the "Avedøre case" (the Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2022.3747 Ø)
Compulsory acquisition of property law and utility line law: Lawyer to Energinet in the "Kriegers Flak case" (the Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2022.1590 H)
Environmental law: Lawyer to Ny Valby Udvikling A/S and Ny Valby Byggemodning P/S in the "Grønttorv case" (the Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2021.4674 H)
Administrative law: Lawyer to Udviklingsselskabet By & Havn I/S in the "Ørestadsparkering case" (MRF 2021.140)
Law of damages: Lawyer to Metroselskabet I/S in the "Kurant case" (The Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2021.1006 Ø)
Compulsory acquisition of property law: Lawyer to Metroselskabet I/S in the "Tivoli case" (MAD 2021.353)
Social security law: Lawyer to the Municipality of Fredericia in "case on out-of-home placement" (The Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2018.1197 H)
Right of way: Lawyer to the Danish Road Directorate in the "Custom House case" (The Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2016.3793 H)
Administrative and data protection law: Lawyer to the Municipality of Hillerød in the case concerning compensation for nonmaterial damage under the General Data Protection Regulation (judgment delivered by the High Court of Eastern Denmark on 20 August 2025 – subject to appeal).
Environmental law, administrative law and the law of damages: Lawyer to the Municipality of Aarhus in the "Classic Race cases" (The Danish Weekly Law Reports UfR 2025.4781 V).