Business Law

Our declared goal is to be a forceful alternative to the large law-firm corporations when it comes to providing legal advice to small and medium-sized businesses, municipalities, and educational establishments as well as to private, public and semi-official utility works and to public authorities.

Certain businesses of quite significant sizes find it advantageous to involve us in some matters whilst using their own legal department in other aspects and specialist law firms for specific case types.

Many business managers consider it important to discuss their legal business with one of our experienced lawyers; and, likewise, they appreciate our ability to provide a swift, straightforward and competent response – based on a commercial understanding of the requirements of the business.

We provide legal advice within most facets of general business law in particular with respect to:

Company law

Comprising establishment, capital increase, voluntary winding-up, capital reduction, conversion, etc.

Estate planning

We have specialised in ownership transition. In particular one of our lawyers, viz. Attorney Morten Winsløv, has accumulated substantial knowledge about the framework of legal instruments applicable – pursuant to the Danish Merger Tax Act – in respect of merging, de-merging, and asset injection together with tax-exempt business conversion. Thus, our service is provided on the basis of a profound insight into such kinds of commercial relations and psychological mechanisms that will also exert an influence on the planning of a successful generational ownership transition.

Contracts

We prepare (ownership) agreements for private limited companies and shareholders' agreements; employment agreements, lease and tenancy contracts, deeds of partnership; collaborative agreements; exclusive-distribution agreements; framework agreements; licence agreements; etc., etc.

Business transfer

To a considerable extent, we participate in assisting buyers and sellers of businesses – right from the initial probing of the market and the preparation of secrecy agreements to the final signing of contracts.

The lawyers’ experience with respect to commercial relations, obtained from e.g. board appointments, facilitates an opportunity for providing advice based on a plurality of parameters – such as e.g. negotiation techniques and an understanding of financial statements.

Construction contracts

A vast number of our clients are involved in building and construction; and, on their behalf, we conduct a significant number of court cases or arbitration proceedings brought before the Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board or before the Danish Public Contracts Appeals Board. We also provide assistance in the preparation of e.g. standard subcontracting agreements, consortium agreements and joint-venture collaborative agreements.

Debt collection

We perform recovery of claims on behalf of mortgage banks, national and municipal authorities, banks, accounting firms plus builders and other commercial operators.

Employment law

Employment law constitutes an essential element of our everyday activities since the services provided for our permanent commercial-client portfolio frequently comprise advice concerning the handling of personnel matters. We have developed incentive programmes and can give advice on matters concerning employee shares, share options and warrants.

Legal Check-ups

Based on the old saying that a stitch in time saves nine, we perform reviews of the company’s employment agreements, contracts, default interest-terms stipulated in invoices, general terms of sale and delivery, standard order confirmations, etc. The fee for such a review may be subject to previous agreement.

Board duties

The lawyers frequently act in the role of collaborative partners in a number of professional boards. We are pleased to take on such co-responsibility – in respect of legal as operational matters. In general, we have a practical and financial approach to all our commitments.

Tax

Apparently, taxation is more than just a passing fad – and, hence, it is a concept that enters as a natural element in the advisory services we provide. Our services also include fiscal proceedings before the Danish National Tax Tribunal, before the Law Courts of the Kingdom of Denmark or before other authorities.