- Managing Partner: Christian Schow Madsen
- Number of partners worldwide: 31
- Number of other lawyers worldwide: : 61
- Languages: Danish, English, French, German, Scandinavian languages and Spanish
Firm Overview:
Bruun & Hjejle is a leading Danish law firm organised as a single, unified partnership designed to provide clients with flexibility and the optimal availability of specialist expertise commanded by individual lawyers. Over the years Bruun & Hjejle has built a reputation for providing consistently high quality legal service.
Main Areas of Practice:
Banking & Finance:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice within all aspects of banking and finance.
Capital Markets:
Bruun & Hjejle advises on securities offerings, including privatisations, offered internationally.
Employment:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice within all areas of employment and labour law.
Energy:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice to energy suppliers, including power suppliers and utilities, as well as to oil and gas companies.
EU & Competition:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice within all aspects of EU and competition law, including representation before Danish and EU competition authorities, litigation before the Danish courts and European Court, criminal defence,merger control filings and issues under the EC Treaty.
Financial Institutions:
Bruun & Hjejle’s Financial Institution Practice encompasses M&A and regulatory matters for international banks and insurance companies.
International Law:
Bruun & Hjejle advises companies, private clients and public authorities on international law, including international investment disputes.
Life Sciences:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice on commercial as well as regulatory matters within life science.
Litigation & Arbitration:
Bruun & Hjejle’s practice includes cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration and proceedings before the European Court of Justice and the International Court of Justice (The Hague).
M&A:
Bruun & Hjejle advises on tender offers, private equity and other mergers and acquisitions, including financing.
Private Clients:
Bruun & Hjejle advises individuals on estate planning, wills, marital contracts, foundations and estate administration.
Public Law & Corporations:
Bruun & Hjejle advises governmental bodies, including local and joint local authorities and enterprises, as well as organisations and businesses in all matters involving public law, including constitutional law, administrative law, local government regulation, pharmaceutical law and civil servants law, special tribunals and ad-hoc courts of inquiries.
Real Property:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice on all aspects of real property, including legal issues relating to construction and environment.
Restructuring & Insolvency:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice within all areas of restructuring and insolvency.
Tax:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice on domestic and international tax law.
TMT:
Bruun & Hjejle provides legal advice within telecommunications,media and information technology law and related intellectual property law.
Clients:
Bruun & Hjejle’s lawyers provide legal advice and services to international commercial companies, international financial enterprises as well as foreign governments.
International Work:
With a strategy to employ internationally trained lawyers and to co-operate with international law firms, a significant proportion of the firm’s practice is multi jurisdictional be it cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international capital markets transactions or international litigation and arbitration.