Asbjørn de Roepstorff

Attorney, Associated Partner, admitted to the Danish High Courts

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Asbjørn de Roepstorff has special expertise within advocacy, construction law, company law, mergers & acquisitions, finance law, IP law, real estate and general contract and tort law.

Asbjørn has extensive experience in conducting commercial court and arbitration cases, including Danish and international arbitration cases and cases before Danish courts. Asbjørn also has experience of preliminary references before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

In 2020, Asbjørn served as a temporary High Court Judge in the Eastern High Court, thereby gaining valuable experience of the litigation work from the point of view of the bench.

In addition, Asbjørn assists companies on an ongoing basis concerning corporate matters, finance law and mergers & acquisitions, while also providing assistance in the negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements within a wide range of areas.

Career

Associated Partner, Lassen Ricard, 2021

Appointed as a temporary High Court Judge in the Eastern High Court (attorney appointment), 2020

Admitted to the Danish High Courts, 2014

Lassen Ricard, 2010-

Education

Attorney, 2013

Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen, 2010

University of Kent, Canterbury (UK), 2008

Languages

The Scandinavian languages

English

Professional memberships

The Danish Arbitration Association

Young Arbitrators Copenhagen (YAC)

Danish Society for Construction and Consulting Law

Selected cases

International arbitration case administered by DIS (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit) concerning the supply of foundations for offshore wind turbines (-2022)
First-instance case before the Eastern High Court concerning claims for damages based on principles of EU law on the serious breach of EU law by member states (-2022)
First-instance case before the Eastern High Court concerning payment of proportionate registration fee in connection with temporary use of vehicles in Denmark (-2021)
International arbitration case administered by (Deutsche Institution fûr Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit) concerning the supply of foundations for offshore wind turbines (-2021)
Case concerning defects in building materials in connection with the refurbishment of a large, listed building (-2019)
Case before the Eastern High Court concerning a complex of unsettled balances in investment companies (-2018)
Case concerning the execution of a considerable number of cable works etc. (-2018)
Group of related cases concerning alleged infringements of utility model and patent rights in electronic equipment (-2017)
Preliminary reference submitted to the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the interpretation of EU law on the payment of a proportionate registration fee in connection with the temporary use of vehicles in Denmark (-2016)
First-instance case before the Eastern High Court concerning the liability of directors and officers of a charitable foundation (-2015)
Case before the Eastern High Court concerning the infringement by a production company of an author’s moral rights in a cinematographic work (-2014)
Case concerning liability in damages in connection with the breakdown of facilities for the storage of temperature-sensitive products (-2014)
Linked arbitration cases administered by the Danish Institute of Arbitration concerning professional liability and fees in connection with a major construction project (-2013)