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Denmark
Hellerup, CopenhagenHorten - Denmark – Copenhagen
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+ 45 3334 4000
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Søren Hornbæk Svendsen M.iur.
shs@horten.dkVita
Practice areas:
Energy and Infrastructure | Transactions and Contracts | Greenland Desk
Søren Hornbæk Svendsen has more than 15 years’ experience working as an adviser in and to
companies in the Energy Sector. Søren has special expertise assisting on the sale and purchase of
companies, wind farms, oil and gas licenses and other assets in the energy sector. Søren Hornbæk
Svendsen also has extensive experience negotiating and drafting energy sector contracts and
handling regulatory matters in the energy sector.
Søren has experience from and understands the challenges of both sides of the table – from his
more than 15 years in law firm and almost 10 years as General Counsel of DONG Energy and as
Corporate Counsel with industrial conglomerate FL Smidth.
Søren Hornbæk Svendsen is mentioned in the following international legal directories:
-‐ Legal 500 -‐ Energy
-‐ Chambers -‐ Energy
-‐ IFLR1000 -‐ Energy & infrastructure and Project development (Leading lawyer)
-‐ Who’s Who Legal -‐ Energy
-‐ Best Lawyers -‐ Energy Law
-‐ Expert Guides -‐ Energy and Natural Resources
CV
Career:
Partner, Horten, 2005
General Counsel and Senior Vice President, DONG Energy, 2001-‐2005
Corporate legal counsel, FL Smidth, 1996-‐2001
Admitted to the Danish bar, 1996
Attorney, Kromann Reumert Law Firm, 1993-‐1996
Education:
Programme for Executive Development (IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland), 2004
Magister iuris (Göttingen University, Germany), 1993
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen, 1991
Positions of trust
Member of the Oil Gas Denmark Legal Committee
Member of the Board of the Danish Energy Law Association
Member of the Advisory Council to the Department of Energy Law at Oslo University
Member of the Committee for Energy and Climate Policy to the Organisation of Danish Industries
Member of the Advisory Board to the Centre for Enterprise Liability at Copenhagen University
Memberships:
International Bar Association
Danish Energy Law Association
Danish Gas Association
Deutsch‐Nordische Juristenvereinigung
Languages:
German | English | French
Second follows
Vita
- Becker Büttner Held
- BMH Avocats
- Boden Law
- Dimitrijevic & Partners
- Dinova Rusev & Partner Law Office
- FlaxField
- Giese & Partner, Czech Republic
- Giese & Partner, Slovakia
- GOLAW
- Hillmont Partners
- Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
- Horten - Denmark – Copenhagen
- Jadek & Pensa
- Loyens & Loeff
- Mamić Perić Reberski Rimac
- Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
- Michelis - Strongylaki - Reinhardt
- Optima Legal & Financial
- Pachiu & Associates
- PG Legal
- Prica & Partners
- Ratky & Partner Attorneys
- Sattler & Schanda Rechtsanwälte
- Shakespeare Martineau
- Advokatbyrån Sigeman & Co.
- Staiger Attorneys at Law Ltd
- Verdia Legal, SLP
- WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr
Horten represents one of the largest and most experienced energy law teams in Denmark, consisting of 10 partners and 15 lawyers covering all areas of the energy value chain. Horten is involved in most wind power projects in Denmark; among these all recent offshore projects tendered by the Danish state and a number of onshore wind farm projects in Denmark. Horten advises some of the largest players in the Danish North Sea on upstream oil and gas contracts, transactions, disputes and regulatory matters. Horten further assists a number of the new players, that arrived to the Danish North Sea in connection with the recent seventh licensing round. Furthermore, Horten continues to advise 80% + of all utilities in Denmark and a number of private and public entities in PPP Projects (Private Public Partnerships).
As a client with Horten, you will be in the strongest possible position in a world of ever-increasing complexity and competition. We go to the heart of the matter and hold the courage to tell it like it is. This does not mean that we skip the hard work. It is only by understanding, recognising and weighing up your options and challenges that we are able to turn them into definite answers.
Horten is a full-service law firm with more than 60 years’ experience and 250 employees. We rely on our solid background and many interdisciplinary areas of expertise to create results for our clients – and we are at our very best in sectors characterised by rapid development and intense regulation.
Publications of Horten - Denmark – Copenhagen
- Becker Büttner Held
- BMH Avocats
- Boden Law
- Dinova Rusev & Partner Law Office
- Dimitrijevic & Partners
- FlaxField
- Giese & Partner, Czech Republic
- Giese & Partner, Slovakia
- Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
- Horten - Denmark – Copenhagen
- Jadek & Pensa
- Michelis - Strongylaki - Reinhardt
- Mamić Perić Reberski Rimac
- Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
- Optima Legal & Financial
- Pachiu & Associates
- PG Legal
- Verdia Legal, SLP
- Prica & Partners
- Sattler & Schanda Rechtsanwälte
- Ratky & Partner Attorneys
- Shakespeare Martineau
- Advokatbyrån Sigeman & Co.
- Staiger Attorneys at Law Ltd
- WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr