Our story

Being exceptional together is our roadmap to building a law firm of international standing.

Our founders, seasoned legal experts united in their pursuit of collective excellence, established the groundwork for our distinctive culture.

This legacy continues to attract talented colleagues and esteemed clients, many of whom have been with us for decades.

Plesner’s roots date back to 1918. Today, we are a premier law firm with over 600 ambitious team members dedicated to helping our clients succeed in the matters they entrust to us.

Timeline – Plesner’s history

2024

Plesner reaches 600 employees

2022

Plesner reaches 500 employees

2018

Plesner’s 100th anniversary

2011

Plesner reaches 300 employees

2009

Plesner Svane Grønborg changes its name to Plesner

2004

Plesner Svane Grønborg moves to the newly built domicile, the "Copper Tower", at Amerika Plads 37

2000

Plesner Svane Grønborg is created through a merger of the law firms O. Bondo Svane and Plesner & Grønborg

1997

Plesner & Grønborg is created through a merger of the law firms Plesner & Lunøe and Koch-Nielsen & Grønborg

1990

Koch-Nielsen & Grønborg is created through a merger of the law firms la Cour & Koch-Nielsen and Bornstein & Grønborg

1989

Plesner & Lunøe formed by combining the offices of the law firms Holm-Nielsen & Plesner and Lunøe & Partnere

1987

Lunøe & Partnere is adopted as the joint-name for several small law firms, including the firm founded by Svend Lunøe and Carl Ricard

1967

Robert Koch-Nielsen joins the law firm la Cour, and after a number of years the firm changes its name to la Cour & Koch-Nielsen

1964

Bornstein & Grønborg is founded by Jørgen Grønborg and Preben Bornstein

1958

Kaj Holm-Nielsen and Mogens Plesner become partners in Poul Jacobsen's law firm, which later takes the name Holm-Nielsen & Plesner

1940s

High Court Attorney Jacob la Cour, establishes the law firm la Cour

1937

High Court Attorneys Svend Lunøe and Carl Ricard found law firms, which later become Lunøe & Partnere

1933

Supreme Court Attorney Oskar Bondo Svane founds the law firm O. Bondo Svane

1918

Attorney Poul Jacobsen founds the law firm, which later becomes Holm-Nielsen & Plesner

2024 - 1918

Leadership

Meet our board and management

Plesner is organised as a partnership of lawyers ("Advokatpartnerselskab"). Our partners appoint the board of directors.