
Construction
Practice areaPlesner's Construction team addresses our clients' projects and disputes in close collaboration with Plesner's other specialist teams. Consequently, we can simultaneously offer highly specialised legal advice in all areas of construction and infrastructure while keeping our clients' overall commercial interests in mind concerning complex projects and disputes. Our team of recognised legal specialists provides all forms of legal services and delivers commercially oriented solutions in construction and infrastructure, including large and complex projects. The team's deep technical understanding and innovative approach to solutions, progress, and claims management are value-creating.
We advise contractors, consultants, and clients, as well as insurance companies. We offer our many years of experience to our clients and support them in their business, regardless of their role. Our clients engage us for projects that set the standard regarding size, complexity, and risk allocation. Plesner's Construction team is integrated with Plesner's Energy and Infrastructure team and Real Estate team. This structure ensures the best possible utilisation of synergies from Plesner's knowledge of construction, acquisition, operation, dispute resolution, and disposal of all types of real estate and infrastructure for the benefit of our clients.
Selected cases
AP Ejendomme develops and constructs a new headquarter for Team Danmark
Ongoing advice: Continuing counselling regarding contractual matters, execution, and operation of construction and infrastructure projects
International Projects: Advising on a wide range of international construction projects across the globe
Public Buildings: Advising on construction projects with municipalities, state-owned companies, and other public clients concerning small and large public buildings
Pharma and Food Industry: Advising entities such as Novozymes, Leo Pharma, and Ferring Pharmaceutical
Process and Energy Plants: Various issues and legal cases related to several technical plants
Healthcare: Advising on the construction and expansion of major hospitals across Denmark
Metro/Railway: Advising contractors in connection with the development, construction, and expansion of the metro in Copenhagen, as well as advising on the electrification of the Danish railway network
The Baltic Pipe pipeline has now officially opened in Poland
Our specialists

Frants Dalgaard-Knudsen

Kristoffer Thorborg

Niklas Korsgaard Christensen

Peter Fogh

Andreas Rye-Andersen

Camilla Maria Gammelmark

Daniel Boel Idorn

David Joakim Grann

Emil Brudsgård Larsen

Frederik Lenskjold Olsen

Frederik Leth Keller

Jonas Banke

Marie Kjærulff-Jørgensen

Morten Kruse Hemmingsen

Peter Damsgaard Eriksen

Stine Nygaard Hjortskov

Tobias Heinel-Yde

"Ability to understand complex issues and translate into actionable guidance and advice. Clear and concise presentation of claims and argumentation in litigation"
"Always available. Quick response. Proficient in understanding and addressing complex professional issues. Down-to-earth advice that considers the scope of the subject and the customer’s needs"
"Very accommodating and ready to take all matters seriously"
"Plesner has provided a 360-degree full service for us. They have a big back office and have efficiently provided us with the best knowledge in their legal house across the different specialties"

"The team at Plesner has strength and depth, is very experienced and is commercial in driving transactions forward" (2023)

"Very professional team. Confident and friendly advisers, deal driven, accurate due diligence, strong legal base for negotiations, targets well achieved"
"Plesner have a strong team with specialists in all constructions matters, they are impeccable"
"They have the ability to comprehend complex challenges, and have a good sense of the construction market in general"

"They were responsive, involved, knowledgeable and had good process management skills"
"Excellent commercial understanding"

"Quick, competent, quality conscious and business-focused team, they know their client and their law and the businesses, and pleasant people to work with"
"Always ready, quick to follow up on requests. Sharp and up to date on relevant legal issues"
"Always quick to see the big picture and understand complex issues. Nice to have the same point of contact. Good service in house and in all matters of correspondence"


"High level across different fields of expertise" (2022)
"Plesner is extremely professional as a law firm. Its lawyers are world class and the firm has significant depth in terms of advisory experience and capability" (2021/2022)
"Clear, concise and commercially pragmatic advice" (2021/2022)