Karsten Kristoffersen
Karsten Kristoffersen works with commercial legal and arbitral proceedings, cases against supervisory authorities and legal investigations.
A significant part of Karsten Kristoffersen's work involves cross-border cases, primarily in the financial and energy sectors.
He has extensive experience in disputes about financial regulations and products, money laundering, natural gas and LNG, energy infrastructure and green energy, including wind turbines, solar energy and biogas plants.
Karsten Kristoffersen also acts as an arbitrator. He has worked with arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIA and on an ad hoc basis.
- Defense counsel for Nordea in criminal case brought by NSK regarding violation of the Danish Money Laundering Act
- Counsel for the liquidator in damages case brought by the estate of the insurance company Gefion
- Counsel for Nordea in the so-called "Hoopp case" concerning the bank's potential liability for foreign financial institutions' allegedly unlawful dividend refunds
- Represented Hesalight in bankruptcy in a case about management and auditor liability
- A number of corporate investigations on behalf of Danske Bank, including the investigations relating to Estonia/money laundering and Flex Fri
- Counsel for a number of the largest financial institutions in proceedings against the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority and the Danish National Special Crime Unit regarding compliance with the Danish Anti-Money Laundering Act
- Counsel for Jyske Realkredit before the Danish Supreme Court in a landmark case about contribution increases to mortgage loan portfolios
- Counsel for Ørsted in arbitrations about renegotiation of pricing of natural gas and LNG
- Representing Ørsted in legal proceedings against energy authorities and gas shippers concerning tariffs for gas transportation in the North Sea
Karsten Kristoffersen is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers and Partners and is recognised as a 'Leading Individual' in The Legal 500.
Member of The Danish Arbitration Association and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Board member of Dades A/S, a major Danish real estate investment company
Member of the investment board of Gro Capital (Fund II), a major Danish private equity fund focusing on IT and technology companies