Peter Hedegaard Knudsen

DLA Piper - Denmark

Partner, LL.M.

Copenhagen

+45 33 34 00 38

English



Peter Hedegaard Knudsen has wide practical experience and expertise within insolvency law, including bankruptcy proceedings, restructuring, compulsory dissolution, composition and advice to creditors having exposures to enterprises in distress.

In addition to insolvency law, Peter has - due to his previous employment in the financial sector - expertise within credit law and the law of mortgages and pledges, including company charges, as well as expertise relating to the professional liability of banks, including as regards investor-protection legislation, interest-rate and currency swaps.

Moreover, Peter deals with commercial law in the widest sense, including litigation.

  • Financial restructuring
  • Restructuring and insolvency

  • Financial services
  • Insurance
  • Real estate

  • Bar admissions Admitted to the Danish Bar
  • Right of audience before the Danish High Courts

  • Danske Insolvensadvokater (the Association of Danish Insolvency Lawyers)
  • InsolEurope
  • Forening for Bank- og Finansret (the Danish Association for Banking and Finance law)
  • Foreningen af Procedureadvokater (The Danish Association of Litigation Attorneys)
  • IBA (International Bar Association)
  • Panel of Insolvency lawyers set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency

  • Master of Law, University of Aarhus, 1996