DENMARK Law and Practice Contributed by: Anders Amstrup Fournais and Sarah Bisgaard Møller, Hafnia Law Firm LLP
Hafnia Law Firm LLP is a boutique firm based in Co - penhagen, Denmark, specialising in a few core areas: shipping and trading, offshore and energy, dispute resolution, insurance, and sanctions and export con - trols. It advises on compliance with EU, UK and US sanctions and provides day-to-day screenings as well as strategic training of employees and assistance with building sanctions compliance programmes. It represents clients in disputes relating to sanctions,
including commercial litigation and arbitration, crimi - nal cases and investigations by authorities in matters where allegations of sanctions breaches are levied. Given the wide reach of current sanctions, as part of M&A processes, companies are advised to exercise careful due diligence with respect to possible breach of sanctions by any target company. Hafnia Law Firm provides assistance with pre- and post-merger due diligence to clients engaged in M&A processes.
Authors
Anders Amstrup Fournais has been in private practice with Hafnia Law Firm since graduating from Aarhus University in 2012. He was admitted to the Supreme Court in 2020 and became a partner of the firm in 2021.
Sarah Bisgaard Møller is qualified as a lawyer in Denmark and has been with Hafnia Law Firm since 2021. She expects to qualify as a solicitor of England and Wales, as of August 2025. Sarah primarily works in the
Anders heads up the firm’s sanctions desk and is one of the most sought-after lawyers in the Nordic region and beyond for legal advice on sanctions. He combines stellar academic qualifications with a hands-on and commercial approach. Anders is known for making the most complex issues easy to understand for both clients and courts. Alongside his sanctions practice, Anders is an active litigator, having acted as counsel in more than 200 litigation and arbitration cases.
area of dispute resolution under Danish and English law and advises on sanctions, taking a key role in the firm’s sanctions compliance practice. Sarah also teaches sanctions compliance externally. Sarah completed five years of law studies at Copenhagen University and has an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Cambridge.
Hafnia Law Firm LLP Nyhavn 69 1051 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: +45 20 62 38 62 Email: aaf@hafnialaw.com Web: www.hafnialaw.com
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