Frants Dalgaard-Knudsen Email & Phone Number

Co-head of Plesner’s construction practice since 2015Head of Plesner’s commercial contracts practice 2007-2014Head of Plesner’s corporate / commercial department 2003-2014Member of Plesner’s foreign relations committee 2002 - 2012Member of Plesner’s strategy committee and implementation task force 1999-2003Member of Plesner’s Greenland teamFellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) 2006PhD in Law 1991

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  Partner

  Plesner

  1988 - Present

  Plesner is recognized as a leading Danish full-service law firm. Having more than 500 employees, we are capable of performing the largest and the most complex legal assignments, also of a cross border nature. Plesner delivers pro-active, dedicated and solution driven assistance and always has a business oriented value-for-money approach. Plesner particularly distinguishes itself by having a responsible partner’s personal commitment to the process.Personally, Frants Dalgaard-Knudsen is a partner and co-head in Plesner's construction team. He has extensive experience in construction, engineering, infrastructure, technical deliveries and trade.His focus is dispute resolution and he has wide experience in arbitration. His work also includes commercial settlements, contracts and ongoing advice during the execution of projects.He has assisted with major construction projects, including power plants (traditional, biomass and waste-to -energy), motorways, airports, the Copenhagen Metro, major bridges and public buildings in Denmark, and also with a number of disputes regarding major construction projects and technical deliveries abroad under FIDIC. He possesses expertise regarding legal matters in Greenland, in particular mining.He also has a solid background in facilitating teamwork in the large projects and also by having been the head of Plesner's Corporate/Commercial department for a decade.Frants has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and he is a member of the Danish Supreme Court Bar Association. He is a certified arbitrator in Denmark and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, FCIArb. He has a PhD from the European University Institute. He is the author of articles and books, including "Danelaws on Contracts". He is in charge of a project in digitalization as part of dispute resolution.