Gitte Christensen
Attorney
Senior Director
Phone
Mobile
Location
About
Gitte is a litigator and deals especially with resolving disputes concerning the law of damages.
Gitte has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and is expertised in complex and lengthy disputes, which are conducted before the Danish courts or the Danish Institute of Arbitration, etc.
Qualifications
Education
Admitted to the Danish Bar
2016
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen
2013
Studies at McGill University, Canada
2010
Memberships
Young Arbitrators Copenhagen
The Danish Arbitration Association
The Danish Association of Litigation Attorneys
Admissions
Right of audience before the Danish High Courts
2022
Experience
Recent highlights
- Gitte acted for a large Danish pharmaceutical company in an international arbitration, which concerned a contractual-liability dispute. It was a cross-border case involving foreign parties, where three claims totalling DKK 100m had been raised.
- Gitte acts for a major group of institutional investors in two pending lawsuits, which are heard together with a number of other lawsuits. The lawsuits concern prospectus liability, managerial liability and liability under the law on the sale of goods. The subject-matter value exceeds DKK 800m, and the lawsuits are particularly complex and include precedent-setting procedural issues.
- Gitte acted for a transport company in an insurance-law matter, which resulted in the adverse party having to amend its insurance policy. It was a complex insurance-law matter, where insurance cover had been refused several times.
Career highlights
Senior Director, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2024
Director, DLA Piper Denmark, 2023-2024
Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2017-2022
Attorney, Horten, 2016-2017
Assistant Attorney, Horten, 2013-2016
