Lars Merrild Hareskov

Partner

Email

lars.merrild.hareskov@dk.dlapiper.com

Phone

+45 33 34 04 94

Mobile

+45 24 86 39 48

Location

Copenhagen

Secretary

Annelise Cecilie Risgaard MacInnes

About

Lars Merrild Hareskov provides advice on real estate, including construction law and building rights, as well as company law.

Lars is an experienced litigator, having conducted a vast number of legal proceedings before the courts, arbitration tribunals and various boards. Lars has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is also a certified arbitrator.

He advises property owners and property developers on property development, project development, construction projects, project management, cooperation agreements, etc.

Moreover, Lars advises a number of small and medium-sized enterprises on transactions, mergers and acquisitions etc. and provides general management consultancy services.

Lars is a professional member of boards of directors and chair several boards of directors, including Belea Holding A/S, Blue & Green A/S and Dan Mark Ejendomme A/S.

Furthermore, he has been appointed to the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court.

In addition, Lars is a recognised lecturer with more than 25 years’ experience. He has lectured in subjects such as ethics, litigation strategy, company law, shareholders’ agreements and the setting up of businesses at the assistant-attorney programme operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society, JUC (a Danish legal training centre) and the Association of Danish Law Firms.

Finally, Lars is a contributor of articles to Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), which is published by Karnov Group.

Services

Real Estate

Building and Construction

Property Development

Sectors

Real Estate

Industrials

Agriculture and food

Qualifications

Education

Master of Law, Aarhus University

1991

Reserve Officer, the Danish Armed Forces

1986

Certified arbitrator, the education programme for arbitrators operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society

Memberships

Member of Danske Bestyrelsesadvokater (the Danish association of attorney board members)

Member of Danske Insolvensadvokater (the association of Danish insolvency attorneys)

Member of the Danish Society for Construction and Consulting Law

Member of the Danish Arbitration Association

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) 

Member of the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court

Admissions

Right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court

2001

Experience

Career highlights

Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2018

Partner, MAQS (NJORD), 2013-2018

Partner, Hørlyck & Steffensen, 2000-2013

Other positions

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Belea Holding A/S
Member of the Board of Directors, Blue & Green A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Blue & Green, Norway
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Blue & Green, Sweden
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ejendomsselskabet Hirsemarken 3 A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, DSS - Dansk Service Selskab Rengøring A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Ejendomme Udvikling A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Ejendomme A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Ejendomme Vollsmose A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Skov A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Overgaard Gods A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Overgaard Alvsgaard A/S
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alfa København ApS

Lecturer, the Association of Danish Law Firms, Setting up businesses
Lecturer, the Association of Danish Law Firms, Shareholders’ agreements
Lecturer, the Association of Danish Law Firms, Company law
Lecturer, JUC (a Danish legal training centre), Litigation strategy
Lecturer, the assistant-attorney programme operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society, Ethics

Insights

Lars is a regular contributor of articles to Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), which is published by Karnov Group