Jesper has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating outsourcing and IT agreements, as well as dispute resolution matters in connection with IT projects.
Jesper is a partner in our international IT Sector Group and managing partner for Bird & Bird Denmark. Jesper is based in our office in Copenhagen.
Jesper’s expertise and extensive practical experience cover drafting and negotiating of IT and outsourcing contracts; dispute resolution in connection with IT projects, both for customers and suppliers; and mergers and acquisitions within the IT sector. His expertise also includes public tenders of primarily IT projects and framework agreements.
He has thorough knowledge of data protection law, including implementation of whistle blower systems, binding corporate rules, privacy aspects of cloud computing and data transfer agreements.
Jesper’s client base comprises small and large IT companies. He also regularly acts on the customer side, including on behalf of public authorities regarding contractual and public procurement law issues alongside our public procurement team.
Jesper is certified as an IT lawyer and an experienced negotiator and litigator. In addition, Jesper is a certified mediator and arbitrator and has acted as such in a number of cases. Furthermore, Jesper is a certified expert in Danish IT Attorneys' dispute resolution.
He is often invited to speak at conferences on IT law and contractual issues and is the co-author of several publications and books. This extensive list includes books on the Danish standard contracts, K01 and K02, as well as on contracts for agile software development.
Jesper speaks Danish, English and has an understanding of the Scandinavian languages
