Søren Hornbæk Svendsen

Søren Hornbæk Svendsen is specialised in energy law and general commercial law advising companies within and outside the energy sector. As regards energy law, Søren has special expertise within contracts and regulatory affairs within exploration and production in the North Sea and trade in and transportation of natural gas. He further advises on contracts and financing within wind turbines, and he also has wide experience establishing and implementing whistleblower schemes.

Søren has in-depth knowledge of the energy sector and has experience from both sides of the table - as external attorney, chief attorney and vice president of  DONG Energy (2001-2005) and as group attorney with FL Smidth (1996-2001).

Søren is a member of the Legal Committee of Oil Gas Denmark, the board of Den Danske Energiretsforening (the Danish Association of Energy Law) and the advisory committee of Centre for Enterprise Liability at the University of Copenhagen. Søren is also Denmark's member of Rådet for Avdeling for Petroleumsrett (the Council of the Department of Petroleum Law), the University of Oslo.

Søren Hornbæk Svendsen is mentioned in the following international legal directories: 

• Legal 500 - Energy
• Chambers - Energy
• IFLR1000 - Energy & infrastructure and Project development (Market leader)
• Who's Who Legal - Energy
• Best Lawyers - Energy Law
• Expert Guides - Energy and Natural Resources

Oil and gas specialist Søren Hornbæk Svendsen wins praise as a skilful transactional lawyer. "He is very good at understanding the services we want in a specific case and gets to the point," explain clients.

Chambers

Søren Hornbæk Svendsen has "very deep insight and a good background in the industry," according to clients. 

Chambers

Clients say he is "very technically skilled" and praise his "deep and specialised knowledge and insight."

Chambers Europe, 2017

CV

Career

Partner, Horten, 2005
Head of legal and Senior Vice-president, DONG Energy, 2001-2005
Corporate legal counsel, FL Smidth, 1996-2001
Admitted to the Danish bar, 1996
Assistant Attorney and Attorney, Kromann Reumert Law Firm, 1993-1996

Education

Programme for Executive Development (IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland), 2004
Magister iuris (Göttingen University, Germany), 1993
Master of Laws, the University of Copenhagen, 1991

Positions of trust

Member of the Board of the Danish Energy Law Association
Member of The Council of the Department of Petroleum Law at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law
Member of Best Lawyers' Advisory Board
Member of the DI committee for climate and energy
Member of the Advisory Board to the Centre for Enterprise Liability at the University of Copenhagen
Member of the Oil Gas Denmark Legal Committee

Memberships

International Bar Association
Danish Energy Law Association
Danish Gas Association
Deutsch-Nordische Juristenvereinigung

Languages

German 
English
Dutch