HAFNIA LAW FIRM has extensive experience and comprehensive expertise from all types of Danish court cases and have been involved in a large number of leading cases.
Working within the fields of shipping, maritime- and transportation law where disputes regarding i.a. liability, breach of contract etc. occurs on a very frequent basis, the firm’s lawyers have strong a experience in and reputation for effective dispute resolution and are all skilled and experienced litigators. The firm’s lawyers work with litigation matters before Danish courts at every level and has throughout the years appeared successfully in numerous cases before the Danish Supreme Court.
Where possible and beneficial to clients, HAFNIA LAW FIRM always try to settle disputes without recourse to legal proceedings. However, when this is unavoidable, HAFNIA LAW FIRM will pursue clients’ interests vigorously, benefitting from the fact that the firm’s lawyers are specialists among the specialists.
HAFNIA LAW FIRM has extensive experience in representing its clients at arbitration tribunals, in particular in disputes regarding supply of bunkers, carriage of goods, chartering of vessels and shipbuilding and conversion contracts. Apart from the benefit of non-public, more simplified and less time consuming proceedings, arbitration can also be an attractive option because the parties to the dispute can be almost certain that the arbitrators appointed to hear their claim will be specialists in their own particular field. Furthermore, parties to arbitration are not exposed to the risk of surprising and singular decisions of the sort sometimes handed down by courts in foreign jurisdictions. On the basis of its experience in this field, HAFNIA LAW FIRM is able to advise its clients when arbitration is the most advantageous option, and to act for them accordingly.
HAFNIA LAW FIRM regularly provides advice to clients on mediation as one form of alternative dispute resolution. A successful early mediation is much cheaper than litigation and arbitration, taking into account both the monetary cost and the management and potential reputational costs that may be associated with a lengthy dispute. For the same reason HAFNIA LAW FIRM often facilitates and participates in mediation on behalf of clients, whether proposed by the courts or on a strictly voluntary basis.