Profile
Peter Schaumburg-Müller is a partner with HAFNIA LAW FIRM.
Peter was born in 1950 and obtained his law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1976. Additionally Peter has studied maritime law with the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law in Oslo and studied international law at the University of Aix en Provence.
Peter started his career with the law firm of Kromann Dragsted Nørregaard & Friis (later to become the law firm of Kromann Reumert) and he later joined the P&I Club, SKULD, where he specialised in shipping-, maritime and transportation law. In 1981 Peter established the law firm of Schaumburg-Müller & Co. – the predecessor of HAFNIA LAW FIRM.
Practice areas
Peter works within all areas of shipping. Peter pre-dominantly advises in the following matters:
• P&I, FD&D and general insurance
• Contracts and disputes of ship-brokers, -agents and other intermediaries
• Collisions
• Ship sale and purchase
• Drafting of Charter-parties and Charter-party disputes
• Corporate law, with a prime focus on shipping companies
• Litigation and arbitration
• International contracts
Additionally, Peter serves as chairman and member of a wide range of boards of directors in the Danish shipping and transport industry.
Peter is admitted to the Supreme Court and has extensive litigation experience within the scope of his practice.
Peter frequently lectures on various aspects of shipping and maritime law.
Memberships
The Danish Bar Association
The Danish section of Comité Maritime International
International Law Association
Chambre Arbitrale Maritime de Monaco
The International Chamber of Commerce
Languages
English, French and Scandinavian
Contact
E: psm@hafnialaw.com
T: +45 33 34 39 01
M: +45 40 41 82 43