Kristine Emanuel Sørensen joined Hafnia Law Firm in 2021 as an assistant attorney and became an attorney-at-law in 2022.

Kristine obtained her Master of Laws degree from the University of Copenhagen in 2019. During her studies Kristine had contact with various aspects of international law through legal studies undertaken in Australia at University of Wollongong for a period of six months.

Before joining Hafnia Law Firm, Kristine spent three years at a major Danish law firm working with insolvency and litigation. Kristine also worked as a pro bono counsel at Copenhagen Legal Aid, providing legal advice to the underprivileged.

Kristine works with all matters within the firm’s practice areas, incl. maritime, transport and insurance law.

• Danish and international commercial litigation and arbitration

• Insolvency

• Conflict of Laws

• Marine and transportation insurance

• Commercial and property insurance

• Cargo claims, freight forwarding disputes and general carriage of goods

• Bunker contracts and disputes

• Arrest of ships and other assets and enforcement proceedings

• Danish and the other Scandinavian languages

• English

• 2022- : Attorney-at-Law, Hafnia Law Firm

• 2021-2022: Assistant Attorney, Hafnia Law Firm

• 2021: Instructor in Tax Law, University of Copenhagen

• 2019-2021: Assistant Attorney, Law Firm Poul Schmith / Kammeradvokaten

• 2018-2020: Pro bono counsel, Copenhagen Legal Aid

• 2018-2019: Legal Assistant, Law Firm Poul Schmith / Kammeradvokaten

• 2017-2018: Legal Assistant, DLA Piper Denmark

• 2016-2017: Legal Assistant, Plus Advokater

• 2019: Cand. jur. (Master of Laws), University of Copenhagen

• 2017: Legal studies, University of Wollongong, Australia

• 2017: Ba. Jur. (Bachelor of Laws), University of Copenhagen