Frants is a partner and co-head of Plesner's Construction team. As lead counsel, Frants and his team assist clients in arbitration, litigation, mediation, commercial settlements, contracting, and ongoing advice during project execution.

He has assisted with major construction projects, including power plants (traditional, biomass, and waste-to-energy), turbines, motorways, airports, metros, bridges, hospitals, and other public buildings, as well as private projects like factories, residential projects, hotels, and retirement homes in Denmark, Greenland, and overseas.

Always with a focus on dispute resolution for the clients, Frants has also served as head of Plesner's Construction team and head of Plesner's Commercial Contracts team. He is currently leading a Plesner project that aims to digitize case hearings.

Frants has a Danish Master's degree in Law, has studied at several universities, and also holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute. He holds admission to the Supreme Court of Denmark and is a member of the experienced litigators' Supreme Court Bar Association. Frants is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He is a certified arbitrator in Denmark and also holds the Danish mediator certification. He has published a range of articles and books, including "Danelaws on Contracts" and a dissertation on concession contracts.

Large technical deliveries and construction projects involve complex technical, commercial, and legal aspects. These matters necessitate the collaboration of teams with diverse skills. Frants' core work and value lies in the various aspects of teamwork, which involve the integral participation of several teams, including Plesner, the client, and other advisors.

Construction, engineering, technical deliveries, and infrastructure involve contracting, execution, and dispute resolution. Cost, quality, disruption, delay, and acceleration in projects are core issues in Plesner's Construction team's work.

Bar Admissions

London Court of International Arbitration

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage

International Bar Association (IBA)

American Society of International Law

Højesteretsskranken (an association of experienced Supreme Court litigators)  

Education

2006 FCIArb, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London

2006 Certified arbitrator

1996 Partner

1996 Admitted to the Danish Supreme Court

1991 Doctor of Laws (Ph.D.), European University Institute, Florence

1990 Admitted to the bar

1988 Employed by a law firm, now Plesner

1986-1987 Studies abroad, AIW-Institute, Frankfurt, and Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo

1984-1987 Research fellow, European University Institute, Florence

1984 Master of Laws, Aarhus University

1979 Studies abroad, University of Waterloo, Canada

Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades

• 2019 Legal 500
• 2019 Chambers Global
• 2018 Legal 500
• 2018 Chambers Global
• 2017 Whos who
• 2017 Legal 500
• 2016 Legal 500
• 2015 Chambers Global
• 2014 Whos who
• 2013 Legal 500

1995 "International Civil Procedures, Denmark" (co-author)

1991 "Mineral Concessions and Law in Greenland" (dissertation)

1987 "Udvindingskoncessioners retlige kvalificering" (The legal qualification of mining concessions)

Numerous articles in Danish and foreign periodicals