Niklas Korsgaard Christensen is the Managing Partner of Plesner and advises on the implementation of large complex projects, transfers and dispute resolution in the practice areas energy, infrastructure and construction. 

Niklas has special expertise in the practice areas energy, infrastructure and construction and advises on the implementation of large projects, the transfer of such projects and dispute resolution.
 
Niklas is a certified arbitrator and holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge. He has considerable teaching experience and has been an external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.

Niklas is the Managing Partner of Plesner (since March 2021) and a member of Plesner's Board of Director (since 2018).

Highligts

• Ørsted (DONG Energy A/S) – development and completion of the Heron Project (oil and gas) in the North Sea
• Femern A/S – development and completion of the Fehmarnbelt fixed link
• Kalaallit Airports - development of international airports in Greenland
• Total - development and completion of the Tyra Redevelopment Project 
• European Energy - sale of wind and solar farms in Denmark
• Gaz-Systems S.A. - advice on the Baltic Pipe Project
• A.P. Møller Holding A/S - advice on an energy project
• Arkil A/S – advice on various infrastructure projects of the company
• NCC - advice on the construction of hospitals, road projects etc
• InfraNode - advice on the acquisition and construction of solar parks in Denmark
• Sund og Bælt Holding A/S – advice on the operation of the group infrastructure, including bridge links, ports, railways and wind turbines
• Ineos - advice on the acquisition of licences in Denmark
• Equinor (Statoil) - advice on activities in Denmark
• RWE - advice on wind turbine projects in Denmark
• Adviser to a number of operators /licensees - establishment in Denmark and acquisition of licence rights in the North Sea

Bar Admissions

Danish Society for Construction and Consulting Law

Clare Hall College - Cambridge University

Education
2014 Admitted to the Supreme Court
2011 MBA, Cambridge University
2009 Admitted to the National Court
2007-2009 External lecturer, the Law of Property II, University of Copenhagen
2007 Admitted to the bar
2005-2007 Tutor, the Law of Obligations, University of Copenhagen
2004 Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen
2004 New York University School of Law

Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades

• 2022 Legal 500
• 2022 Chambers Europe
• 2021 Client Choice
• 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 IFLR
• 2021 Legal 500
• 2021 Chambers Europe
• 2020 Legal 500
• 2020 Chambers Europe
• 2019 Legal 500
• 2019 Chambers Europe
• 2018 Legal 500
• 2018 Chambers Europe
• 2018 IFLR
• 2017 Chambers Europe
• 2017 Legal 500
• 2017 IFLR
• 2016 Chambers Europe
• 2016 Legal 500
• 2016 client choice
• 2016 IFLR
• 2015 IFLR 1000
• 2014 Chambers Europe
• 2014 IFLR

• New Requirements for the Connection of Power-Generating Facilities are Underway

  By Niklas Korsgaard Christensen, Anne-Sophie Bundesen |July 2018