Andreas Medom Madsen
Andreas Medom Madsen deals primarily with litigation involving bankruptcy estates and conducts proceedings before the Danish courts.
Andreas has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is a certified arbitrator. Moreover, he is in charge of disqualification proceedings in DLA Piper Denmark’s insolvency and restructuring practice group.
Andreas acts for both types of parties involved in bankruptcy. He regularly provides advice to the Danish Guarantee Fund for Non-life Insurers and also conducts litigation for the Guarantee Fund.
Andreas has conducted a considerable number of cases before the Danish courts and is particularly experienced in acting for large bankruptcy estates in proceedings relating to avoidance or damages. He conducts/has conducted several cases of general public importance on issues such as prospectus liability and the avoidance of successive provisions of financial security. Andreas takes a keen interest in procedural matters, including survey proceedings, discovery of documents, examination of witnesses, etc. Furthermore, Andreas advises on general commercial law.
For a number of years, Andreas co-authored the annotations to the Danish Act on VAT published (in Danish only) by Karnov, the leading provider of compilations of Danish statutes.
The Danish Association of Litigation Attorneys
The Danish Lawyers’ Tax Law Association
- Andreas conducted a case of general public importance on the avoidance of successive provisions of financial security for Copenship A/S under konkurs (in bankruptcy), in which the Danish Supreme Court set aside as voidable two payments of supplementary security for increases of debt.
- Andreas acts for institutional investors in a case brought against the former management, among others, of O.W Bunker A/S under konkurs (in bankruptcy). This case of general public importance concerns prospectus liability and is pending before the Eastern High Court of Denmark at first instance.
- Andreas regularly provides advice to the Danish Guarantee Fund for Non-life Insurers and he also conducts litigation for the Guarantee Fund.
Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2023
Director, DLA Piper Denmark, 2019-2023
Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2017-2019
Attorney, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 2011-2017
Attorney, Nordia, 2008-2011
Attorney, Poul Schmith/Kammeradvokaten (the legal advisor to the Danish Government), 2004-2008
Assistant Attorney, Poul Schmith/Kammeradvokaten (the legal advisor to the Danish Government), 2001-2004
Co-author of the annotations to the Danish Act on VAT published (in Danish only) by Karnov, the leading provider of compilations of Danish statutes, 2010-2015