Andreas Medom Madsen

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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.  

Qualifications
Education
Certified arbitrator, the education programme for arbitrators operated by the Association of Danish Law Firms
2013
Admitted to the Danish Bar
2004
Master of Law, Aarhus University
2001
Memberships

The Danish Association of Litigation Attorneys 

The Danish Lawyers’ Tax Law Association 

Admission
Right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court
2010
Experience
Recent highlights
  • 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. 
Career highlights

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 

Insights

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