Michael Klejs Pedersen

Attorney
Senior Director
Michael Klejs Pedersen
Location
Language
English
Services

Michael Klejs Pedersen is highly skilled within employment and labour law. Michael provides advice to Danish and foreign enterprises, trade unions and executives.

Michael advises primarily on executive service agreements, employment contracts for salaried employees, commission and incentive schemes, termination/instant dismissal, severance agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation clauses, trade secrets in employment relationships, discrimination/equal treatment, collective redundancies, employees’ legal rights in the event of transfer of undertakings, collective agreements, data protection law with a particular focus on HR management, employee shareholders’ legal rights, employment law due diligence in connection with M&As, criminal law relating to employment relationships/working environments, etc., and the tax position of executives/employees.

Michael has a right of audience before the Danish High Courts and has conducted a considerable number of legal proceedings before the courts, industrial dispute resolution bodies and private arbitral tribunals.

Qualifications
Education
Admitted to the Danish Bar
2008
Master of Law, University of Aarhus
2004
Memberships

Ansættelses Advokater (the Danish association of employment and labour law lawyers)

Admission
Right of audience before the Danish High Courts
2008
Experience
Experience
Lawyer, international Aarhus-based law firm
2009-2018
Acting high-court judge, the Danish Court Administration, the High Court of Western Denmark
2016-2017
Acting high-court judge, the Danish Court Administration, the High Court of Western Denmark (3 months)
2016
Lawyer, Herning-based international law firm
2008
Junior lawyer, Aarhus-based law firm focusing on employment and labour law
2005-2008
Rankings
Legal 500

Michael is recognized by The Legal 500 within 'Employment'.