Pernille Friis Espensen

Attorney
Pernille Friis Espensen

Pernille Friis Espensen has experience within employment and labour law and provides advice to Danish and international clients on all aspects of Danish employment and labour law as well as dispute resolution within this area. 

In particular, Pernille is experienced in advising on employment contracts, changes of conditions, anti-discrimination and gender-equality issues, executive service agreements, staff policies, individual and collective dismissals, severance agreements and litigation on issues of employment law, etc. Pernille is also an expert within work visas. 

Pernille has gained vast experience in tasks within M&A and transactions within a broad range of sectors, including employment-law due diligence. She also advises on executive service agreements, restrictive covenants clauses, incentive schemes, bonus and share option agreements, international restructuring, including collective redundancies, and conducts litigation on employment-law issues.  

Furthermore, Pernille has assisted several organizations with pro-bono work relating to all aspects of employment law. 

Qualifications
Education
Admitted to the Danish Bar
2023
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen
2020
Memberships

Yngre AnsættelsesAdvokater (the Danish association of young employment and labour law attorneys) 

Experience
Career highlights

Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2023 

Assistant Attorney, DLA Piper Denmark, 2022-2023 

Assistant Attorney, Skau Reipurth, 2021-2022 

Assistant Attorney, Poul Schmidt/The Legal Advisor to the Danish Government, 2021 

Positions of trust

Board member, the DLA Piper Denmark assistant attorneys’ association, 2023-2024