Pernille Sølling
Pernille Sølling ranks among Denmark’s leading attorneys within insurance and pension law.
Pernille is one of DLA Piper Denmark’s partners in charge of its insurance affairs, and she is a Leading Individual in The Legal 500 within ‘Insurance’ and recognised within ‘Dispute Resolution’. She has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and has conducted a considerable number of lawsuits before the Danish courts. She has acted for the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority in several cases with a high success rate.
She acts for leading insurance and pension companies and insurance brokers in Denmark and abroad and provides advice on all aspects of insurance and pension law. Her advice also spans regulatory and contractual matters, disputes relating to coverage, insurance fraud, occupational pensions, financial issues as well as insurance conditions.
Pernille is also an external examiner at the practical litigation test in the assistant-attorney programme and lectures in pension law at Advokaternes HR (a Danish course provider for attorneys).
Højesteretsskranken (a Danish association of experienced supreme court litigators)
Faggruppen for Erstatnings- og Forsikringsret (specialist association for the law of damages and insurance law, the Association of Danish Law Firms)
The Danish Association of Litigation Attorneys
The Danish Association of Insurance Law (the Danish section of the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA))
The Danish Insurance Association
The International Bar Association
- Pernille Sølling acted for a large Danish pension company in a lawsuit concerning interest-rate guarantee. The lawsuit was particularly complex and reached the Danish Supreme Court.
- Pernille is acting for a Danish insurance broker in connection with the transfer of an insurance portfolio from Norway to Sweden. She also assists the client in connection with its registration as an insurance company in Denmark.
- Pernille regularly provides trusted advice to several major Danish life and pension companies and insurance brokers. She also provides advice to foreign insurance companies and insurance brokers concerning business activities in Denmark.
Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2017
Partner, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 2000-2017
Attorney, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 1990-2000
Assistant Attorney, LETT (DLA Piper Denmark), 1988-1990
Assistant Attorney, Advokaterne Bredgade 3, 1987-1988
External examiner, the practical litigation test in the assistant-attorney programme
Former co-editor of the internet portal on insurance law and the law of damages operated by Schultz
Lectures in pension law at Advokaternes HR (a Danish course provider for attorneys)
Pernille Sølling is Leading Individual within Insurance and is recognized by the Legal 500 within Dispute Resolution.
"Pernille Sølling has outstanding and unique insight into life insurance and pensions. She understands the business, financial regulation and the actuarial technique."
"We experienced partner Pernille Sølling as an expert in Danish insurance law, second to none as well as a service-minded adviser."
"Pernille Sølling has a high legal level and has heard many cases before the courts. She is very welcoming, helpful, professional and really makes the client feel in safe hands. The legal sparring is at a very high level, and she has a particularly high knowledge of litigation."
"Pernille Sølling and Georg Lett are amongst the best lawyers in Denmark in insurance matters."
"Very professional lawyers with extensive knowledge in insurance and pension law, especially Pernille."
"Pernille Sølling is available and presents herself as very competent and skilled within the field of law where most of our business is centred. The team and in particular Pernille has many years of experience with litigation, and Pernille handles litigation professionally and in a respectful manner."
‘Contractor’s insurance’ (published in Danish only), the Danish Insurance Academy, 2008