Peter Carlstedt Nørtved

Attorney
Director
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Peter Carlstedt Nørtved specialises in litigation, insolvency and restructuring as well as shipping and transport law. Peter has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court. He is a member of Foreningen Højesteretsskranken (a Danish association of experienced supreme court litigators) and sits on the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court. 

Peter provides advice primarily on shipping, offshore and transport, including maritime litigation and arbitration. Furthermore, Peter deals with liquidations, bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings. In addition, he has extensive experience of conducting lawsuits within a number of fields and has conducted a large number of actions concerning avoidance and management liability.

Peter is an experienced lecturer, and during the period 2014-2022 he was a part-time lecturer in civil procedure at the University of Copenhagen.  Peter lectures in Shipping at the Copenhagen Business School.  

In addition, he has authored a number of publications, including “The legal effect of third-party notices” (published in Danish only), Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), no. 2, 2022. 

Qualifications
Education
Maritime Law Short Course, University of Southampton
2018
Magister Juris (MJur), Pembroke College, University of Oxford
2001
Admitted to the Danish Bar
1999
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen
1995
Memberships

Foreningen Højesteretsskranken (a Danish association of experienced supreme court litigators) 

The panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court 

Danske Insolvensadvokater (the association of Danish insolvency lawyers) 

International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International) 

The Danish Legal Association 

Admissions
Right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court
2011
Experience
Career highlights

Director, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2022 

Partner, Rödl & Partner, 2021-2022 

Attorney, Gorrissen Federspiel, 2007-2021 

Attorney, Bang og Regnarsen (NJORD), 2003-2007 

Attorney, Kromann Reumert, 1999-2003 

Assistant Attorney, Kromann Reumert, 1996-1999 

Positions of trust

Member of the Executive Committee of Roskilde Katedralskole (one of the oldest Danish upper secondary schools) 

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the alumni association Roskilde Katedralskoles Elevforening 

Other positions

Lecturer in Shipping, Copenhagen Business School, since 2023 

Part-time lecturer in civil procedure, University of Copenhagen, 2014-2022 

Lecturer in the law of obligations, University of Copenhagen, 1997-1999 

Insights

The legal effect of third-party notices” (published in Danish only), Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), no. 2, 2022 

Floating company charges” (published in Danish only), Revision & Regnskabsvæsen (a Danish accounting periodical), no. 11, 2002 

Renvoi” (published in Danish only), the Danish weekly law reports, 2001 

Consolidation of registration fees for assignment of charges” (published in Danish only), the Danish weekly law reports, 1997