Jacob Skude Rasmussen

Practice Areas

Jacob Skude Rasmussen has a broad practice that covers high-profile commercial disputes and business crime. He is frequently appointed as arbitrator and has experience sitting as arbitrator under national and international rules. Jacob also advises on international public law.

Jacob Skude Rasmussen qualified for the Bar in 2009, gained right of audience before the High Court in 2012 and gained right of audience before the Supreme Court in 2017. He has been a partner at Gorrissen Federspiel since 2015. He is a former Senior Adviser at the legal service of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also certified mediator and serves as an Advisory Board Member on the Danish Institute of Arbitration's Committee on Maritime Disputes.

In addition, Jacob Skude Rasmussen has a broad legal authorship, which includes a number of articles and chapters in text books on dispute resolution and professional negligence. Jacob is also a frequent speaker at legal events as well as an examiner and former assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen.

Career

Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2015

Gorrissen Federspiel, 2011 -

Chief Counsellor, Legal Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, 2009 - 2011

Gorrissen Federspiel, 2008 - 2009

Deputy head of mission, The Danish Embassy, Bucharest, 2006-2008

The Legal Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, 2004 - 2006

Professional Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA)

Danish Arbitration Association

Comité Maritime International (CMI), Danish Branch

The Supreme Court Bar