Kenneth Hvelplund Pedersen

Practice Areas

Kenneth Hvelplund Pedersen assists Danish and foreign companies in litigation/arbitration and is already a seasoned practitioner in both. This has enabled him to obtain significant recognition and to receive arbitrator appointments beyond his years.

Based on insights and experience from our Corporate/M&A practice group, such as advising on several significant IPOs and corporate acquisitions, Kenneth is praised for being able to take complex commercial issues and translate them into clear and persuasive legal arguments that win results.

Kenneth has a strong academic background, exemplified by his being one of the top law graduates of 2009 at the University of Copenhagen and in 2015 he was named one of Denmark's 100 biggest business talents by the newspaper Berlingske Business. He remained connected to the University of Copenhagen as a part-time lecturer and examiner in European and International Commercial Law for several years. Kenneth is also a popular presenter in other forums and is a certified arbitrator. In 2014, he worked as a foreign associate at a large law firm in New York.

Career

Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2018

Foreign Associate, Holland & Knight, New York, 2014

Gorrissen Federspiel 2006 -

Professional Memberships

Danish Arbitration Association

Young Arbitrators Copenhagen (YAC)

Young Arbitrators Stockholm (YAS)

LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF)

Languages Spoken

Danish, English