Morten Hans Jakobsen

Practice Areas

Morten Hans Jakobsen's practice concentrates on the handling of distressed companies and on advising the transport sector with special focus on aviation, aircraft financing and ship financing but also financing in general. Morten's insolvency practice is particularly centered around restructuring but also includes all other aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency law. As regards transport, Morten renders advice to airline companies and the large shipping companies, but his practice also extends to rendering assistance and advice in relation to leasing, purchase/sale, regulatory issues, passenger rights, accidents, maintenance, registration, arrest, repossession and insurance matters.

Career

Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2007

Holland & Knight, New York, secondment 2004

Sinclair Roche Temperley (now: Stephenson Harwood), London, secondment 2000

Gorrissen Federspiel 1997 -

Professional Memberships

European Air Law Association (EALA)

The Danish Association of Banking and Finance Law

Comité Maritime Internationale (CMI)

European Aviation Club (ECA)

International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT)

Publications

Annual contribution:

“The Official Guide to Aircraft Registration”. Article: “Denmark”.

2016:

“Pillsbury World Aircraft Repossession Index / 2016 Edition Update”. Chapter: “Denmark”

“Aircraft Liens R49”. Chapter: “Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland”

“The Strategic View - Corporate Restructuring 2016”. Chapter: “Denmark”

“The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to: Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2016”. Chapter: “Denmark”

“The Transport Finance Law Review – 2nd Edition”. Chapter: “Denmark”

2017:

“The Transport Finance Law Review”. Chapter 5: “Denmark”.

“Aviation”. Chapter: “Danish Accession to the Cape Town Convention”.

“Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2017”. Chapter 12: “Denmark Gorrissen Federspiel”.

“Air and Space Law (AILA)”. Chapter:” Cape Town Convention and ‘qualifying declarations' - analysis of ratification approach and transaction practice in recent Contracting States (2015-2016)”

“The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2017”. Chapter: “Denmark”

“The Transport Finance Law Review - 3rd Edition”. Chapter: “Denmark”

“Euromoney's Aviation Guide 2017”. Chapter: “Danish accession to the Cape Town Convention”

2018:

“Who's Who Legal, Aviation”. Article: “The Cape Town Convention in an EU context”

“Aircraft Liens R49”. Chapter: “Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland”

2019:

“Behind and Beyond the Chicago Convention: The Evolution of Aerial Sovereignty”. Chapter 26: “The Chicago Convention Article 83bis: Legal Considerations When Entering into and Benefitting from Article 83bis Arrangements”.

2020:

”LexisPSL Restructuring & Insolvency”. Chapter: ”Denmark — Restructuring and Insolvency Guide”

Co-author on 2013, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Project Finance, chapter about Denmark.

Languages Spoken

Danish, English