Johan deals with inheritance and succession planning, wills, probate and estate administration, and family law. He has extensive experience within the field and is a sought-after adviser – particularly in cases involving international aspects and other particularly difficult issues. Johan is entitled to appear before the Danish Supreme Court and has conducted a number of test cases involving e.g. foreign real property in decedents’ estates and divorces, so-called ”shared separate property” and child abduction. Johan teaches other lawyers succession law, probate and estate administration and family law at the Association of Danish Law Firms, the course providers JUC and Advokaternes HR, Kursusgruppen and a number of bar associations throughout Denmark.
2013: Entitlement to appear before the Danish Supreme Court
2008: Entitlement to appear before the Danish High Court
2008: Lawyer
2004: Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Copenhagen
2018 – : Partner, BFA Law
2017 – 2018: Partner, Rovsing & Gammeljord
2010-2017: Advokat, Bech-Bruun Advokatfirma
2009-2010: Advokat, Ret&Råd Hvidovre
2005-2009: Advokatfuldmægtig og advokat, Advodan Næstved
2001-2005: Stud.jur. og virksomhedsjurist, TeliaSonera Danmark
Danish
English
German
Publications
Ægtefælleloven med kommentarer [Danish Act on Spouses‘ Economic Conditions, with commentary], Karnov Group, 1st edition, 2019
Ægtefælleloven med kommentarer, Karnov Group, 1. udgave 2019
Boopgørelsen i dødsboer, Karnov Group, 2. udgave 2016
Facetter – Festskrift til Sys Rovsing, DJØFs Forlag, 1. udgave 2013
En række artikler i Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen, Tidsskrift for Familie- og Arveret samt fagbladet Advokaten
Memberships
Authorised probate and estate administrator at the City Court of Copenhagen
Member of STEP – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Member of Steering Committee for STEP’s Cross-border Estates Special Interest Group
Board member of the Association of Danish Inheritance Lawyers
Head of JUC’s matrimonial property and inheritance law network
Member of AIJA – Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats
Member of the association Danish Family Lawyers
Member of the Danish Association of Litigation Attorneys
