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From interviews with lawyers, corporate legal advisers and other legally responsible executives, Legal 500 prepares an updated register each year which is published as a book and is available at the website legal500.com.  

 

In the register for 2009 Bender von Haller Dragsted has once again achieved the best rating in the category ”IT & E-commerce”, as the following comments are stated:  

 

At IT boutique Bender von Haller Dragsted, Martin von Haller Grønbæk is a go-to expert on open source, Web 2.0 and internet law, and also advises on e-business agreements. Nicolai Dragsted, who ‘has a unique legal perspective and knowledge of the market’, advised SKI on five new framework agreements for the Danish public sector. Peter Lind Nielsen, Hanne Bender and Jesper Langemark are also recommended, and represent clients such as the Government of Greenland and Copenhagen Municipality.

 

Chambers publishes a corresponding publication. Instead of the category "IT & E-commerce" Chambers has evaluated the category TMT (Technology, Media, Telecommunication) where Bender von Haller Dragsted receives these comments:  

 

The Firm:

With 16 lawyers dedicated to the IT industry, this niche boutique delivers an almost unparalleled level of specialisation that ensures its standing as one of the leading practices in this field. Sources say it has "a great IT team," which among other things is "dominant in representing public authorities outside Denmark." Work highlights for the group include assisting SKI on the establishment of new framework agreements for the Danish public sector, while the highly regarded Jesper Langemark helped UNI-IT to prepare and implement a tender of framework agreements for the maintenance and development of university administration systems. Langemark is also a certified mediator. Nicolai Dragsted has a powerful profile, impressing clients with his practical and commercially oriented approach. "He is able to deliver and bring his deep insight in IT contract law into a context that we can use directly in our projects," remarked one satisfied client.  

 

The Lawyers:

Nicolai Dragsted has a "great capacity within the IT field" and comes highly recommended. He has gained an excellent reputation, thanks in part to his authorship of works on IT. Sources add that he is a "great transactional IT lawyer" as well.    

 

Jesper Langemark is "exceptionally good in systems delivery and systems acquisition work," according to commentators. His writing on the subject has helped to build the firm’s reputation in the IT sector, as has his practice.