Plesner

About Plesner

By law, we mean business

Plesner's roots stretch back to 1918, and our firm - in its current form - was established at the beginning of the 00s through a series of mergers of leading Danish law firms. Our business is based on strong relationships. In 2018 we celebrated our 100th anniversary, and at the same time we celebrated 100 years of collaboration with one of our major Danish clients. This is the kind of relationship we go to work every day to earn. 

Although we have deep roots and a long and solid history, we practice humility and never take our success for granted. At Plesner, the status quo does not exist. 

Our approach is unconventional. Law is our field, but our business is about finding the optimal solution for each and every client. Our dedication is aimed at being the market leader in Denmark. This requires us to provide gifted advice based on honesty and integrity and with knowledge of ethical dilemmas and our clients' political and societal contexts.

For us, law is a means to a higher end, namely the client's business goals and the good of society. It's been that way since the beginning. 

It is in Plesner's DNA to challenge the status quo. It has brought us to where we are today. We strive to maintain this position through continuous professionalisation, specialization and a strong "One Firm Mindset".

Above all, our company is built on trust. We earn your trust by caring about the way we work together and collaborate with our clients, partners and the community. In a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world, we want to promote the value of documentable facts and the personal responsibility for reason, honesty and truth. We do not challenge simply to change. We challenge to improve. Always. We do this because we want to show care and because our goal is to be exceptional together. 

Read more about our values ​​and how we work .  

Timeline - Plesner's story

• 2018 - Plesner celebrates its 100th anniversary
• 2009 - Plesner Svane Grønborg changes its name to Plesner
• 2004 - Plesner Svane Grønborg's employees gather in the newly built domicile "Kobbertårnet" at Amerika Plads 37 - and Plesner is used as the logo and nickname
• 2000 - Plesner Svane Grønborg is formed by a merger of the law firms O. Bondo Svane and Plesner & Grønborg
• 1997 - Plesner & Grønborg is formed by a merger of the law firms Plesner & Lunøe and Koch-Nielsen & Grønborg
• 1990 - Koch-Nielsen & Grønborg is formed by a merger between the law firms la Cour & Koch-Nielsen and Bornstein & Grønborg
• 1989 - Plesner & Lunøe is formed by an office merger of the law firms Holm-Nielsen & Plesner and Lunøe & Partnere
• 1987 - Lunøe & Partnere becomes the common name for a number of smaller law firms, including the firm founded by Svend Lunøe and Carl Ricard
• 1967 - Robert Koch-Nielsen becomes a partner in the law firm la Cour, and after a number of years the firm changes its name to la Cour & Koch-Nielsen
• 1964 - Bornstein & Grønborg is founded by Jørgen Grønborg and Preben Bornstein
• 1958 - Kaj Holm-Nielsen and Mogens Plesner become partners in Poul Jacobsen's law firm. The company later takes the name Holm-Nielsen & Plesner
• 1940s - District Court prosecutor Jacob la Cour founds the law firm la Cour
• 1937 - District court prosecutors Svend Lunøe and Carl Ricard found law firms, which later became Lunøe & Partnere
• 1933 - Supreme Court prosecutor Oskar Bondo Svane founds the law firm O. Bondo Svane
• 1918 - Attorney Poul Jacobsen founds the law firm that later became Holm-Nielsen & Plesner