Lars Merrild Hareskov

Partner
Lars Merrild Hareskov
Location
Copenhagen
Language
English
Services

Lars Merrild Hareskov provides advice on real estate, including construction law and building rights, as well as company law. 

Lars is an experienced litigator, having conducted a vast number of legal proceedings before the courts, arbitration tribunals and various boards. Lars has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and is also a certified arbitrator.  

He advises property owners and property developers on property development, project development, construction projects, project management, cooperation agreements, etc.  

Moreover, Lars advises a number of small and medium-sized enterprises on transactions, mergers and acquisitions etc. and provides general management consultancy services. 

Lars is a professional member of boards of directors and chair several boards of directors, including Belea Holding A/S, Blue & Green A/S and Dan Mark Ejendomme A/S.  

Furthermore, he has been appointed to the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court. 

In addition, Lars is a recognised lecturer with more than 25 years’ experience. He has lectured in subjects such as ethics, litigation strategy, company law, shareholders’ agreements and the setting up of businesses at the assistant-attorney programme operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society, JUC (a Danish legal training centre) and the Association of Danish Law Firms. 

Finally, Lars is a contributor of articles to Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), which is published by Karnov Group.

Qualifications
Education
Master of Law, Aarhus University
1991
Reserve Officer, the Danish Armed Forces
1986
Certified arbitrator, the education programme for arbitrators operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society
Memberships

Member of Danske Bestyrelsesadvokater (the Danish association of attorney board members) 

Member of Danske Insolvensadvokater (the association of Danish insolvency attorneys) 

Member of the Danish Society for Construction and Consulting Law 

Member of the Danish Arbitration Association 

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)  

Member of the panel of insolvency attorneys set up by the Danish Debt Collection Agency within the judicial district of the Maritime and Commercial High Court 

Admissions
Right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court
2001
Experience
Career highlights

Partner, DLA Piper Denmark, since 2018 

Partner, MAQS (NJORD), 2013-2018 

Partner, Hørlyck & Steffensen, 2000-2013 

Other positions

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Belea Holding A/S 
Member of the Board of Directors, Blue & Green A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Blue & Green, Norway 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Blue & Green, Sweden 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ejendomsselskabet Hirsemarken 3 A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, DSS - Dansk Service Selskab Rengøring A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Ejendomme Udvikling A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Ejendomme A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Ejendomme Vollsmose A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dan Mark Skov A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Overgaard Gods A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Overgaard Alvsgaard A/S 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alfa København ApS 

Lecturer, the Association of Danish Law Firms, Setting up businesses 
Lecturer, the Association of Danish Law Firms, Shareholders’ agreements 
Lecturer, the Association of Danish Law Firms, Company law 
Lecturer, JUC (a Danish legal training centre), Litigation strategy 
Lecturer, the assistant-attorney programme operated by the Danish Bar and Law Society, Ethics 

Insights

Lars is a regular contributor of articles to Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift (a Danish commercial-law periodical), which is published by Karnov Group