Senior Legal Expert
Peter Mortensen
Tel +45 53 81 98 19
pmo@skaureipurth.com
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Peter Mortensen has in-depth experience with commercial law in general and advises in particular on the use, acquisition and financing of real estate. In recent years, his focus area has been the establishment of renewable energy plants on land and at the sea.
From 2015-2018, Peter Mortensen was employed in COWI A/S’ Land and Rights department, where he provided client advice to state and municipal construction authorities e.g. on protection of rights, expropriation, conclusion of landowner agreements, determination of damages, and utility line easements and planning law.
Through his employment as a High Court judge in the Eastern High Court 2020-2021, he has gained litigation experience and insight into dispute resolution.
Peter Mortensen has a doctorate in law from the University of Copenhagen, where he is still employed and has taught property law and insolvency law for several years.
Peter Mortensen was admitted to the bar in 2025, but has deposited his license to practice.
Peter Mortensen speaks English and the Scandinavian languages.
Work experience
2025 –Skau Reipurth Advokatpartnerselskab
2020 – 2021High Court Judge at Eastern High Court
2019Accura Law Firm
2015 – 2018COWI A/S
1990 –University of Copenhagen (since 2000 as a professor)
Educational background
1999Doctorate in Law, University of Copenhagen
1090Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen
Work experience
2025 –Skau Reipurth Advokatpartnerselskab
2020 – 2021High Court Judge at Eastern High Court
2019Accura Law Firm
2015 – 2018COWI A/S
1990 –University of Copenhagen (since 2000 as a professor)
Educational background
1999Doctorate in Law, University of Copenhagen
1090Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen
Memberships
- The Ministry of Justice’s follow-up group on Digital Land Registration
- The Association for Areas and Rights in Denmark
- The Planning Board of Appeal (2019)
- The Disciplinary Board for Real Estate Agents (2006 – 2018)
- Ministry of Justice’s Land Registration Committee (2003 – 2006)
Positions of trust
- Editor at Karnov’s Collection of Annotated Laws
- Chairman of the Land Valuation Commission of Zealand (2008 – 2014)
Memberships
- The Ministry of Justice’s follow-up group on Digital Land Registration
- The Association for Areas and Rights in Denmark
- The Planning Board of Appeal (2019)
- The Disciplinary Board for Real Estate Agents (2006 – 2018)
- Ministry of Justice’s Land Registration Committee (2003 – 2006)
Positions of trust
- Editor at Karnov’s Collection of Annotated Laws
- Chairman of the Land Valuation Commission of Zealand (2008 – 2014)
Selected publications
- Comment on the Land Registration Act in Karnov’s Collection of Annotated Laws
- “Tingsretten” – Basic property law (2025)
- Textbook in the Law of Obligations II in collaboration with Bo von Eyben (2022)
- Mortgage on real estate (2014)
- Corporate General Floating Charges and Pledges of a Claim (2014)
- The Act on Agricultural Properties (2011)
- Digital Land Registration – Real Estate (2007)
- Leasing of Agricultural land (doctoral dissertation) (1999)
Selected publications
- Comment on the Land Registration Act in Karnov’s Collection of Annotated Laws
- “Tingsretten” – Basic property law (2025)
- Textbook in the Law of Obligations II in collaboration with Bo von Eyben (2022)
- Mortgage on real estate (2014)
- Corporate General Floating Charges and Pledges of a Claim (2014)
- The Act on Agricultural Properties (2011)
- Digital Land Registration – Real Estate (2007)
- Leasing of Agricultural land (doctoral dissertation) (1999)