People/Attorney (H), Partner

Nikolaj Linneballe

Nikolaj Linneballe is an attorney admitted to the Danish Supreme Court and has been a partner in Knop & Co Advokater since 2009. He has been with the firm since 2000 and conducts litigation and arbitration for businesses and private clients.

Nikolaj knows the justice system from several sides. In 2007 he served as acting High Court Judge in the Eastern High Court, and he has been a member of the Danish Appeals Permission Board – first in the legal aid division and later in the appeals division. From 2001 to 2010 he was an external lecturer in EU law at the University of Copenhagen.

Today Nikolaj is, among other things, a member of the Danish Judicial Appointments Council, an external examiner for the Danish Bar and Law Society's litigation examination, and chair of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Association of Danish Law Firms (Danske Advokater).

Admitted to the Supreme Court·Partner since 2009·Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen

Practice areas

  • Litigation and arbitration
  • Dispute resolution
  • Media and entertainment
  • Contracts
  • EU law
Portrait of Nikolaj Linneballe
Photo: Jeppe Carlsen

Current positions

  • Member of the Judicial Appointments Council
  • External examiner, litigation examination, Danish Bar and Law Society
  • External examiner in law, Danish law faculties
  • Course instructor, the Association of Danish Law Firms (Danske Advokater) and Advokaternes HR
  • Chair of the Dispute Resolution Committee, the Association of Danish Law Firms (Danske Advokater)
  • Board member, Danske Procedureadvokater
  • Board member, Copenhagen Legal Aid
  • Member of the Rules and Supervision Committee, Danish Bar and Law Society
  • Member of the Liaison Committee, Eastern High Court
  • Member of the Liaison Committee, Copenhagen City Court
  • Member of the Civil Law Forum, Maritime and Commercial High Court
  • Vice-chair of the board, the Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre

Previous positions

  • Board member, Danish Court Administration
  • Member of the General Council, Danish Bar and Law Society
  • Member of the Appeals Permission Board, appeals division
  • Member of the Appeals Permission Board, legal aid division
  • Acting High Court Judge, Eastern High Court
  • External lecturer in EU law, University of Copenhagen
  • Chair of the Procedural Law Committee, Danish Bar and Law Society
  • Member of the Rørdam Committee, Ministry of Justice