Line Gritt Boel Jensen
Line Gritt Boel Jensen specialises in shipping, offshore and transport law. She assists clients within the industry with all legal aspects of their business activities, including dispute resolution, purchase and sale, financing, etc.
Line advises in disputes involving dry and wet shipping law, including tort, contracts, marine insurance, sanctions, insurance, industrial injuries, arrest, etc. Line has the right of audience before the Danish High Court and has extensive experience in conducting litigation and arbitration in Denmark and abroad.
In addition, Line specialises in negotiating contracts, particularly regarding purchase and sale of ships, offshore projects, new-build contracts, ship conversions, charter parties, transport agreements and tenders. Line has broad international experience, inter alia due to her secondment with Blank Rome's Maritime Industry Team in New York.
Line has always had a strong interest in the shipping industry, and in addition to her work in various maritime organisations, Line has previously taught maritime law at the Danish Shipping Education at "Danske Rederier" (Danish Shipowner’s association) for 10 years.
With her commercial approach and her understanding of the clients’ business, Line always focuses on creating pragmatic and workable solutions in order to achieve her clients’ objectives.
Background
Career
- Kromann Reumert, Director, 2023 -
- Gorrissen Federspiel, 2011-2023, (Managing Counsel, Jan 2022 - Aug 2023)
- Seconded lawyer, Blank Rome LLP, New York City, Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Education
- Prince 2 certification, structured project management, 2020
- DDC, Advanced Leadership Program, 2019
- ARNECKE SIBETH DABELSTEIN Shipping & Marine Insurance Scholarship Program, 2016
- Admitted to the bar, 2015
- Master of Laws (cand. jur.), University of Copenhagen, 2012
- University of Auckland, 2011
Languages
- Danish
- English
- The Scandinavian languages
Activities
- Comité Maritime International (CMI)
- Board member of Young CMI Denmark
- Board member of WIS, Women in Shipping
- Lecturer at the Danish Shipping Education, Maritime Law (previously Danish Shipping Academy) of "Danske Rederier" (a Danish shipping organisation)
- Alumni Steering Comitte, Diversity Counsil, Above & Beyond
- Lecturer at the University of Copenhagen
Publications
- "Agreements on general cargo", the Danish Martime Act with comments, published by "Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag", 5 May 2020
High-profile cases
Line has advised on a substantial number of significant cases within the shipping and transport industry. Some of the publicly accessible cases include:
- Set-off for foreign seafarers (POEA), Danish Supreme Court (U.2022.2855)
- Dan-Bunkering, Bunker Holding, and others (sanctions case, Syria sanctions, Danish State Prosecutor), Odense Municipal Court
- DSB/Waterfront, Danish Eastern High Court