Jakob Lentz is an experienced litigator who regularly represents professional advisers and major Danish banks in cases before the Danish courts. He has played a key role in the investigations into the now terminated portfolio of non-resident customers at Danske Bank’s Estonian branch. Jakob also has extensive experience with complex gas price arbitrations, involving a mixture of legal and financial issues, and with insurance matters.
Jakob helps large businesses manage the complex legal, commercial and reputational risks resulting from allegations of misconduct, financial crime and regulatory investigations. Jakob has vast experience conducting internal investigations on behalf of financial institutions, boards of directors and audit committees.
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Featured cases
- Danske Bank in connection with an investigation of the Estonian branch and the legal exposure of Danske Bank and potential institutional and individual accountability arising out of actions and omissions by individuals within Danske Bank
- Danske Bank vis-à-vis D&O insurance providers with respect to the Estonian branch matter
- Ørsted in several complex arbitration proceedings regarding renegotiation of pricing of natural gas
- Successfully defended Deloitte auditor in litigation before the Maritime and Commercial Court and subsequently before the Supreme Court against DKK 40 million damage claim
- Numerous representations of auditors before the Disciplinary Board on Auditors, in regulatory proceedings and in litigation.