Jens Teilberg Søndergaard

Jens has had a long career as a civil servant and provided legal advice to various governments and administrations in such capacity. He has been the Head of the Law Commission of the Danish Ministry of Justice and legal director at the Danish Tax Agency. It has given him extensive practical insight into the tasks, needs and conditions of public authorities. Both as an attorney and as a civil servant, including in particular the Danish Tax Agency, Jens has been occupied with how authorities best organise themselves to ensure internal compliance. He has also been engaged in a wide range of public law subjects including constitutional law, public administrative law, human rights and data protection law. Jens has been responsible for conducting a number of legal investigations. Jens is currently advising on eGovernment and the use of new digital tools such as AI.