Partner, Attorney

Tom Holsøe

Tom Holsøe heads our digitalisation team and advises businesses and authorities with special requirements in relation to IT projects, including in connection with procurement, outsourcing and dispute resolution. Tom's experience includes advice and dispute resolution in the largest public IT projects in Denmark. He also provides specialised advice on green IT, data and cyber security, and data protection. He engages primarily in advising public authorities with respect to the organisation and completion of procurement under the EU public procurement directives. Tom also has extensive experience in the drafting of contracts in a range of fields, including especially IT contracts. Tom is a member of our Digital Opportunity Board, and he is one of the driving forces behind a number of our legal tech solutions, including tilbudsevaluering.dk. Tom is the chairman of our group of evaluation experts.

Tom Holsøe heads our digitalisation team and advises businesses and authorities with special requirements in relation to IT projects, including in connection with procurement, outsourcing and dispute resolution. Tom's experience includes advice and dispute resolution in the largest public IT projects in Denmark. He also provides specialised advice on green IT, data and cyber security, and data protection. He engages primarily in advising public authorities with respect to the organisation and completion of procurement under the EU public procurement directives. Tom also has extensive experience in the drafting of contracts in a range of fields, including especially IT contracts. Tom is a member of our Digital Opportunity Board, and he is one of the driving forces behind a number of our legal tech solutions, including tilbudsevaluering.dk. Tom is the chairman of our group of evaluation experts.

For several years, Tom has given lectures on public procurement and contract law. Tom has broad experience conducting complaints cases before the Complaints Board for Public Procurement and litigating issues before the Danish high courts and the Danish Supreme Court. He has also assisted in the handling of several cases before the European Court of Justice. In addition, Tom has conducted several cases before national and international arbitration tribunals. Tom is a qualified arbitrator having completed the Danish Bar and Law Society's Arbitrator Training.

CV

Career

Group coordinator for the technology and digitalisation team

Education

Master of Law, University of Copenhagen

Career

Chairman of the Association of Danish IT Attorneys (Danske IT-Advokater)

Education

Certified legal expert in IT disputes

Education

Certified IT attorney

Career

Group coordinator for the contracts and tenders team

Career

Poul Schmith/Kammeradvokaten

International rankings

LEGAL 500 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2024

LEADING INDIVIDUAL

"Tom Holsøe has unique experience and is one of the best lawyers within information technology."

Chambers Europe Information Technology 2024

Band 2

"He is knowledgeable in IT solutions, licence agreements and outsourcing, and has particular experience in cloud computing."

LEGAL 500 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2023

Leading Individual

"It is a great pleasure to work with any individual from the team as they are highly skilled and have good insight. The team is proactive, solution-oriented and has great knowledge, they truly are trusted advisers."

CHAMBERS EUROPE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2023

"He is great interacting with clients and is a catalyst for problem-solving."

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