Mikkel Nørgaard Broholm joined Hafnia Law Firm as a Law Student in 2018 and began his career as an assistant attorney with the firm in 2020.

Mikkel obtained his Master of Laws degree from the University of Southern Denmark in 2020. He wrote his master’s thesis on the independence and impartiality of party-appointed experts in international arbitration. 

During his studies, Mikkel completed the SDU Talent Programme in Moot Court available only to a limited proportion of the most gifted and highly motivated students. As part of the programme he gained experience with international law as a participant in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot – a moot court competition dealing with international commercial law and arbitration. Mikkel went on to work as a coach for next year’s team and has acted as a moot court arbitrator each year since then.

Mikkel works with all matters within the firm’s practice areas, incl. maritime, transport and insurance law.

• Danish and international litigation and arbitration

• Establishing of companies and structuring of groups

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Ship sale and purchase and agency

• Carriage of goods and freight forwarding

• Cargo claims

• Insurance and reinsurance (regulatory compliance and claims)

• Ship casualties, incl. wreck removal

• Arrest of ships and other assets and enforcement proceedings

• Danish Tenancy Law

• The Danish Branch of Comité Maritime International (CMI)

• The Danish Branch of Young CMI

• Young Arbitrators Copenhagen

• Moot Alumni Association

• Danish and the other Scandinavian languages

• English

• 2020-: Assistant Attorney, Hafnia Law Firm

• 2018-2020: Law Student, Hafnia Law Firm

• 2018-2019: Coach in International Commercial Arbitration Moot, University of Southern Denmark

• 2017-2018: Pro Bono Counsel, Danish Tenants

• 2020: Cand.jur. (Master of Laws), University of Southern Denmark

• 2018: Participant, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot