Plesner appoints two new Associate Partners

Plesner congratulates two of its own. Shaina Jabbar and Lene Hartvigsen have been ap-pointed Associate Partners with effect from 1 July 2011.

Shaina Jabbar has been with Plesner since 2004 and since then she has been providing ad-vice on company law in the Corporate Commercial practice group. She advises Danish and in-ternational clients, focusing primarily on Danish and European company law, securities law and the establishment and restructuring of businesses, including national and cross-border mergers and demergers as well as advice to state-owned public limited companies. Shaina also provides advice on listed bonds and incentive schemes for Danish and international companies and she advises on securities law, legal risk management and compliance. In 2010 Shaina was included in Talent 100 by the Danish publication Berlingskes Nyhedsma-gasin.

Lene Hartvigsen has been with Plesner since 2007. She works in the Corporate Commercial practice group and primarily advises Danish and foreign companies on commercial law mat-ters in respect of commercial contracts, dispute resolution and the law of contract and tort. Lene primarily provides advice to players in the construction sector on construction law, in-cluding ongoing advice in relation to construction work and technical consulting and claims management as well as arbitration proceedings. Lene also provides advice on automotive law.

Lene previously worked for the Danish courts, including the Danish Supreme Court, and she is an experienced litigator. She has also worked at the Department of the Danish Ministry of Justice where she was involved in legislation work.